been caught sniffing bike seats

the plight july 2011

2011-07-05T04:28:00.000-07:00

sweet treats

2010-06-28T18:13:00.000-07:00

t-shirt = tenner

bag = fiver

by Godmachine

by stoz & luke : deathcola design

by stoz & luke : deathcola design

we'll be flogging these on the road in the month of July.

BOYS ARE BACK

2010-05-25T05:50:00.000-07:00

owwww, London:

This, that and Tuther.

2010-04-09T06:07:00.000-07:00

You may or may not have heard, but our hit single "Ball & Chain" has been used to sell fizzy pop.

Heres the ad:

Heres a little version we "pitched"

Heres some footage from band practice the other week.

... and just because he's amazing, Paul:

We have some summer tour dates & a few other exciting things we will announce just as soon as we get 2tumsup.

We're gunna sort out the merch situation and maybe even set up one of them online "merch stores" again.

Just got some new photos done with the very brilliant Ricky Adam, check out his work: www.rickyadamphoto.com/

cheers,
THE PLIGHT.

FEBRUARY TOUR CANCELLED

2010-01-28T05:36:00.000-08:00

I cannot fully express how bad we feel for doing this but we have to cancel the tour.

Really sorry for the hassle this will cause, but we have no other choice.

Our bass player walked out on us last night. After nearly 3 years of being in the band and working various shit jobs and turning down most other commitments, he’s decided that the job he’s been offered is too much to turn down.

I hope you appreciate this whole thing has been a nightmare for us. Sean had told us he was leaving before this but had agreed to do the tour as a farewell, especially as I had booked it. We literally found out last night that he could no longer honor this. There's no hard feelings but of course it's a shame to have to cancel. Not to mention the fact that our drummer left the band a few weeks ago, which we'd managed to replace before the tour. We have a lad with a killer groove on drums now. Watch this space I guess.

The heart of the band is still alive and we will back with vengeance later in the year. Hopefully we can book the tour in a couple of month’s time when we have sorted this. To try get someone to fill in at this late stage (1 week before the first gig) would be a dishonor to our selves as well as people listening.

Again. Sorry for the fuck about. We will be back.

THE PLIGHT

x

FEBRUARY TOUR POSTER...

2010-01-18T10:50:00.000-08:00

http://www.starfishdrillaz.com/tourpos2010.jpg

FEBRUARY 2010 UK TOUR

2010-01-07T18:22:00.001-08:00

FRIDAY 5TH EDINBURGH, BANNERMANS w/ Shields Up & Departures

SATURDAY 6TH – ABERDEEN, THE TUNNELS w/ Dead End (Hardcore) Heller State (Punk) and 11:11 (7pm)

SUNDAY 7TH GLASGOW, THE CLASSIC GRAND w/ TBC

MONDAY 8TH FEB – MIDDLESBROUGH, DR BROWNS w/ Glass Avalanche, No School Reunion (£4 / 7:30)

TUESDAY 9TH NO GIG

WEDNESDAY 10TH NO GIG

THURSDAY 11TH SOUTHAMPTON, THE UNIT w/ The Arteries & The Computers

FRIDAY 12TH CARDIFF, CLUB IFOR BACH w/ The Arteries & The Computers & Cross Breaker

SATURDAY 13TH – BATH TBC

SUNDAY 14TH LONDON, PURPLE TURTLE w/ TBC (Valentines Day, so Girls rock for free – I smell desperate dudes! See you there)

MONDAY 15th EXCETER, CAVERN w/ The Arteries + Rat Attack

TUESDAY 16th NO GIG

WEDNESDAY 17th LEEDS, JOSEPHS WELL - w/ Cannabis Corpse + SSS

THURSDAY 18th PETERBOROUGH, THE PARK w/ TBC

FRIDAY 19th NOTTINGHAM, CHAMELEON ARTS CAFÉ - w/ Wolfbeast Destroyer + more

SATURDAY 20th HARROGATE, LITTLE WONDER w/ TBC.

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please spread top your brothers & sisters who dig rock 'n roll.

farsebook

new track 'Counting Teeth' on the Rock Show...

2009-07-29T05:12:00.001-07:00

if you got the time, go here to hear the track...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow/

ta cocker

x

THE WINDS OF OSIRIS ARE CALLING...

2009-07-27T04:47:00.001-07:00

jizzlips

2009-07-06T12:16:00.000-07:00

my workmate got sent home the other day because he stunk so much of marijuana. he got into work about 8:50 and was gone by a quarter past nine. he still has his job. Another one of my workmates fucked off into town for an hour and a half to pick up some draw. It was not his lunch break either. I feel that my time is numbered myself. My constant striving to do as little as possible, while proudly extolling the values of my "one shirt - one week" policy is not winnning me any favours. I am trying to start a one shirt one week club, but so far it seems to be just me and matt.

lets see how long i last. i'm too scared to admit any of my workbound felonies on the internet, but believe me - there are plenty.

storrow.

40 Became 20 Became 15...

2009-04-22T03:31:00.001-07:00

So, in all the wisdom and insight i have garnered over the past 25 years on this earth it decided to manifest itself in the idea that i could single handedly home make 40 t-shirts for our next tour. The plan was that all shirts have the same back print but have their own individual and unique pocket print on the front. Sounds easy? Read on.

Not much hard work going on

Pull out a bit further to see some mess.

This is the nightmare i had got myself into and would be all i'd see fot he next two days. I think i'd done about 20 at this point and been to the hobby shop twice because the first knife i bought (the cheapest) was shite. My pointing finger is starting to go numb here and the realisation of how much work this will be is slowly dawning on me.

Approaching the end my dad asked if he could help...

So, all the stencils cut out and my soul destroyed i got the can of fabric spray paint out to start the 'fun' part.

Three shirts in and the fucking can ran out the robbing simply spray bastards. I wasn't forking out another 8 quid so i had to resort to fabric paint pots and fucking brush. At this point i had compromised with myself to make 20.

Somehow i found the time to make this for a 90's film themed fancy dress party i went to. It's a copy of the Aerosmith shirt Garth wore in Waynes World. Even i was impressed with it.

I looked like this.

Conniseurs will notice the electricians belt that he uses to zap the bully in the club from the first film.

Back to the shirts, i painted them in batches of three because the stencil gets soggy and need to dry out by the fire.

They then needed to be ironed by a very helpful rented mother.

Finally i finished 15 in time for tour, the others will be ready at a later date. So if you're not a small and you want one now i suggest you go on a diet.

Back prints...

Front prints; Ace Grehley Eyes, Dirty Harry, A Cowboy on Horseback and A Broken Tooth...

DONE!

I've been dragging around from the end of your coat for two weeks

2009-04-21T03:44:00.000-07:00

VANS OFF THE WALL TOUR
CANCER BATS + THE PLIGHT + SSS

26 Apr 2009 20:00 Arts Centre Colchester, UK
27 Apr 2009 20:00 O2 Academy Oxford, UK
28 Apr 2009 20:00 Barfly Cardiff, UK
29 Apr 2009 20:00 ABC 2 Glasgow, UK
30 Apr 2009 20:00 The Cockpit Leeds, UK
1 May 2009 20:00 Sugarmill Stoke, UK
2 May 2009 20:00 Rock City Nottingham, UK
3 May 2009 20:00 Academy 3 Manchester, UK
4 May 2009 20:00 O2 Academy 2 Birmingham, UK
5 May 2009 20:00 O2 Academy 2 Bristol, UK
6 May 2009 20:00 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, UK
7 May 2009 20:00 Underworld London, UK

sniff up, you might get yer moneys w'rth...

2009-01-04T15:39:00.001-08:00

HARDCOCK HELL

2008-12-17T07:27:00.000-08:00

press area at hardrock hell, pontins...

Interviews with Satan.

2008-12-08T06:42:00.000-08:00

we played hardrock hell at the weekend. it was a blast. i'm too fucked to write much about it right now. drinking brandy in the ballpool was a definate win.

we did a little radio interview with KomodoRock who were really nice. that shit is right here

heres another little chesnut we did.

we also played a tribute to our friend Rik Clay who died recentley. the gig was a fitting tribute as all the bands were connected to Rik in someway. Rik was an amazing guy and we used to have intense conversations; about alternative views of the world and history, reality and even the royal family. please check out the foundation:

www.rikclayfoundation.org

love
pugh x

2008-11-27T07:05:00.000-08:00

Seems like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately…

2008-11-24T19:19:00.000-08:00

Things have been pretty quiet this end – we decided it would be best to try figure out job situation out before we go on tour again. Apart from the Rattlesnake, we all had to quit jobs after going on tour in October and then pretty much straight into recording.

So we played a gig sponsored by some shoe company to pay off the debts we still had. The debt was mainly from being broken into on the last tour. They got the DVD player and thankfully no equiptment.

We finished recording with Jase Sanderson a few weeks ago. We’re still working on the artwork arrangement though. Might have a ‘listening house party’ when it’s all ready. Just like Metallica but better.

We’re playing a few sick gigs before the end of the year...

29 Nov 2008 - THE LEXINGTON (CLOCKWORK), LONDON W/ THE FREEZING FOG

5 Dec 2008 PRESTATYN, N. WALES – HARDROCK HELL – Clutch + Orange Goblin + Thin Lizzy

7 Dec 2008 LEEDS - CLAY FEST - BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB w/ Vessels + Ten Seconds Of Chaos + The Plight + Eureka Machines (a tribute to rik clay)

13 Dec 2008 LEEDS - THE FENTON – w/ D-rail + The Magnificent + Die Emergency

I'll leave you with an amazing video of Paul our beautiful road warrior...

pugh x

ain't diddley squat

2008-11-09T06:01:00.000-08:00

I type this in my superman y-fronts in a darkened room, a royal cigarette hanging from my lower lip. Glassy eyed and slack jawed, the recollections of the previous night start to sway and stagger into my consciousness. Today will be a good day, although it is 2pm and I haven't got up yet.

Editing is mostly done, we are taking a quick break from Barnsley to listen back and look at stuff. Come back with fresh'eeuurrs.

We should have some cool video stuff from the studio coming up. Its just a question of editing out all the swearing, male nudity, drinking, smoking, ritual sacrifice, simulated male on male sex and it'll be good to go.

storro
x

01 - Once Coaxed (A Dog Into A Library)

2008-10-31T16:20:00.000-07:00

Fizzy Strawberry Flavour Lances

2008-10-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

Thursday 30th October

2008-10-30T07:21:00.000-07:00

Back in Barnsley. The temperature has dropped five degrees. I have been reliably informed that it is in fact colder in Yorkshire than it is in Russia today. This sparked a discussion between me and Al outside Iceland this morning. Firstly, we both looked like we could be in Russia, the weather has a Russian vibe, and Al had a dream last night that he went into a hat shop in Russia and there was a really good hat in there, and it was really warm but the Shop guy wouldnt sell it to him.

So on with the theme of dictatorship, communism, crushing poverty and overwhelming power. We have decided to make our upcoming Opus the first of a concept series of records.

JURISDICTION - The new record. We have risen to power in quick and brutal thrusts of pure rock power, the Hardcore Sheriffs of Nottingham have usurped the King Johns of the UK rock scene, taken their spouses and brutalised their back wheels in that tower with the witch in it. We have gang-bummed Robin Hood out of Sherwood Forest and asserted our JURISDICTION over the rest of the peasants.

DYNASTY - The amazing 2nd record. At this point, our reign of the rock world has become akin to the Ming Dynasty, spanning centuries like frets on our custom dick-shaped guitars. No-one will even come close. Our power has crossed the seas, and is spreading across the world like coca cola.

DICTATORSHIP - The incredible third record. Our grip has tightened, we are now running the world like the prison guard with the keys to the showers and the iron underpants. Fascism never sounded so good.

DOWNFALL - This will be themed on the downfall of our mighty empire. Expect lots of downtuning, doom filled rock. Brought down by false idols, judas, harlots and tarts, we will revert back to the dark underground, haunted by the glories of our past.

REBIRTH - We shall rise like a small mexican uprising, with strong samba influences and latin rhythms, this will turn everything upside down. We will hide outlaws in our sacks of grain, and foster left wing terrorist groups with a saucy beat.

ASCENSION - This will be the final and closing chapter in Music as we know it. Expect the unexpected.

believe.

x

Like a Rum-Lad Cowboy...

2008-10-29T06:58:00.000-07:00

We finally got to smash the shit out of Barnsley.

After 2 weeks recording, drinking ‘nuthin but brews and tins of fizzy, the destruction was unleashed. With the help of watts + jamo, we finally took full advantage of the Weatherspoons vouchers for the dad pop.

Weatherspoons in Barnsley on a Friday night = a train wreck with the main victims being uncle nobhead.

We moved onto a club, where Jase Sanderson wrecked a little bit of his own havoc, details of which I will not disclose on the internet. Lets just say there was a girl on crutches involved. She fell.

Oh, and lets not allow ourselves the pleasure of forgetting the most depressing smoking area I have ever been to. It was like something out of a nightmare – a dark, tiny fire exit at the back of the club, where the bins were kept. There was literally only enough room for 3 or 4 numbskulls to smoke, coupled with Barnsleys' answer to Miss Piggy – a potty mouthed-behemoth dressed in pink who took up most of everyone’s personal space. The already cramped smoking ally was filling up like a luxury Jacuzzi in a 4-star Mumbai hotel, thanks to its water feature in the form a busted pipe. Pissing out murky water onto my sole-less shoes makes for one happy Pugh, I can tell you that.

This doesn’t do it justice at all but here you go:

Here’s a picture of our producer / engineer Jase Sanderson:

Soft lads gettin' rum:

So the album is coming along. The tracks are coming to life, I think we’re about half way thru vocals and lead parts. Then it’s just mixing and all that stuff. I don't want to say much other than we’re all buzzing off how it’s sounding, so hopefully people will dig what we’re doing. If not, fuck 'um.

The Winds of Osiris are calling.

Lewis
x

roller blades and facial cascades

2008-10-24T07:11:00.000-07:00

Day 9.
The front room of Jase's flat has become a den of internet based smut, (grumble, filth, rhythm literature, art e-pamphlets etc) chess, xbox games, an endless saga of rollups and pop, and high conversation. Watching one person play another at chess, while simultaneously browsing transvestite grumble flicks, recoiling in horror at the woeful sights in between moves on the chessboard, exclaiming such things as

"its like a candle that's snapped and is hanging by the wick"

Sparked such debates as...are the guys that are required to bang a transsexual in a porn film - are they gay? bisexual? or will they just bang anything? Or are they straight and just man up and be professional? Who knows...

x

Is that you, Selmer?

2008-10-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

2008-10-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

18 / 10 / 08

Back home for the weekend. We’ve left the safe, warm resplendence that is Jases’ control room in the center of the BNP hotspot known as Barnsley, back to LS6. Barnsley’s £1 shop will have to wait a couple of days to receive a beating, while the Weatherspoon’s adjacent to the studio will just have to hang tight for its inevitable condiment assault.

My amp broke on Thursday, just as we were about to lay down the first rhythm parts. Bastid. Stoz drove Sean and I to Sheffield to meet a man known as “Amp Wizard”. Amp Wizard is an older gentleman, but with a mischievous, youthful glint in his eye. The kind of man who can’t resist a tinker in the backstage department of a JCM 800, just as much as he can’t say no to the placid flutter of an oscillator, purring majestically in the background of his cluttered life. A magician to some, alchemist to others; the amp wizard takes no prisoners yet leads a mysterious life of solitude. Preferring his monies to be dealt with on a strictly cash basis, Amp Wizard is, according to folk legand, a distant relative of the local rag and bone man. The more reclusive and passive-agressive older brother perhap. Rugged my nature, his hands are like a leathery address book, which tells tales of a workhorse who never played ball with the Kwik Fitters amd Johnny-Cum-Latley attitude often prevalent in the Amp Restoration World. Each crease and crevice of his hands, itself containing its own tale to tell of a thousand valves that have been brought to life and made to glow like angels. While others craved the immediate attention and limelight of the stage, he faded into his dimly lit, dusty workplace to conquer the troubled soul of broken down amps. With God as my witness, the Amp Wizard baptised and cleansed the spirit of rock using mystic knowledge known only to a few. While we waited in the car for around an hours time, Amp Wizard was about to declare the JCM 800 (Jesus Christ Machine) open and ready for business at the holy temple of rock. After handing over a pocket full of dust and a Morrison’s betabuy chocolate roll, I was reunited with the now fully road worthy JCM.

Thankfuck…

I bought some beer to celebrate. Double Dutch is still £3 per 4 tin purchase in Sheffield.

Got back to Jase’s and after the torrid of emotions we had been subjected to over the days events, we had to prepare for the day of rock which was to follow in the only way we knew how. We spent the evening trying out amp tones, smoking and watching a documentary about “that bridge that everyone jumps off in America”. Google it.

Friday was spent nailing some guitar parts. Sounds louder than God……………..

lewis

Metallica are my favourite band

2008-10-16T14:18:00.000-07:00

this is probably the best music dvd ever. i remember watching it with one of my best friends when i was about 15 and it still rules watching it now. finished tracking drums today. been sleeping at the studio this week.

-j

99p Shop Residency

2008-10-15T05:16:00.000-07:00

Having beaten Sean to the blog-in I feel I can safely relax, safe in the knowledge that today I have achieved something at least. Day 5. John is upstairs working on drums with Jase and Lewis. Erstwhile, Al is playing Halo 3 on campaign setting (on normal difficulty I am disappointed to say. However he did manage to lose a freshly acquisitioned tank in a ditch, I am sorry to say). I am, on the otherhand, am using Jase's PC to update our blog.

Last night I got tanked and went to that Moustache night at Subculture. Firstly a big laugh in the face to that guy who tried to fight me and a big fuck you to whichever scratter nicked my TDON hoodie. How lame do you have to be to steal somebodies hoodie? Anyway, it's a light blue TDON shark zipup in medium. If anyone you know seems to have suddenly got one, please exact a just and swift blow of revenge.

Anyway I have seem to have fallen into the role of teaboy, which to be frank I'm quite enjoying in a bizarre way. No mug shall go untea-ed while I'm about, let me tell you.

stoz
x

Tales From The Cum

2008-10-13T17:18:00.001-07:00

I write this from my makshift bed next to the whirring contraptions of Jase's control room embracing the bottle of 3.97 ASDA wine that consumes my body. Drum tracks are coming along swimmingly in fact John has the resplendancy of a Mr Kipling French Fancy (not the brown ones) and is doing a spectacular job of setting the standard for the rest of us to live up too.

We promise the edited video of the past few days will be up soon. I suppose it'l give you fucks something to look forward too. In the meantime enjoy the unusually good weather and go out and thow a frisbee or read Nuts magazine in the park concealing your hard on from the old dears as they munch on a cornish cream tea and wish they were young again.

Boom.

Sean

Day Two: Japes and Tones

2008-10-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

After waking from our slumber in the control room, the faint humm of cooling fans were a comfort as we came too feeling at peace. The smell from Lewises duvet greeted the nose abruptly and was akin to that of an abandoned rotten egg and sulphur factory. I wiped the mouth jizz away and sat up replete with morning wood to see the shining light that is Jase's face eager to start on our musical journey.

Tone was the keyword of the day so Stoz and Lewis busied themselves with various amp configurations. The subtle nuances of a twisted knob can hypnotise but don't stare too long or that coveted tone will pass you by. Stoz's tone is crunchy yet with enough balls to fill a Thai brothel; whereas Lewis takes the balls by the shaft and cranks out a more forthcoming affair.

The drums sound equally resplendent and quoting my father here, sounded like the tubs were being hit with "chair legs and divers boots". The foundations are about to be laid down for something truly magnificent in sunny Barnsley in this month October 2008.

Videos are sure to follow soon, keep your eyes John peeled.

Best regards,

Sean

start today

2008-10-11T18:01:00.000-07:00

started in the studio today but haven't really started anything as we spent all day getting a sweet drum tone. here are a few pics...
x

welcome/tour/new record

2008-10-07T00:16:00.000-07:00

decided to start a blog to kind of document what is going on with everything at the moment... we just got back from a 7 day uk tour with outcry collective which was cool apart from the show in newport. after playing and loading out we drove to cardiff because that where we were staying. we parked up and were hanging out in the house we were staying at when our van got broken into. it was a rental van but basically we have to pay for the damage caused which is super lame cuz they managed to smash the dvd player and totally ruin 2 of the doors/locks. i don't even know why we have a dvd player because it never gets used but whatever i guess... shit happens...

apart from that the tour was really cool. london, manchester, and leeds were probably the best shows. we played a skate park in bristol too which was really good. we got to throw out free vans clothing to kids after we played because they endorsed the event. it was a bit weird but yeaaaah, it was fun. in london the promoter screwed us over and we didn't even get petrol money, let alone money to cover our other costs (petrol/van hire). the venue was a total joke too, as were all the people who worked there, but apart from that it was cool. we played okay and people danced. emre came and hung out and did sound for us which was awesome. plus we got to stay with him for two days which was cool. (thanks man)

we need to practise a couple of times this week before saturday which is when we actually start recording our album. i think it's gonna be like 11 tracks long... give of take one or two. it's got fast and slow and lots of inbetween. we're recording with jase sanderson who did our ep and who has done loads of other stuff like the new rolo tomassi which sounds really cool, amongst about a million other things. he has built his own studio in barnsley and its super awesome. last time we recorded it was kind of in it's skeletal stages but he's put loads of work in and it looks really cool now. i think we are gonna record for like 2 weeks which is ages but i guess for an album its not that long really. i've no idea what we are calling the album, what any of the songs are called, or who is doing the artwork... but yeah... apart from that it's gonna be sweet.

we have loads of footage from the black summer tour, the poison the well tour and the european tour we've done that needs editing and putting on youtube but i just can never find the motivation and i hardly ever have access to a computer but yeaaah. here is a video from 2 saturdays ago when we played in the skate park i mentioned. maybe i will put some more clips online later. then again... maybe i won't.
j x