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About Me

Afterrabbit are an occassional band centred around the rantings of crazed yet strangely sensitive poet John Bently. First conceived in 2003,and usually containing Alan and Phil Outram plus Ollie Briggs and some others, the band play live a few times every year, the gigs usually coinciding with the launch of one of Bently’s infamous and bloody mindedly hand made publications.These are published under the collective heading of Liver and Lights...so far there have been 38 volumes in 23 years, stuffed with illustrations in editions of about 200. People seem to collect them! all over the world! The last four have contained Afterrabbit recordings! I suppose what makes us different is that we don’t start out trying to make music but consider the band to be an extension of the books, in that first comes the story, which is illustrated by the book and then we try to find a way to illustrate the story using music, so sometimes the results are a bit strange. Every time we’ve played together we’ve sounded completely different....long may it continue. We do this by hand, we take risks and what will we do next?...watch this space! MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 12/15/2006
Band Website: liverandlights.co.uk
Band Members: Alan Outram (Synths, toys, writes most of music) Phil Outram (Drums) Ollie Briggs (Guitar) Ollie Cherer(Synth, saw, theramin) John Bently (words, costumes, voice) Ian H Watson Trumpet Wally Dave Washboard
Influences: Winchester School of Art - Stale Biscuits

Add to My Profile | More VideosSTALE BISCUITS. I wish I could go back some time and put my arms around you, dispel the scent of lonliness that wrapped you up, that wrapped you up and bound you.....Rodway was a kid I knew at school, the kid who was the bottom of the class- he had stiff hair like matting straw and a blazer that hung limp and ragged about his plump and bitten fingers. He had trousers that were much to short and socks that were much too long and everywhere he sat he left a smell of stale biscuits that lingered long after he'd gone....
Sounds Like: Sounds different every time.....
Record Label: Liver & Lights Scriptorium
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

langoustine and 30 people

Hi Folks...me and Alan did a fabulous gig at The Poetry Place in Covent Graden with some fantastic other acts including the droll and witty Jo Colley (who has a fantastic new book out) . Its a c...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:44:00 PST

poetry cafe gig

Hi folks....stop press me and Al and maybe Ollie will be appearing at experimental poetry club Langoustine est merdre at the poetry cafe, covent garden on March 1st doors open 7pm were on about nine.....
Posted by Afterrabbit on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:27:00 PST

Home Made Jam !

Been a while since I've written anything here but we've been so busy! Making Jam! Afterrabbit are playing the Canterbury Arms (Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, behind police station) Saturday...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:46:00 PST

Winchester

Hi Folks...just got back from sunny Winchester...we had such fun..did a lecture about me and then got people to make instruments out of rubbish....and then they played them with the mighty afterrabbit...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:53:00 PST

Winchester again

Just to update last blog...Afterrabbit Gig at Winchester School of Art...Although the whole day is quite pricy and includes tasty talks and making instruments out of rubbish workshops with us; and an ...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Wed, 23 May 2007 01:58:00 PST

winchester gig

Just as an update to yesterdays missive....just checked with the art school and the general public is allowed to come to this gig....5- 6.30pm in the Student Union, Winchester School of Art, Par...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:18:00 PST

Winchester gig

Just some early details about upcoming Afterabbit gig at Winchester School of Art. We're playing as part of a one day academic Symposium about Artists Books. The gig lasts a whole day!! There'll be ta...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:07:00 PST

Van Gig Zine

Hi folks just to say new Liver & Lights publication (no.37) is hot off the presses....all hand made and coloured and printed each containing Van Gig Film as a free gift (film of Van Gig on DVD...i...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:13:00 PST

Winchester gig july

Just to say....Winchester gig date has been changed to Friday 13th July 2007 at 6pm...check for further spooky upates...and also...Liver & Lights no 37. Van Gig Zine containing book and free dvd o...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:47:00 PST

New book/dvd!

I'm in the studio all this week making the new book Liver & Lights no 37 Van Gig Zine. 200 copies all by hand...The book is a souvinir of Van Gig containing photos of all the hand made instruments...
Posted by Afterrabbit on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:05:00 PST