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About Me

North East English Rock covers band mostly based in Newcastle, established in 1997, Phew! that long ago. We usually can be seen doing our stuff somewhere in and around the Newcastle or Hexham, Northumberland areas most weekends. We love what we do and hopefully that comes forward in the music we make.
We consist of the classic Guitar, bass,drums, vox, line up.
Dave Collins- Vox, tambourine.
Ant Wright- Guitar.
Dave Hildreth- Bass
Maurice Anderson- Drumming Icon
Check out our other website at
http://thegatecrashers.digs.it
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The Magnesia Bank north Shields fri 25th July The Moor House, Seaton Burn. Sat 9th August The Sour Grapes, Morpeth. Sunday 10th August The Edward vii, Blackpool. Saturday 16th August The Old tannery, Hexham. Saturday 23rd August Maggiefest 1. The Magnesia bank North Shields 24th August The Wheatsheaf, Benton. Friday 5th September Bubbles, Ashington. 6th September The Magnesia Bank. 10th September The Bebside, Bedlington 27th September The Magnesia Bank, 4th October---------
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Road trip

Ha Ha!!   Looking forward loads to our trip to Blackpool!! Its ages since we did a stopover gig. Its gonna be a giggle!! "Maggiefest" is just around the corner also. Tickets are still available s...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Holiday

It seems that the whole band has had one summer holiday after another to contend with lately. No live gigs until 12th july. Id forgotten how frustrating it gets not gigging every weekend. I'll be glad...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:42:00 GMT

This weeks gig

May be a bit interesting! We are at the Flying Horse in Blyth on Saturday. However I managed to damage my hand falling into an enormous pot of paint on Tuesday, apparently I was lucky not to bre...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 00:42:00 GMT

looking for bands to help

With a charity bash we are involved with. It will be at the Maggie Bank,  North Shields on Aug 24th, (bank holiday sunday) proceeds to go to The Tyneside Cyrenians, who help with homele...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:37:00 GMT

Sour Grapes

Morpeth Sun 10th Feb Our only regular gig in Morpeth, not that thats a bad thing, because the Sour Grapes is always a  great gig as far as we are concerned. Great atmosphere, and always dead...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Drunken barstud

Playing at last nights gig turned out to be bit of a bloody chore for us all, as a drunken tosspot decided to be rude to a band members missus. NOT GOOD!   Totally spoilt it for the lot of u...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Rocketfest 4

The Gatecrashers are proud to announce that they are on the bill for Rocketfest 4. A HUGE 3 day charity do in aid of St Oswalds Hospice, here in the North East of England on Sunday...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:52:00 GMT

Led Zeppelin O2

Its the morning after the gig at the O2, and we've just been trawling you tube for clips of the band. Theres plenty on there, most of it of poor quality. However you can see that they still have "it" ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:37:00 GMT

Flying horse , Blyth

We are looking forward to this one!! We havent played there for donkeys years and it was always on a Sunday night, not a Saturday like this weekend. One of the funniest things to happen there was...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:36:00 GMT

The Tap last night

Brill gig at the Tap and Spile in Hexham. Great bar, great punters and how can you top "Barry" and Sandras hospitality. You just cant. Sandra even apologised twice for the bar not being full enough in...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:28:00 GMT