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the 83s

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10th January 2009

Happy new year to you all! Well the festive season has come and gone, and are we refreshed and relaxed? Not really. We're now gearing up for a busy new year, with our first couple of gigs done and dusted we hope to keep up the pace for the coming months. We've got a couple of new songs, some merchandise on the way and we're also through to the heats of the JD sets competition. (more on that soon)
Just so you're in the know.......... The 83's are a three piece indie/rock/pop outfit Based in Wexford County. Formed in early 2007, we got our shortened name from the original name "Retrogaming 1983" which was quickly scrapped and so here we are.....Now having almost completely turned over to an "originals band" we jam out our own material at every occasion but thats not to say we won't belt out the odd cover here and there.
And remember, support your local songwriters and artists.
We thank 'The Flexo' for the artwork. (more from 'the flexo' on the way)
Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor - Image Hosting

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/03/2007
Band Website: the83s.bebo.com / e-mail - [email protected]
Band Members: Ian "Domo" Davin - Vocals / Bass Guitar / DriverDarragh "teabone/six shooter/Airport" Robinson - Vocals / Guitar / CowboyAlan "sugarpony" Tierney - Percussion / Ghost fearer
Influences: The Who, Kings of Leon, The smiths, Talking heads, Early Stereophonics, Gallagher & Hendrix, The Doors and our small town.
Sounds Like: a three piece band
Record Label: any day now
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

21st March - Jd set, Ray Darcy, new e.p.

right, the first couple of months have been particularly busy and we've got more stints comin up over the next couple of weeks which includes gigs in Wexford, Clare and Dublin so keep an eye on our gi...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:16:00 GMT

Updatory, JD sets & Dublin gigs

Hi, well our first two gigs of the year went really well (thanks to the people and person that travelled), and we hope to appear at both Sky and the Ground(Wexford) and Paddy Blues(Gorey) in the near ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:09:00 GMT

Sky and the ground part 2

just a quick note, The 83's (us) are lining up gigs for early 2009, we kick off In Wexford, Jan 6th at the Sky and the ground venue, so hope you can make it! Keep an eye out for more gigs in January, ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:35:00 GMT

South east radio

Darragh the "good looking one"?? well thats the verdict anyway from Alan Ennis the south east radio presenter who caught us unawares on thursday afternoon. He informed us that a track or two from our ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:58:00 GMT

last nights gig (Sky & the Ground 18th Nov)

Funny things happen when you gig live, cutting to the point....... i do believe that we played one of our best performances ever last night, its just a pity we didn't have time to advertise it for our...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Oxjam gig report (snipped from Focus group page)

Oxjam - Antique Tavern Just a quick update regarding last weeks Oxjam gig with The Focus Group and The 83s. The final count is in and a total off  ¬115.72c was  raised for the charity....
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:57:00 GMT

September update

just a little update, our To strive, to seek, to find e.p. is ready and we are getting the first batch of the new cd's tomorrow, They contain 5 tracks and we will probably post some of them ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:06:00 GMT

Loive

Weeell, we've posted a live gig track for the first time ever, its a bit rough and ready but it has its charm, it sounds like theres a lot of movin goin on which is nice, be sure to check it...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:28:00 GMT

recording track 1

well, recording on the new material got underway with a session on wednesday the 26th of march, vocals have yet to be finished on the 1st track then it will be mixed and we’ll have one trac...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:15:00 GMT

A little something

i feel that we should involve ourselves more with myspace, so i have decided to keep the blog updated more often with events and random things that we get up to as a band. so.... as a band, what ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:07:00 GMT