Member Since: 4/8/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/oatcakes ’n coal
Band Members: OATCAKES ’N COAL is the community based theatre project whereby undiscovered talented playwrights, actors and actresses get the opportunity to showcase their talent. We aspire to produce high quality audio recordings for radio and tv promotion. "The secret of good acting is sincerity, fake that and you can pretty much fake anything" - "Always remember applause is better than sex, and in most peoples case lasts longer...".....THE FLYING FAUX PAS remain a comedy duo (usually!) though their membership is neither fixed nor set in stone. They represent the vehicle through which the humorous songs, sketches and stand up routines written by Johnny in the pots are piloted. Still probably the funniest thing in Stoke (And believe me there are some bloody funny things in Stoke) they are a reminder that if your parents never had children, then chances are you won’t either........CLANCY: Irish based trio featuring Pauline from Ballymena, Bill from Derry and Johnny from the Irish quarter of Wolverhampton! A laid back approach to songs from the Emerald Isles......MONOLOGUES AND MUSE: Entertaining and irreverent prose based on the belief that ’One good turn usually gets most of the duvet’ and ’Where there’s a will there is usually three hundred relatives...
Influences: ...Yes, well, we all get under the influence don’t we? I mean, atheism may be a non prophet organisation but we all make mistakes... Is drink an influence? It was when I went into my local and the barman said "What can I get you"? I said "Surprise me" - He said "Have you got any naked photographs of your wife"? I said "No"- He said "Would you like to buy some"?... Drugs are an influence aren’t they? I remember the days when people took narcotics to make the world seem weird, now they take prozac to make it seem normal... A friend of ours mixed up his viagra with his sleeping pills, he had forty somethings and it wasn’t winks... Girl we know confused her morning after pill with her valium, she’s got seven kids now but doesn’t give a monkeys... Got under the influence of gas once. Quite pleasant untill I woke up and found the dentist had stolen half my teeth... Yes, well, biggest influence in my life at present would be the wife (Woo-hoo!) - Unfortunately she came as part of a package that included the Mother-in-law (bah!) ...Mate of mine swears his Mother-in-law is an angel. "You’re lucky" I said. "Mine’s still living"... I mean, are influences permanent? Surely there’s only so many Beatles songs Oasis can rip off... And I still believe if god had meant us to go metric he’d have appointed 10 apostles!- Think about it... Not sure I’ve got the hang of this ’Influence’ malarky... Well, yes, we’re all under the influence aren’t we...
Sounds Like: ...An original thought on a warm summers day. How rare is that? I mean, those that take life too serious seldom get out alive do they? Can’t have everything can we, where would we put it? The day my Mother-in-law admits I’m successful is the day I quit... Yes, well, it’s important we all work harder, there are millions of immigrants on state benefits depending on us... I’ve got a day job (Working nights) I pretend to be useful and they pretend to pay me... It’s not rocket science is it. Sounds like I’m working my way up from nothing to a state of unparalled poverty... Thing is, if at first you don’t succeed, move into management... Sounds like the glass is either half empty or half full, you choose!
Record Label: Haven’t started one, but don’t discount it.
Type of Label: Indie