RedDiesel profile picture

RedDiesel

FREAKS IS COMING

About Me

Red Diesel are a 5 piece original groove/funk band.’A truly superb singer songwriter backed by the best funk outfit I’ve heard in a long time’ The GuardianSeasoned veterans from Naked Angel, Gypsie, Hedphonic Orange, Katdog come together to make this fresh groove.Currently working on debut album- working title ’Freaks is Coming’ Influences- Kate Bush, Public Enemy, Joe Tex,Aretha,Bootsy Collins, Frank Zappa,Red Hot Chilli peppers, Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, Betty Wright, Fatback Band, and Mary Coughlan.Favourite things- playing live, the small festival circuit, cool small venues where you really play to real people (ie The Rooms) Afro wigs, stylish Huggy Bear threads,and live recording. And maybe a spot of drinking. Can be seen regularly at The Rooms once a month as part of a funk night called DUB FISH FUNK, where they are sandwiched by DJs - Max Afro and Dj Ballhead are regulars, who play honest to god foot hurtin funk with a dash of dub and absolutely no fish at all. Members- Kat,Wil, Caz,Max and Simon. Can be booked through this site- live funk night called Groove Test- 3 DJs and band. Join the mailing list by sending an email to [email protected]
Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox !
Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox !
Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/12/2006
Band Website: reddiesel.net
Band Members: KAT-Vocals/piano/flute - WIL, -drums and shouting MAXAFRO-bass SIMON-trumpet, electric guitar CAZ-vocals

Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox !
Influences: Bootsy Collins ,Public Enemy, Joni Mitchell ,Mary Coughlan, Funkadelic Joe Tex, Kate Bush,Betty Wright, The Fatback Band, KRS, Frank Zappa,Prince, KD Lang,M'shell NDgello.
Sounds Like: RED DIESEL.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Argh Van

It could only happen to us. We have a delivery job on a Mnday which requires a van, and being vanless at the mo ( urgent repairs) our friend very kindly agreed to lend us her lovely transit. Just as w...
Posted by RedDiesel on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:34:00 PST

live radio not quite

Well we were nearly live on the radio! It was all going rather well, Phil Jackson was there, all ready in the Landsdown, and the soundman just about cured the very weird bass hum when bam- disaster st...
Posted by RedDiesel on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:19:00 PST

Have you got the extra factor?

That's the new line for x-factor- the EXTRA Factor. Scary huh. I think it means, are you willing to travel for 2 hours, queue for 5 hours in both rain and then 70 degrees outside the new Arsenal Emira...
Posted by RedDiesel on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:16:00 PST

yipeee- we found a bass player!!!!

hahahahaha! We found a bass player. we didn't have to look very far actually! He was kind of staring us in the face all along. We just had a fantastic rehearsal and now we are home. Watching heroes. A...
Posted by RedDiesel on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:59:00 PST

BASS PLAYER WANTED- AAAAARGH!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh- our beloved bass player has had to leave- pressures of time and about to be new family etc etc- which means we have a gaping hole in our line -up. I mean where aRE  We going t...
Posted by RedDiesel on Sat, 05 May 2007 03:32:00 PST

wot no gig!!!

I am not supposed to be here. Obviously, at this time on saturday 14th April i am supposed to be doing my last 2 numbers at the Poorboys.I would have probably doen 'Blind faith' and maybe if we'd have...
Posted by RedDiesel on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:13:00 PST

Poorboys Katdog gig

Hello again. We have just returned from a successful gig opposite Morrisons on the Queens Road- yes yes you've guessed it - the POORBOYS CAFE . We play as a duo sometimes, called Katdog, and it is in ...
Posted by RedDiesel on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:10:00 PST

post christmas euphoria!

Hello again. We have come through Christmas relatively  unscathed and not a great deal fatter. I have pulled a few small muscles demonstrating how active I am on the kids new trampoline, and Wil,...
Posted by RedDiesel on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:40:00 PST

huge tour of the A21

We did 2 gigs yesterday The first was the opening of a small envelope ( youth centre) in a village off the A21  at 10.30 in the morning. we had a fairly sparse audience of sandwich eating pension...
Posted by RedDiesel on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:56:00 PST