Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs

About Me

"A great big smile on the usually moody face of the Manchester music scene" - SA Promotions . "Think Mighty Boosh meets The Blockheads" - Carol Hodge, BBC Introducing . . "Dressed in fine millinery, with breathtaking facial hair, smart suits and Hawaiian shirts, from the moment they step foot on stage, this band have the crowd in the palms of their hands." - BBC Manchester "Introducing" Reviews. . "Thingumabob and the Thingumajigs are one of those anachronistic pockets of strange that make this city (or, er, the other city; they're from Salford) such a wonderful place to go to gigs" - Cath Aubergine, music-dash.co.uk .. THINGUMAJIGS ASSEMBLE... LET'S WAKE THE DEAD! ***Join our email updates list by emailing [email protected] and asking us to add you to it*** . Foot tapping sing-along happy festival music for all... . .. Welcome to the on-line virtual home of Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs. We are a Salford based band who play vaudeville cabaret "good time music". Our shows are all about getting everyone into the swing of things. We don't play moody experimental stuff or virtuoso self-indulgent technical music; instead we play sing-along stuff for you lot, our fans, who we love to bits. .If you appreciate our music then by all means send us a friend request and add yourself to our virtual sphere of friendship, but more important to us is that you please try to come and join us at one of our thinguma-gigs. The songs are good (a veritable gallimaufry of delightful ditties, melodies and serenades some would say) but the performance is what we're really about. To find out about future thinguma-gigs you can join our email list by emailing [email protected] and asking us if we'll add you to our list. .If you come along to one of our events then we promise to try our best to deliver for your aural pleasure, but also to get you rocking, singing and dancing. Leave ego's and bad moods at the door on your way in because you won't be needing them. We do what we do because it's fun for everyone in both the band and the crowd. .In a recent review Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs were called "a great big smile on the usually moody face of the Manchester music scene". We have also been referred to as "Salford's finest moustachioed vaudeville ukulele band" though we admit, it would be hard to find another band to challenge that title. .Drop beats, not bombs. Make music, not wars. Drink tea, not monkey urine. Thingumajigs is a good time band so always remember to get thingumajiggywithit - YEAH!

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Member Since: 6/26/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/thingumajigs
Band Members: THINGUMABOB - Rob Shoard (aka: Rob Thingumabob): Acoustic bass & vocals. . . . . . . . .THINGUMAKEV - 'Ukulele' Kev Rogers (aka: Kenneth Jeeves Rochester): Ukulele & vocals. . . . . . . . .THINGUMAJACK - Jack Jennings (aka: The General): Ukulele & vocals. . . . . . . . .THINGUMACHRIS - Christopher Paul (aka: Pablo Skin-tickler): Snare drum & percussion. . . . . . . . .
Influences: Any music which makes you sing-along, dance, or feel good when you listen to it and any of the bands & people in our top friends list.
Sounds Like:Us lot at D:Percussion 2007. The fences round our stage got rushed by angry mobs who couldn't get in. The power got cut to our stage just before we played. The police wouldn't turn it back on and we didn't want to miss our chance to play so we unplugged ourselves and busked it. My mate Neil Wilkinson (clearly an absolute legend) videod it for us and put it on Youtube. What a star he is! It was one of our favourite ever gigs. To anyone who watched us there, good on yer. It was a pleasure to play for you. Love Thingumajigs xA snippet of "Darling I Can't Stand You" from the musical
...Ah yes, and then of course there was our musical "WELCOME TO CLUB VAUDEVILLE" which we wrote with Aidan Smith and the Wits (see our top friends). This is from where the sleazy Jean-Claude (Thingumabob) gets found out by Vivi Vaudeville (played by Katie, the lead Thingumagirl) and Harry the movie producer (Andy Yates from The Wits) and so tells Vivi exactly what he really thinks of her... The musical was great and if you don't believe me then there's a review of the musical in our blog where someone else we don't know says so too! We'll be performing it again in the winter so look out for that.ThingumaKev's homemade instruments

Add to My Profile | More VideosThingumaKev actually made these two instruments himself! He's a genius, don't you think?
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My Blog

Help us out gang...

Hey folks,We need your help and this is how...Our friend since childhood, musical collaborator, and sometimes piano player in the Thingumajigs AIDAN SMITH (known to some of you as the barman of our We...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:51:00 PST

Review of our musical

Taken from Manchester Music Online's MAPS FESTIVAL review written by Cath Aubergine (thank you for your support Cath whoever you are). You can find it here:http://www.music-dash.co.uk/live/live.asp?it...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:31:00 PST

We’ve written a musical!

Thingumabob & the Thingumajigsin conjunction with...Aidan Smith & the Witspresent...WELCOME TO THE VAUDEVILLE CLUBAn all singing all dancing musical theatre piece we’ve written. ...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:55:00 PST

TV & newspaper coverage of Kev’s ’tache

Ladies & Gents, ThingumaBob & the Thingumajigs have hit the bigtime...! Following Ukulele Kev's success at the World Moustache & Beard Championships he's been interviewed by ...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:28:00 PST

ThingumaKev in the World Moustache Championships!

World Moustache & Beard Championships Good news folks... It now looks like our Night & Day gig will be a World Moustache & Beard Championships celebration show!Our very own lead uke-ster T...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:22:00 PST

Some little Thingumajigs to download

*Thingumanewsflash*New Thingumatunes up there for download.New Thingumapics in the pics section.New Thingumavids in the videos section.New Thingumablogs in the blogs section....now don't say we never ...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Wed, 09 May 2007 03:02:00 PST

Sweet Mandarin Charity Thingumagig

We just wanted to say a great big thank you to all the midwives who came to the Sweet Mandarin charity night. We had an excellent time and you lot were all great sports for singing along (especially t...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:46:00 PST

Where the thingumajig did you guys come from?

Formed as a direct result of scientific research findings following the great monkey bleaching accident of 1937, THINGUMABOB & THE THINGUMAJIGS do not bite unless provoked, yet when subjected to c...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:20:00 PST

When the thingumajig are you guys playing next?

To all the many millions of adoring fans who have been asking when we're playing again as a full group the answer is vague... Following the sell-out gig in the stuffed animal section of the Manchester...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:43:00 PST

Who the thingumajig are we anyway?

Kenny G (aka Kev Rogers) - A ginger bearded circus carnival type who was given the "blue ukelele of justice" and a teach yourself George Formby book as a Christmas gift and so the legend of Thingumabo...
Posted by Thingumabob & the Thingumajigs on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:27:00 PST