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First gig?
It’s been a while, for most of Feature Creep’s members, since our first gig as performers. But how about that all-important first gig as an audience member? … let’s find out. Andy: AC-DC at Docklands. ...
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Guilfest is this coming weekend — starting this evening and running through until Sunday. I’d love to say we’ll be there, but sadly not this year (maybe next… watch this space…). But if you’re...
Learn MoreJolly Farmers on 28th June 2012
So last week we played at the Jolly Farmers in Purley as part of the Purley Festival. What a great night! We had a terrific time and everybody else seemed to as well — particularly those parts of the audience who were...
Learn MoreThere are no prizes for guessing where we played last week…
“Led by front woman Mel Harper, Feature Creep made their central London debut in front of a sell out crowd at the London Transport Museum last week. A rollicking set driven by Andy’s thumping drums started with...
Learn MoreDeconstructing Souljacker
Our guitarist Joe has analysed the Eels’ track Souljacker Pt I over on his blog. You can of course see the Feature Creep version over here — from the vocalist’s point of view, all I’d say is that mostly...
Learn More“That’s no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!”
(To quote Meat Loaf) I had to go to Dublin for a couple of days on business this week. Now, Dublin’s a pretty music-heavy place, although most of my contact with it during the trip was in the form of winning a trivia prize...
Learn MoreA sunny Sunday in Epsom
So Sunday morning arrives, and it’s Feature Creep’s first ever Marketplace gig – in fact it’s our first ever al fresco gig full stop. Plus – it is the hottest day of the year, so I’m thinking...
Learn MoreThe longest day (even if it was in April)
Three gigs in one day. Surely enough for anyone, right? So it started with a lunchtime gig at a golf club playing a 70th party. This was a combination of folk, blues, drinking songs, rockabilly, early rock and roll and then a...
Learn MoreAll guitars, most of the time
As many of you may have noticed – and certainly any of you who have seen us live! – we are a fairly guitar-heavy band. Of the six of us, three are guitarists; Joe on lead guitar, Sheila on rhythm and Vernon...
Learn MoreAll for charity…
What a storming evening we had down at Bar XLR last night! Raising money for charity — in this case the Princess Alice Hospice — is a lot of fun when it involves four bands, an audience of somewhere around a hundred,...
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