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2007-01-07T11:06:00.000-08:00

Good Luck Graham

After our gig at Allwoodley Cricket Club on Saturday 14th April our bass player Graham said his goodbyes to the rest of the band. We wish him all the best with his new ventures and at the same time welcome our new bassist "lil stevie fingers" (his idea not ours).

Cheers Graham for the last three years.

It is with great sadness we have to announce the devastating news about our frontman Mr. Clive Eales who, on Saturday 18th November 2006 was stripped of his liberty and wage slip when he became a married Man. The other three band members were there to witness the event. Here is the photo evidence.
Aaahhh Bless 'em
Lucky Girl
Graham loses the drinking competition

2006-10-15T07:54:00.000-07:00

THE NEW ROSCOE

We had a great night at the Roscoe 14-10-06. It was a late booking so we had no time to advertise but the place was buzzin'. Great crowd. Cheers everyone.

2006-10-09T08:48:00.000-07:00

WE'RE BACK

. last night (Sun 8th Oct) we played our first gig in two Months at the Lion Castleford

We had a great night and will be back there on 10th Dec
Thanks to everyone who turned up

Especially Aimz 'n' Reese

(Bless 'Em)

It was nice to see big phil from the erics turn up to see us play

(about bloody time too)

Cheers Phil

See you all soon

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2006-07-24T03:56:00.000-07:00

The Black Bull Horsforth
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We played a new gig last night (28-7-06) at the Black Bull Town street Horsforth. There was a great crowd there enjoying themselves
despite the site of three sweaty ugly blokes on stage. Thank God we've got Snoopy for the Ladies
We're hoping to be back there very soon. It's vacation time now. No more gigs untill September. How will the World cope?
See you all soon

Cheers y'all

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TODAY LEEDS
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TOMORROW THE UNIVERSE
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it has come to the attention of the band that rumours are rife about snoopy's future with us due to his body building commitments
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we can say without any doubt that snoopy's obsession with perfect pecs and baby oil will in no way effect his guitar duties with the band, as he actually lost the Mr Middleton heat of the competition to a fish and chip shop worker called Betty, thus meaning that he was immediately knocked out of the Mr Universe finals which are to be held in a tramshed in gipton

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2006-07-07T02:16:00.000-07:00

A BIG THANKS
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to everyone who made it up to the JUG AND BARREL FESTIVAL on sunday 2nd july
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it was a great day, with a great crowd and a cracking bunch of bands
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we went down really well and had a spot on sound thanks to dave and helen of Resurgence and Dave eric who were twiddling the knobs all day

plus we got in the first version of 'walking by myself' of the day

(take that MoJo)

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2006-05-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

-ITS FREE-

WE WILL BE PLAYING A FREE OUTDOOR CHARITY GIG ON SUNDAY 2nd JUNE AT

,,,,,,,,,,,,THE JUG AND BARREL FEST

STANNINGLEY ROAD PUDSEY

this will be an all day event starting at 1pm and continuing through the afternoon/evening until 9pm

it will feature a host of local bands including

SCARY UNCLE

mid life crisis

Bad Penny

MoJo
bare essensials
Resurgence
The Erics

plus acoustic acts

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2006-04-17T04:20:00.001-07:00

CHEERS

Great night at the Lion, Castleford last night (Sun 16th Apr). Everyone made us feel welcome. Nice to see Steve and his lovely wife from "Rock of the North " (thanks for coming to see us). Hopefuly we'll be back there later this year.

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

read the Rock of the North review of this gig below

Bad Penny but Good Gig

Leeds band Bad Penny played a varied and very enjoyable set at The Lion, Castleford on Easter Sunday evening. The pub was well subscribed to and the crowd were loving it, cheering the band on. From Bowie's Rebel Rebel to Rory Gallagher's Continental Op the band rocked the Lion. Special mention should be made for some great guitar work and a superb drum solo.The sharp eyed amongst you might notice the "corporate" T shirts.

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THE ROSCOE ROCKED

2006-04-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

8th APRIL @ THE NEW ROSCOE

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT TO THE ROSCOE SAT 8th APRIL.
IT WAS A BRILLIANT NIGHT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LOCK THE DOORS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN (THEY WERE TOO BUSY ON THE DANCE FLOOR). IT WAS NICE TO SEE SOME OLD FACES TURN UP TO SEE US PLAY (CHEERS). WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN THERE SOON.

2006-03-19T04:26:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who made it to the New Roscoe last night (Sat 18th March). It was a great night and snoopy got the chance to wind up his new "BOOGIE" Amp for the first time. We are back at the Roscoe on Sat 8th April when we should hopefuly have a couple of new songs for you. Hope to see you all there. Cheers.

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2006-03-02T02:06:00.000-08:00

-SNOOTY-

WE HIKED OUR ARSES ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE SNOOTY FOX IN WAKEFIELD ON WED 1st MARCH TO ATTEND AN OPEN MIC NIGHT

this is a great venue with its own PA system (bloody huge) and an amazing lights/laser rig

we were second on after a bunch of schoolkids who tried really hard to be like the arctic monkeys

bless 'em

our choice of songs went down realy well with the mainly rock audience

we played

THE SEEKER

CONTINENTAL OP

and

WALKING BY MYSELF

the snooty also offers a dvd recording service which we will try next time

ROCK LEGACY finished the night of with a brilliant hour long set which they are to release on dvd

these guys are a brilliant rock covers band who play just about everything you can think of and put on a great show

check their site on our links bit

also there was steve who runs the Rock of the North website , this is a site dedicated to rock and blues bands in the north , it is updated daily and has a great list of venues and links to bands (sending ours over today) plus a local giglist , and we even get a mention from this gig -

'Two bands who jammed and shone were Bad Penny and Gypsy. Gypsy need no introduction and played Whisky in the Jar and two original songs more than just competently. The other band I was impressed with was Bad Penny who played The Seeker by The Who, Continental Op by Rory Gallagher, and a Gary Moore style Walkin'By Myself'

check the site out in our links bit

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2006-03-02T01:48:00.000-08:00

-A BIG THANK YOU-

Bad Penny would like to thank
everyone who took part in the
Charity bash on Friday 20th Jan
at the
West Hunslet Conservative Club.
Everyone had a good night
(no complaints from the oldies)

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and thanks to your support we raised £576.00
for Macmillan Cancer Relief Fund.
And a special Thank You to
DAVE & SYLVIA THORPE
who contributed so much to make
it a succesful evening.
Cheers everyone.
See you all at the Roscoe
on 18th March.

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