Fantastic gig last night - Phil X baby!

[Twinfan]

Myself and the good Ian Price of this parish were in Guildford last night at a small pub called the Boileroom, seeing Rob Chappers band Dorje and Phil X's band The Drills.  It was the best £6 I've ever spent  :D

Headlines:

* Phil X and the Drills are one of the most entertaining bands I've ever seen  8)
* Hendrix's "Fire" solo can be extended to include the theme from The Flintstones and the Beat It solo(!)
* The pub's cheese and onion crisps were better than Dorje  :roll:
* Best quote from Phil X: "If you're not playing from the c*ck, it's not rock and roll!"  :P

Top comedy moments:

* Best audience heckle ever (to Phil X): "Can we swap you with Russell Brand?  He's a c*nt!"  
* Ian Price on Dorje: "They say they sound like Audioslave?  More like Audiolame..."

:lol:


Final thoughts:

Rob Chapman is the biggest tosspot in the world, and thinks he's something special.  He's not, and not by a long chalk.

[gwEm]

This kind of ties in with what I might have expected from the gig. Its good you had a great time and got your money's worth!

[Dmoney]

god bless youtube and all who sail in her.

[AndyR]

So you and Ian can clear up the issue that's been bothering us for months - are Phil X and Philly Q really not the same person?

[Twinfan]

Having met both of them, I can categorically confirm that PhillyQ is in fact NOT Phil X.

Unless it was a very good disguise......

[Ian Price]

What a great night (apart from the 3 support acts). My ears are still ringing.

The Drills were top top notch entertainment and highly recommended when they hit these shores again. I don't want to rant about Dorje too much but to play really bad original songs that have needless solos, bass 'solos', an improvised 'funk' jam and a drum solo is an indication that they really aren't that good. Actually they are sh!te.

I can absolutely confirm Chappers is a total c0ck (and a hopeless singer). Anyone who takes two guitar techs on what is essentially a pub tour has a massively over inflated opinion of themselves. Also pushing people out of the way to get to Phil X and proclaim that you "love him" was a little rude. Do it the Phil X way. Take 3 guitars, do all the work yourself, be happy to have photos taken, sign stuff and be nice with people.

Rant over.

The Drills were great. I even bought the CDs on sale. I feel like a teenager again.

[Twinfan]

^ what Ian said  :D

Rob Chapman blows goats.

[AndyR]

Unless it was a very good disguise......

Exactly :lol:


Anyway, how does one pronounce "Dorje"? I'm imagining "dordge" - how could you possibly have expected anything good from an outfit calling themselves "dordge"? :lol:

Good to hear about The Drills though. I know he gets up some folks' noses, but I've always expected that he and his band would be a fab night out.

[Twinfan]

They're superb Andy, really really good.  Fun original songs with punky attitude and comedy lyrics, lots of classic song riffs/solos thrown into random places and good onstage banter.  If they were a local band I'd watch them every week!

Great tone as well - a single pickup Yamaha SG P90 through a Bad Monkey and an Evil Robot head.  Awesome.

[bucketshred]

Sounds like a great night out, wish I'd have gone.

PhilX is insanely talented and insanely enthusiastic about playing, I wish I played with people with a 1/4 of his love for playing!! Chappers has always come across as a tool though, was he wearing his headband?

Oh and AndyR, would it not be pronounced 'Dor-HEY'?

Paddy

[AndyR]

Oh and AndyR, would it not be pronounced 'Dor-HEY'?

Wouldn't they be good if they had "HEY!" in their name, though? :D

Sounds like it's me and my pronunciation misconceptions... (remember that I was playing a Badga Telecaster for quite some time until someone pointed out that it was actually "Baha" after Baja, California :roll: - I did think it was a pretty cr@p name to give a guitar at the time :D)

[blue]

^ what Ian said  :D

Rob Chapman blows goats.

and that's the quote of the day! :)

i imagined Chapman's band would be a bit cr@p, and he clearly does have a very high (and unjustified) opinion of himself.  just because he does some silly youtube videos!

Phil X on the other hand, just seems like a massively enthusiastic lunatic!  and a very good guitar player and singer.  i didn't notice Bon Jovi calling Chapman when Richie did a runner.  i got a couple of Drills cd's to see what they were like, and they were thoroughly enjoyable.  i would love to have seen the band live! 

oh, Philly may be rubbed the wrong way by Mr X's personality, but i bet he'd enjoy the cd's

[bucketshred]

I'd love one of those Tele's. I used to pronounce is 'Barger'.

Paddy

[Twinfan]

No headband from the Chappers, but his swamp dwelling bass player was wearing one  :roll:

[Ian Price]

No headband from the Chappers, but his swamp dwelling bass player was wearing one  :roll:

Surely you mean 'the best bass player in Europe'.  :roll:

Oh and AndyR, would it not be pronounced 'Dor-HEY'?

Wouldn't they be good if they had "HEY!" in their name, though? :D

You've just reminded me of another cringe worthy moment. There was a moment in their 'set' when they asked the audience to shout Dorje in a Scotish and then Italian accent. Cringe city.

They also asked everyone to make a pirate like noise before the bass player played his 'solo'. Cringe fest city.