Fantastic gig last night - Phil X baby!

[bucketshred]

Is it pronounced 'Dirge'?

Paddy

[Philly Q]

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

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

Ah, but he's quite a lot bigger than me, isn't he....?

..............it's actually a complete Phil X body suit!  You'd never know, would you?  Although the chubby arms look a bit weird on close inspection.

And..... I've just been pretending to be a sh!t guitar player all these years!  :P


But seriously, it would kill me to even try to be that enthusiastic for more than about 30 seconds.  :|

[Philly Q]

The gig sounds like an experience, even the bad parts.

Even though I still find Mr X...... wearing....., I will grudgingly admit that I don't loathe him anywhere near as much as I used to.  And I'm prepared to believe he and his band were good.

Chappers, on the other hand, seems to be a complete and utter c0ck.  I find it hard to believe the two of them are really the big buddies they're currently being portrayed as.

[itamar101]

It's pronounced "Dorge" - "Ay" according to his YouTube videos...
shite name for a band... It's very much like they're trying to come up with a cool "clever" name but only manage to come up with this name that a 6 year old boy would come up with. It just sounds stupid.
I'll be honest, I do enjoy his gear reviews and stuff at andertons but his band... Boring as $%&#.

They spend so long trying to show of their knowledge of music theory and technique and overall musical prowess that they forgot that theyre making music...
The lyrics are poor and they are so slow that they aren't the slightest bit catchy, there seems to be a solo every 30 seconds and they're just trying fit to much in to one song... Every song... Apart from the most important thing. It's need to be listenable.


The drills though... Epic. Obviously less musical knowledge and technical ability than Chappers group of individuals yet at the same time they seem to know much more about actually writing music rather than bdlessly soloing.

They have gotten the mix between quick catchy riffs and awesome singing with an attidtude just right. That is the definition of rock n roll. Not chapper's proggressive experimental bore-to-the-death-to-much-gain djent-rock.

[gwEm]

I find it hard to believe the two of them are really the big buddies they're currently being portrayed as.

^^ this

[Ian Price]

I find it hard to believe the two of them are really the big buddies they're currently being portrayed as.

Only one of them believes this. No prizes for guessing which one.

As far as name pronounciation goes there was a very cringey moment where they asked the audience to shout the band name in a Scottish accent and then an Italian accemt. I'm still not clear way.

This was however suprassed by the audience being asked to shout a pirate like noise to get the bass player to play his 'solo'. Apparently he only does that if a loud enough nose is made. Sadly a loud enough noise was made.

[AndyR]

Sadly a loud enough noise was made.

Probably your "why don't you f*ck off?!" added to the volume, and it's difficult making out the meaning of all the noises coming from the audience sometimes :lol:

[Twinfan]

While we were getting CDs signed it became very clear that Phil X and Chappers are NOT buddies.  Phil X did well not to lamp him one!  :lol:

[Philly Q]

While we were getting CDs signed it became very clear that Phil X and Chappers are NOT buddies.  Phil X did well not to lamp him one!  :lol:

Tell us more!

[Twinfan]

OK...

* Phil X is talking to fans, having and taking pics, signing CDs etc
* Chapman appears from backstage with some geeky hangers on
* Chapman barges infront of Phil X fans, grabs Phil round the neck, and shouts "I love you man" into his ear
* Chapman attempts to cintinue conversation and thrusts whisky bottle into Phil X's face
* Phil X calmly steps backwards 3 steps to continue talking to fans
* Chapman drags his cronies past Phil again and out towards the bar

So, who's the class act then?

[Afghan Dave]

Really nice to hear this.
Confirms 99% of what I would have guessed about these two.

Natural honest showmanship from Phil X (years of hard dues paying hidden out of sight)

vs

Affected and conceited Chappers (years of being a bullied loser covered up by practice and theory written on his face)

[Philly Q]

Sounds like this will be the one and only Drills/Dorje tour!

[Twinfan]

Me and Ian think so - we reckon it'll be Drills only if he comes back  ;)

[Toe-Knee]

Wow I think im the only person in the world who likes chappers :D

I haven't heard his music buy I find him an interesting character for sure.

but I also dislike people that everyone else loves  :P

[Philly Q]

but I also dislike people that everyone else loves  :P

So you know what it's been like for me on all these "Phil X Love" threads!  :P