Red Aligatorz/The Girls @ The Warehouse

When gigs turn out to be better, much better, than what we hoped it makes it all the more special to play together again. From meeting up with ..

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Swanny´s Interview

In this interview Swanny talks about the connection with punk music and his life long love of Rockabilly music. He also talks about his introduction ..

5 years ago
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Red Aligatorz Gig – Penrith “The Warehouse”

It seems the Red Aligatorz have been let out of the asylum for another evening. This time they will be playing in Penrith/Cumbria on Friday, ..

5 years ago
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Lonesome’s Amsterdam Recording.

Many people go to Amsterdam for many reasons. Three young lads from Carlisle in 1986 went to Amsterdam to play music, all else was secondary; ..

6 years ago
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Penrith’s Red Aligatorz

I joined the Red Aligatorz in November 1985, I knew there was a band already, I did not join from the beginning; but I never knew much about ..

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Red Aligatorz: Reunion Video

The Reunion of the Red Aligatorz at the Old Fire Station was more than what we (the band) expected. The music, the venue were good but the crowd ..

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Red Aligatorz: Kitchen Reunion Demo

Here is the recording from the previous blog where I mentioned The Red Aligatorz rehearsal, leading up to the reunion gig at the Old Fire ..

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Red Aligatorz’s Article 5/3/18

Here is a link to the on-line “Cumbria Live” What’s On in Cumbria Site, it features an article about the Red Aligatorz’s ..

6 years ago
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Guana Batz / Red Aligatorz

Stars and Stripes was a place the Red Aligatorz played at regular intervals, not only on the Wednesday Jam nights (where no one turned up) where ..

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Kitchen Rehearsal – 31 Years Brewing

It took me longer to cycle the 8 miles to Carlisle than it took Ellie to drive from Macclesfield, 150+ miles away, the recent heavy snow ..

6 years ago
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Aligatorz’s Radio Cumbria Interview

For the past 3 weeks Swanny and I have been playing a few songs in his kitchen; I can not call it a rehearsal as the songs have slotted ..

6 years ago
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Aligatorz Kitchen Music

In December 14th 1985 I wrote in my diary that I was “going to see Swanny to play some rockabilly music in his kitchen”. A few days ..

6 years ago
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Home Recording

I have been meaning to guy a new guitar for sometime; the old acoustic I have has a big crack down its body and does not stay in tune for long. ..

6 years ago
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Red Aligatorz: Tojo; Amsterdam to Dunfermline

Swanny has been doing a lot of work with the Red Aligatorz reunion gig (which is still scheduled for the 10th March). In the past Swanny ..

6 years ago
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Red Aligatorz: Birmingham Powerhouse

Another surprise poster has come to light concerning a gig the Red Aligatorz did in 1987, brought to my notice by Swanny. It is of a gig they ..

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The Red Aligatorz: a bass story

I recently got a mail from Ellie, the double bass player in the Red Aligatorz. In preparation for the fourth coming reunion gig he sent ..

6 years ago
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Red Aligatorz Reunion

“I was hanging around the market street…” isn’t that how the Clash song goes, from “All the Young Punks”. ..

6 years ago
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Design a Cassette?

Did you ever make anyone (or yourself) a music cassette? If you did, did you take the time to design it? To spend time and thought into ..

7 years ago
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The Red Aligatorz

An update on the Red Aligatorz page: I recently met Swanny again after many years, the last time I saw him he was in London, now back in Carlisle ..

8 years ago
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Red Aligatorz Border TV

I finally extracted The Red Aligatorz video from my VHS. I found 2 songs we did on Border TV “Border News and Look Around” or to give ..

8 years ago
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