New DVD
After months of careful planning and
preparation, Our Generation,
Swing Generation and
Oz Generation (along with a soon to be
announced special) have finally finished filming their
DVD.
The Videos, should be up on the site very
shortly, and are available to clients upon request.
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Cranky Shag again
Cranky have
started their season back at the
Lucky Shag
(Barrack St Jetty), now
that the weather is fining up.
This week (Friday 2nd November),
Paul Woseen from
The Screaming Jets will be
joining James from
4pm-7pm whilst the band are in town for
a couple of shows on
their national tour.
The Screaming Jets
play at the Leopold on
Friday and the
Civic on Saturday
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Bon Scott DVD Launch
James
got to play on stage with The Angels
again last week at the Bon Scott DVD launch
with a host of rock n roll legends, making for a great
AC/DC filled night at
Metros in Perth.
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October Update
September was a busy month with
James Playing for his old band
The Angels
and various gigs from Kunnunurra to
Albany to Mandurah
to Geraldton and more!!!
Nigel and James
performed a one off gig last Thursday at the
Paddington Alehouse with
Mick Burn (formerly of Aussie rock
legends Chain) and currently with
Darren Reid
and Steve Balaban, founding member of
local band Airbag.
Rock classics were the order of the day, and even with no rehearsals,
the band ROCKED!!!
October is also shaping up to be a big
one.
You can catch Our Generation as a
semi-acoustic 4 piece at The Old Bailey
on Thursday 11th
and 18th playing various tunes from Crowded
House, Green Day and many more
classics.
New Years Eve is yet to be confirmed as
the band have a few offers and are deciding on what
will be the most enjoyable way to bring in the
New Year with family and friends.
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The Angels
Our Generation
singer James Morley is to rejoin his
former band The Angels, as
bass player, for some shows in September.
As Their current rhythm section will
be performing with Gangajang on the
Countdown tour.
James was asked to fill the
spot that he looked after in the 90's.
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Three Generations
James,
Gary and Nigel
have formed an acoustic trio called THREE
GENERATIONS
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Bon Scott
Celebration Concert
The respect that
Bon Scott commands was evident on Sunday
at the Claremont Showgrounds,
when along with 15,000 die hard fans, the cream of Australian rock
paid tribute to one of the
most loved men in rock history !
The bands
featured on the day included The Angels,
Rose Tattoo and
The Party Boys,
featuring some of Australia's most highly regarded rock musicians,
including former members
of AC/DC and
Status Quo and some extra
special guests!
Our Generation lead singer
James Morley was invited up by long time
friends and drinking
buddies The Screaming Jets
to perform the AC/DC
classic
Ain’t no fun waitin' round to be a millionaire,
on the bass guitar.
As you can see,
the partying went long into the night as everyone toasted
Bon with
one, or two drinks.
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Happy New Year
We here at Our Generation
central wish you all a happy new year for 2007.
The band are taking time off in
January, Gary's
off to the good old U.S. of A for a month,
James is off to
Melbourne &
Adelaide to perform with Paul Woseen
of the Screaming Jets,
Dave will be off to
Albany for a fishing ritual,
Nigel will be
sleeping for a couple of weeks,
Dianne will be
working her butt off,
and as for Stuie,
well who knows what the masked avenger will be up to?
Anyway, enjoy the festive season and we'll see
you all in early 2007.
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New Sound Sample
We've added a new
Oz Generation sound file to the site.
It includes brief samples of some of the songs from the
OZ Generation set list. Check it
out on the OZ Generation page.
There will be a new sound file for
Swing Generation next week, keep
checking back here.
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Breaking News
As previously mentioned, Our Generation,
Swing Generation and
Oz Generation are about to record a
promotional DVD, this has been put
on hiatus until January, as the band have commissioned a costume
designer to make no less than 20 new
costumes before they start recording the
DVD.
The lady who is in the process of
designing and making these items is legendary in the industry for her
creativity and professionalism. Cherie
Hewson has been head wardrobe lady for
Disney on ice and traveled the
world with her craft for this and many other projects, and considered
one of the best in her field on a global level.
www.greatpretender.com.au is her web address so you can check out
some of her amazing costumes.
Stay tuned for some photos of the
bands new gear before the DVD shoot
is underway.
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Recording and DVD
The band have recently completed recording some songs for an
upcoming promo DVD.
They have been in the studio with their 9-piece band known as
Swing Generation
and laid down some classic Sinatra,
Sammy Davis Jr and
Nina Simone hits amongst others.
As well as recording some Australian
classic rock songs.
They will be filming next week, so once editing is complete,
there will be samples
of the DVD on this website, as soon
as possible. Stay tuned.
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Glenn Shorrock
After a hugely
successful week of gigs with Richard Clapton,
James , along
with Al Godtfredsen and
Nikki Rose have performed with their
trio Acoustic Juice for the legend that
is Glenn Shorrock from
The Little River Band.
They were
performing an after function private party at the
Hyatt in Perth when
Glenn and his
band joined
them for an impromptu performance of some L R
B and Bad Company classics
to an
appreciative crowd of onlookers and dancers.
In Further
news, James's former band The Angels
have entered the top 20 album charts with their new
compilation CD
Wasted Sleepless Nights.
Further
information on this album and the band can be found at :
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Paul Woseen
Paul Woseen of
the Screaming Jets will be in Perth in
August and will be joining James
Morley for acoustic shows at
The Paddo on Friday August 11th between 5 and 8PM
and Sunday 13th August at Finians
in the city in a reunion of the original
Cranky line up.
Sorry these shows were cancelled, we will let
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Richard Clapton
James Morley will be performing 4 shows as bass
player with legendary musician
Richard Clapton on the 2nd 3rd 4th and
5th of August at Friends restaurant,
Brighton Mandurah,
The Leopold Tavern, and
The Floreat Tavern
respectively.
Since the mid seventies
Richard Clapton has been Australia's most
renowned singer songwriter. With songs such as
Girls On The Avenue, Capricorn Dancer,
and Deep Water .
He has recorded with such icons as
INXS and Jimmy
Barnes and so many more.
His official website can be seen at
www.richardclapton.net
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The Bentley
The Bentley (cnr
Albany Hwy & Tate St Bentley)
has been renovated and is starting this week
as a new band venue. Seeing as there aren't too many left these days,
it would be good to see it take off.
Friday June 2nd Oz Generation
will be playing AC/DC,
Divinyls,
Choirboys,
Powderfinger
etc from 8.30
Saturday
J Babies
are playing
Non cover bands on other nights (check
Xpress if
your interested).
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Lucky Shag News
Cranky's regular Friday night
venue, The Lucky Shag bar on Barrack
Street Jetty had
some more illustrious visitors recently. None other than
Nickelback
and if Andy ever sends us the photos, we'll post them here.
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More
Musical Chairs
James
Morley will be filling in as lead vocalist for the
J
Babies for four gigs during April,
while regular singer Justin is rumored to be
recovering from a paper cut.
You can catch the "James
Babies" (SIC) at The Burswood
April 19, Black Betty's April 21st,
The Burswood April 26th and
Black Betty's again on April 28th.
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at The Paddo This week saw another huge Sunday session
for Oz Generation at
The Paddo.
Monique Robinson, from local band
Roxx, filled in for
Diane,
who is taking a holiday, and Oz Generation
were
joined (or was it replaced?) on stage by the
J
Babies for a couple of songs.
The warm weather is really starting to draw people out, so make
sure you're there
next week, for what is becoming the hottest
Sunday Session in town.
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Cranky Very Special Guest
Cranky
had a very special guest at The Lucky Shag
bar on Barrack Street Jetty on
Friday, none other than Christian's dad
John.
John
joined James and
Christian on
Violin,
a first for
Cranky although some say
James
has been fiddling around for years.
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Sunday Sessions Oz Generation's
Sunday sessions at
The Paddo are really starting to take off with a huge
crowd of locals and Perth Cup revelers
enjoying the first show of 2006.
Oz Generation were joined on
stage for a few songs by Graham Smailes and Duncan
MacKintosh
from Perth band Wax, who had earlier
played their own show at the Ascot racecourse.
Make sure you get along to one of the sessions
throughout January to be sure it's a
Happy New Year.
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Shag News Cranky's
regular Friday night venue, The Lucky Shag
bar on Barrack Street Jetty had some illustrious visitors recently.
Dave Grohl
of the Foo Fighters and
Liam Gallagher of
Oasis, both in Perth for the
RockIT festival, paid a visit to the city
centre bar with the best scenic views
in town.
More photos of the celebs can be seen on the attached page
More...
Remember you can catch Perth's best acoustic duo Cranky
at The Lucky Shag bar on Barrack Street
Jetty every Friday during summer. Don't forget they will be joined by
Paul Woseen of
the Screaming Jets on Friday
16th December
from 5pm - 10 pm.
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The Foo Fighters Dave Grohl and
Oasis Liam Gallagher
meet the staff and locals at the
Lucky Shag.
click here for more
photos
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Cranky News
The Screaming Jets bass player
Paul Woseen is dropping into Perth to
play a couple of acoustic gigs with Cranky.
Paul is teaming up with James, between tours, for two gigs in Perth.
The first is at the Paddington Alehouse
on Thursday 15th December from 8pm
The second is at The Lucky Shag bar on
Barrack Street Jetty on Friday 16th December
from 5pm - 10 pm.
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Musical Chairs
Talk about incestuous, James
Morley recently filled in as lead vocalist for Perth band
WAX at the
Paramount. He is about to fill in for one show in Mandurah as
Bass player for local outfit Three Corner Jack.
Resident drummer Stuart
Robertson is off over east for a week and is being replaced
by local legend Mick Burn. Mick is
currently playing with Atomic and
Switchback and is also known for his
work with Aus Rock legends Chain,
True Colours and
Rick Veneer and the Vigilantes.
Guitar maestro Gary Dunn
is off to Queensland with his music wholesale company
www.cmi.com.au, and is being replaced for 2 gigs by
Al Godtfredsen ,who besides playing
with local bands Vibe and
Acoustic Juice, has played with
Jimmy Barnes,
John Farnham and Glenn Shorrock,
to name a few. He also has a music wholesale company
called Electric Factory
Small world!!!
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Oz
Generation
The only band in Perth that has had the foresight
to create a
play list of Australian songs
that are classics to all of us.
A mix of gem's from the 60’s to now that is
purely 100% Australian.
OZ Generation ,the great
southern band....More
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There was a birthday bash for our good friend
Duncan MacKintosh at the Lucky Shag Bar
on Barrack Street Jetty recently. Duncan's a member of the band
Wax and the
Cranky "bench team"
(he sits in when James or Christian aren't available)
On ya Duncan.
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Movie News
Our Generation's James Morley and
Gary Dunn feature in the
film
Thunderstruck.
The film chronicles the story of a bunch of
AC/DC fans who
undertake a cross country road trip from Sydney to Fremantle. James and
Gary feature as Angus and Malcolm Young no less, although you may struggle
to recognise them under the wigs and costumes.
Thunderstruck is expected to be in Cinemas
early in 2004 don't miss it.
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Live News
There was a birthday bash for James at the Ettamogah in Morley
recently.
With 250 people at the gig, and Paul Woseen
of
The Screaming Jets (see pic. below)
jamming with the band, a very messy fun night was missed by those who
didn't attend.
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