Skamp's very own Adam 'Ant' Watts goes 40

Skamp as you've never seen them before



Not 1, not 2, not 3 BUT 4 Freddys

On Saturday night in a small village hall in Overbury, Gloucestershire, people from far and wide came to celebrate Adam's 40th birthday. The theme was 70s/80s rock icons. Would you believe it! Having spent hours choosing my Freddy Mercury costume, Rob the singer turned up with exactly the same outfit. Not only that, but Skamp's old drummer arrived... you guessed it! AND there was another chap who went one step further and plumped for the leotard Freddy outfit. What a crazy night.

Skamp cleanup their act!

Last week enough was enough. Having struggled to organize our band lockup successfully, we finally pulled out everything from the garage, threw the rubbish away and neatly put everything back so we could get easy access. See here the results.

SKAMPs first afternoon wedding gig!

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Well we did our first ever afternoon wedding gig in Painswick - what fun. Katherine and Jayne looked gorgeous and so did their house and gardens. It took until our second set to get the party goers up on the dance floor, but they made up for it by doing some crazy dancing. The weather was warm and sunny, the food and cakes were good - what's not to like. All the best guys for the future.

Gloucestershire Party Band Skamp at Sudeley Castle

Clare and Steve got married at Sudeley Castle near Winchcombe over the weekend and were blessed with some nice weather. We had to sneak around the back of the marquee so we didn't disturb the guests which was fun. We faced the bar area that looked like something from Buck Rogers as it glowed different colours throughout the evening. Skamp rocked. The guests got drunk and danced all night. Result.

Gloucestershire Party Band Skamp perform with married-man-to-be

Last Tuesday, Skamp rehearsed with married-man-to-be Dan, backed by his dad on guitar. We're performing 3 numbers with them, quite unusual for us, but hey... we go with the flow. We'll be seeing them in a few weeks and I'm sure it will be great fun.

Skamp perform at Louise & Rob's Wedding, Bowden Hall Hotel, Gloucestershire

Arrived at Bowden Hall in good time in the afternoon to setup. A smaller space for us to fit into than we're used to but against all odds we squeezed in close. Don't Stop Believing by Journey was the first dance - it went down well and I'm sure we'll keep this one in the set. The wedding goers were up for a party and we rocked until 1am. It was a fun, tiring, hot, sweaty night. Many thanks to Louise and Rob and the hotel for looking after us. All the best guys.

Gloucestershire Party Band Skamp Audition for Sally, Adam and Ethan

Thanks to Sally, Adam and new baby Ethan for coming to meet us on Tues. Skamp were a little bit rusty as we've been busy recently with non-band activities. It didn't take long though for us to warm up and perform some of our hits, as chosen by the audition trio. Despite our best efforts to rock out, we didn't wake little Ethan. In fact he seemed to like it and busted some moves in his carry cot. We'll see these guys again next year in 2011 at the Great Tythe Barn, Tetbury. Once again, thanks guys.