Uncle Dad are no more. We have split amicably. It still kinda sucks, but it was inevitable, because we all wanted different things, especially the singers.
Actually the singers mostly wanted one thing: to be the only singer. You may see how that could be problematic when there were three of us.
Some of us wanted slower. Some of us wanted faster. Some of us wanted funkier. Some of us wanted funky-less. Some of us just wanted everyone to get along, maaaan. Obviously we could not all have our cake 'cause everyone else had eaten it.
We did one final impromptu performance - sadly short one member - at Katipo last Friday. If you missed ever seeing us, you missed a treat. I'm not boasting when I say we always went off. We had a succession of great, enthusiastic crowds. We had fun, and our fun was infectious. (Hence the title of this post.) But now it's over, and it seems appropriate. We went out on a bang, people said we were cool, and that was that.
Except I want another band. Right now. Either slow laid-back country or upbeat spaced-out funk. If anyone wants a singer with a cool deep voice, let me know.
This week I'm mostly listening to The Curtom Story (mostly written, produced and/or performed by Curtis Mayfield).
Tonight I'm gonna watch the brand spanking new dvd of Once Upon a Time in the West for the second time - not merely the greatest Western ever made, but one of the greatest artworks in all cinema. And damn cool music. The Suspiria of westerns, I enthuse!
Posted by pearce at November 19, 2003 3:01 PMI am sad that I will never see Uncle Dad.
Suck.
Still, all things must pass. (Except the Rolling Stones.)
Posted by: morgue at November 20, 2003 9:16 PMThere's plenty of video footage, taken from our world tour of Wellington.
Posted by: pearce at November 21, 2003 11:29 AM
inbreeding just ain't viable, h'y'ip.
And some photographs:
http://serra.co.nz/bandimages/category/17-Uncle%2520Dad%2520Incestuous%2520Union%2520Indigo%2520Bar%25202-8-03
Posted by: davidr at November 21, 2003 12:34 PMYou'd know all about inbreeding. After all, what other kind of person calls themselves homonigger?
Posted by: Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love at November 21, 2003 1:13 PM
Your mother.
:)
Posted by: homonigger at November 21, 2003 3:31 PMMy mother calls you a homonigger? Good call.
Posted by: Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love at November 22, 2003 12:18 PM
Bad luck on that, I quite liked UncleDad.
Better luck next time.
Thanks man. The beer is also appreciated. :)
A lot of folks liked Uncle Dad. At our last gig a dude I don't know approached me and said he hoped that we'd get it together in some form 'cause noone else in Wellington was doing what we did. He was right - for better or worse, there weren't two like us. Never fear, talk of future bands has already started.
Posted by: Pearce at November 24, 2003 3:13 PM