Village Green Machine Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:30:53 +0000 GMT Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:30:53 +0000 GMT Village Green Machine magazine http://villagegreenmachine.com/article/rss/latest.html http://villagegreenmachine.com/images/m_lemon.jpg Mark Lemon http://villagegreenmachine.com/article/rss/latest.html en-gb vgmmlblglatest-rss http://villagegreenmachine.com/article/rss/latest-rss.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:30:53 +0000 GMT VGM LIVE "Hello, Village Green Machine, having been on radios 2 and 6 are playing live as a 3 piece, dates are local Birmingham ones (London gigs being sorted too) Birmingham ones are the Adam & Eve in Digbeth Sunday Nov 27th 10.PM, also the Roadhouse in Stirchley on Dec 7th. Not sure where we are in the lineup so best go early.

Village Green Machine changed into a great sounding band when I turned the guitar up, put a bit of distortion and reverb on, and started playing a bit more rock & roll lead guitar. Retro 60s sound is intact but has a lot more oomph these days. Also I got great people on bass and drums, so, it adds up.

Would be fab if you could download the track we have up on Bandcamp with a donation for Kevin Junior. He was/is the frontman of Chamber Strings, whose album was rated album of the year in a leading magazine, ahead of Bob Dylan. K is most unwell and facing medical bills in the US, does not have good insurance so we are offering the most popular Village Green Machine track for a small donation from your good self, here's the link...

http://villagegreenmachine.bandcamp.com/

Cheers

Mark Lemon

VGM

]]> vgmmlblglatest-rss http://villagegreenmachine.com/article/rss/latest-rss.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:23:47 +0100 GMT Like The Roses VILLAGE GREEN MACHINE The band at rehearsal, like The Roses or early Who. I felt engulfed by sound. A step forward is instantaneous, as the expression implies. I can hear a great band emerging, yet still I do not know from where. Where does music come from? Johnny Marr and Mozart said they didn't know. There is something about being in a truly great band. I was in one, maybe 2, with Dave Kusworth. But I had no reason to suspect greatness would happen again in a band for me, despite being able to play, and working with very good people. Greatness, in music, is elusive, in terms of really identifying the essence of that greatness. It is exciting to be in a great band. Infact, it is one of the most thrilling experiences one can have. I didn't expect it to happen to me again, and I don't take it for granted. But I know what I heard the other afternoon, and I'm not going to let that go.

We will play live, of course. In fact we are organising a scene in Birmingham. Brum, is not a pretty city. It is architecturally mundane, generally. I live in a place which borders on desolation. So, rock & roll grows, because of this. Something bursts through the concrete. I don't think rock & roll came from, ease, from the moneyed classes. It bursts to life as an art form full of spirit, from the barren roots of, poverty. My f****** life was shafted when I was a kid, now I am not going to talk about that, but, you may get the picture. Music doesn't come from idyllic spirits, although one may feel ecstatic in the moment of creation. Music comes from, the pain of life. It's a nice thing though, isn't it.:)) Well I like it, anyway.

Come and see the band, we will be playing soon it will be a GAS. Or, get a CD or download, or if you're poor just have a listen.

http://villagegreenmachine.com/

x

Mark Lemon

Village Green Machine

]]> vgmmlrrlatest_rss http://villagegreenmachine.com/article/rss/divine.html Fri, 20 May 2011 00:10:33 +0100 GMT Divine Divine

Hi we're deciding on a new look/aesthetic for Village Green Machine, website will reflect this, artwork for next LP, and photos will reflect this. I decided to move upmarket  :-)   If you're one of the thousands who keep coming back to this website, don't worry, we will bring you some good new stuff.

It really is good, the next LP is finished apart from a few tweaks to the mixing. One serious music fan who heard the album told me it was divine and that it is genius. I am working with really good musicians towards a new live situation, the organ player brings early Pink Floyd, The Doors and Booker T to mind. Paul Collins is a stalwart, solid drummer back onboard. Come back here for updates on the album release date and live dates. There will be a new video.

Also VGM is now managed by intrepid achiever Grant Holby. The second album is produced like a mid 60s record, is experimental, is generally more of a rock & roll record, a bit more bluesy, more r&b than the first. So you will get early Rolling Stones influences, a splash of 60s garage, a little Sweet Jane era Velvets influence. There's a stark acoustic ballad. Look, its really, really good. We've got to get away from manufactured stuff, (pumped at us 24/7 by an ever more insistent marketing machine) I will always do my best to be part of a credible alternative. See you later and see you soon x

ps if you like the samples please buy an album, the samples are only half the song, support independent music, go on its only a few pounds.

]]> vgmmlrrentertaining_mr_sloane http://villagegreenmachine.com/article/rss/entertaining-mr-sloane.html Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:22:18 +0000 GMT Entertaining Mr Sloane Entertaining Mr Sloane

 

Entertaining Mr Sloane

 

here I am waiting in the wings/like rope around mist my dreams I have kissed/like promises told to children I wait with preying eyes upon life's elusive glittering prize/and you know damn it deserve it now/damn it I deserve it now.

Purple Haze Odyssey and Oracle Odessa Revolver Forever Changes too I want the scent of the crowd the hum the glory of cheers and the records I make should spin not download I am looking back down music's illustrious back roads and I ain't finished yet. 

So anyway hello and a cheery smile I've been reading Orton watching Mr Sloane sitting in bed transfixed and drawn into his world of rising personal power fame long arriving/ the mischievous defacement of library books adventures unmentionable and Halliwell, whose malignant diseased mind exploded/ Orton battered to death by hammer blows yet the legacy shows a talent irreverent idiosyncratic and mischievous... Orton's I mean... look on Youtube see the black eyes dart around entrapped on a conservative panel game/ set to misbehave he did so to comic roguish effect... while all the time Haliwell imploded Joe did not see psychological disintegration personality dissipation this man unable somehow to liberate himself from his own sorry drama except by murder and suicide... and then there are the darker aspects...

 

Give mercury a channel it can run down and it will:-)

 

And the work lives on. Orton's work lives on.

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