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 The Men They Couldn't Hang's Profile |
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The roots, rock, rebel rave is never wrong! |
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| Location: | London, |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jun 3, 2008 (564 days back) |
About Me |
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News and Forthcoming Gigs!The "Demos & Rarities 2" CD is now finally out! Yes, ladies and gents, your eyes aren’t failing you, it’s out and can be ordered through the online shop by clicking on the image below which will transport you straight there:TMTCH will continue to work on their new album and you can find a short story and some lyric snippets at their official website and download a demo version of "The Man In The Subway" here ! Other news for 2007! Paul Simmonds solo 4 track EP now available to buy / order! A four track EP is now available with the following songs: * Call Me Darling * Ride Again * Silver Gun * Whiskey and Wine All songs are written by Paul Simmonds and he is accompanied by Naomi Bedford with Kevin Grist as producer. Check out the blog entry to find out how to get hold of one of these or contact Paul via his MySpace inbox ! The Men They Couldn’t Hang Songbook – A Bag Of Songs – is now available. A personal selection of 50 songs with lyrics, chords and commentary it can be purchased in 3 ways…. 1/ From www.lulu.com . Just go to the site, search for ‘A Bag of Songs’ and buy online. It retails at £10.64 and they promise delivery within 5 working days…..You can also see a free preview at the site. 2/ You will be able to buy at gigs later in the year… 3/ ... see blog! Cheers, Paul Simmonds TMTCH are now on iTunes!Four of the Men They Couldn’t Hang albums are now available on iTunes , these are: * How Green Is The Valley * Waiting For Bonaparte * The Domino Club * The Cherry Red Jukebox The following are also available for download: TMTCH "The Cherry Red Jukebox" Odgers & Simmonds "Baby Fishlips" BiographyThe Men They Couldn’t Hang were officially formed in early 1984. The founding members were Phil "Swill" Odgers (vocals, guitar), Paul Simmonds (guitar, bouzouki, keyboards) and Jon Odgers (drums) from punk-pop band "Catch 22" with Shanne Bradley (bass, flute - former member of Shane MacGowan’s band "The Nips") and Stefan Cush (vocals, guitar), whom they met while busking in West London. Shanne in 1985 - Christmas party in Leeds. photo by Mo Dixon - thanks a lot for this great pic! TMTCH appeared at a St Patrick’s Day festival in 1984 and were also asked to play at a benefit gig for the striking miners. Paul Simmonds wrote the song "Shirt Of Blue" on the way to the gig when he watched a whole police force gathering. The Men’s first big hit was their cover version of Eric Bogle’s "Green Fields Of France", which ended up in John Peel’s Festive Fifties two years running! In 1985 they released their first album "Night Of A Thousand Candles", closely followed by "How Green Is The Valley" in 1986. Among the TMTCH fans, these two album remain the most popular due to now classic Men songs like "Ironmasters", "Ghosts Of Cable Street" and "Shirt Of Blue". Shanne Bradley left in 1987 and was replaced by Ricky McGuire, a former member of punk band the UK Subs . The third album "Waiting For Bonaparte", released in 1988, was again bursting with great songs such as "The Colours", "Smugglers" and "Bounty Hunter", which became live favourites. By now they had attracted the attention of the rest of Europe and by the time they released their album "Silvertown" in 1989, they were asked to play at a big festival in Estonia in front of thousands of people. Their fifth album "Domino Club" released in 1991 showed a darker mood with the songs "Family Way" and "Great Expectations", while the single "The Lion And The Unicorn" was very reminiscent of their first three albums. By this time cracks and uncertainty about the way forward started to show in the band’s makeup and they decided to call it a day. A Farewell Tour produced the live recording "Alive, Alive-O" and filming "The Shooting" at the Town and Country Club in London (now known as The Forum). Paul and Swill, together with Paul’s equally talented brother Neil Simmonds , started a new project called Liberty Cage while Cush and Ricky played and toured extensively with Folkfinger. Jon Odgers meanwhile decided to settle down and worked for Northern Irish noise merchants Therapy? as a drum technician. Cush and Shanne at the Mean Fiddler, London in 1994 many thanks to Sean Taylor for the photo! By 1996 they were missing the thrills of working together as TMTCH too much and duly reformed the band after playing the occasional gig together. They released the album "Never Born To Follow" and the EP "Six Pack" in 1996 and 1997 respectively and toured Germany with their new sound less mandolin, bouzouki and 12-string guitar which Paul used to play. In 1997 they were invited to play in Egypt. Click here to read Swill’s report on this rather unusual tour. Two compilation albums of their best songs were released in 1998, which were followed in 2003 by "Cherry Red Jukebox", an album with all new songs written by Paul Simmonds. Last year TMTCH have played an acoustic gig at the St Patrick’s Day festivities organised by the Mayor of London, where Paul decided to pick up the mandolin again. Having gotten the taste for playing acoustic shows, they are planning on more as well as having the recording studio booked to record new songs and adding old ones in acoustic version for a brand new album. Watch this space for more news soon! An extensive discography can be found at their Official Website . To order TMTCH and related goodies, please follow this link to their online merchandise shop. More TMTCH stuff is available at Barn End Video . Other TMTCH links: official TMTCH band website with news, downloads and lots of info join the TMTCH mailing list at Yahoo Groups! TMTCH page at Tagworld.com gig listings with more extensive info and a music player with an endless supply of songs! TMTCH at YouTube add some videos to your profile! TMTCH at Wikipedia biography TMTCH discography TMTCH at Last.fm get "scrobbling"! Paul Simmonds’ MySpace page with new demo songs from TMTCH’s main songwriter! Swill and the Swaggerband at MySpace Swill and the Swaggerband at Last.fm more scrobbling to get Swill played! Liberty Cage at MySpace Have we missed out anything??? If you know something we don’t, drop us a line! |
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Music:Member Since: 4/27/2006Band Website: tmtch.net Band Members: TMTCH main members: Phil "Swill" Odgers If you prefer not to show up on these maps on MySpace, follow this link ! Copy this code to your website to display this banner! New DVD available to order!Please also look in on the newly formed group called "Whitehaven Against Fascism" , who have close links with Maryport Against Racism , and who were leafleting at the Whitehaven gig on Saturday 6th October to draw attention to their campaign against the BNP. Record Label: Twah! Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk Rock / Punk / Acoustic) |
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THE MEN THEY COULDNT HANG DEMOS & RARITIES VOL.2 |
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| Demo’s and Rarities Vol 2 is now all pressed up and ready to slip into your CD player or MP3 player of choice. If you want to order a copy nip over to the mail order section at www.TMTCH.net. ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:14:00 PST |
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Swill solo gig tonight (Thursday) |
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| Get yer arse down to the 12 Bar Club tonight, Thursday 13 December - 8pm An early solo Xmas show in the centre of London -The 12 Bar ClubDenmark PlaceLondonW1 www.12bar.com ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:00:00 PST |
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On Sunday 3rd February the Hive will be hosting BEARSTOCK 3 benefit gig |
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| BEARSTOCK 3 Sunday February 3rd 2008A night of acoustic rock and folk music at the Hive (formerly Stripes) Brentford FC in aid of the following charities: MC for the evening is the legendary author&... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:27:00 PST |
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Delays with merchandise orders and new tour T-shirts etc |
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| Hello all!First of all an apology to all of you who ordered goodies through the official website and have had to wait for a long time.Basically, we have had hold ups as we have been waiting for stock ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:31:00 PST |
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Four Dogs |
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| Hi thereHere's a relatively short blog before the next full one in which I plan to give a shockingly detailed account of TMTCH's trip last weekend to the East Midlands and Cumbria via South Yorkshire.... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:39:00 PST |
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London Christmas gig, Southampton gig and Paul solo gigs plus CD news! |
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| Hello all!The Men have been busy playing summer festivals and are now preparing to record their new album which is due to be released in the new year as well as getting ready for their November ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:55:00 PST |
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Paul Simmonds solo gig at the Hive, West London on 28/09/07 at 7:45pm |
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| Next acoustic gig for Paul at the Hive on Friday 28th September 2007 Paul Simmonds is the chief songwriter with British folk rock legends 'The Men They Couldn't Hang' and has written a bunch of ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:34:00 PST |
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Somerset, Cardiff & Oxfordshire weekender |
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| This is not the usual blog and is really only of benefit to those of you living in the UK ...but to keep up your interest click on the link at the bottom of this blog which will take you directly to o... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:48:00 PST |
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The Grand Old Opry comes to Worksop! - 5th May - The Circle |
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| 'The Grand Old Opry comes to Worksop!' The Event A unique and intimate concert demonstrating the art and craft of songwriting in an acoustic setting, featuring some of the finest practitioners of ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:07:00 PST |
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New/Old TMTCH DVD available |
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| New/Old TMTCH DVD available.Cherry Red Records have released a new The Men They Couldn't Hang DVD 'Never Born to Follow' A gig filmed at the Newcastle Live Theatre in1998.The Men They Couldn't Hang ... Posted by The Men They Couldn't Hang on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:51:00 PST |
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