A bullet through the heart

Groove Temple played at the Dandaloo Hotel on Friday 23 February for a quiet, relaxing night. The audience were most appreciative and mostly well behaved. For a short time, there was a fourth member of the Groove Temple stage line up, from approximately 10:05pm to 10:006pm, right until the gentleman in question was ejected from the premises for extreme intoxication. Apparently this is no longer a national sport, and may even be dropped from the Olympics program.

Ang seemed preoccupied most of the night, assessing a set of Fender Bullets on his Fender Telecaster: "Dr K has a sponsorship deal for his strings and has recently been raving about "top heavy, bottom light" strings for more cut and clarity in his sound. Personally, I don't believe he needs it as much as I do, because he has some clever e.q. control. These beauties are 11's on first string to only 48's on sixth. I'm staying in this zone, it cleans up my sound. It was an enjoyable night. I just love finding out new stuff like that. I play my Telecaster through a Blues Deville 410 and it's a monster, with way too much bottom end, so it's good to get a result with some experimenting"

Groove Temple will be at the Greenwell Point Bowling Club on Saturday 3rd March and look forward to catching up with some of the locals again.

Hangover Cure -Incredible breakthrough

University Researchers in conjunction with Groove Temple Industries* and Groove Temple Laboratories* have announced a decisive defeat in the battle against hangovers. Primary subject and Groove Temple front man Ang Perusco admits to years of failures:
"Myself and the expert technicians (various bar staff) involved have trialled many methods in an attempt to find the real answer.
The revelation was a lightning bolt, like a D note on the 10th fret of Doctor K's Gibson Guitar. Brilliant ideas are usually very simple ones and this was no exception. I was holding court at the bar, mutually exploring options with some of the highly respected bar technicians at the Shellharbour Workers Club on Saturday night, discussing various hangover cures. Some incredible suggestions surfaced, such as vegemite & oyster sandwiches. This remedy was in danger of reminding me of the two things that usually get me there in the first place, so we ignored it.
The remedy that made the most impression was the one involving abstinence. Nobody at the bar knew exactly how it worked, or even what the word really means and perhaps we were all too scared to find out. Some things are better left alone.....I must admit I tried it once and it works."

Groove Temple ran the gauntlet of a post boxing match bout at the Shellharbour Workers Club with waves of aspiring boxers haunting the club after their auditorium fights on Saturday night 17 February 2007, and found that it didn't matter who was in the audience, -it's all about the groove. They danced until they stopped, dropped or flopped. The GT boys had a good night and went home with big smiles.

Groove Temple will be flogging it again on Friday at the Dandaloo Hotel on Friday 23 February 2007, hoping to stir the pot at Kanahooka and get some people boogying. Bring it on.

* A Division of Groove Temple International Inc. Ltd

Groove Temple storms Kiama

Groove Temple would firstly like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by their no-show on Friday 9th February at the Husky Pub, Huskisson. There was a misunderstanding which led to a double booking. The guys did turn up, but ending up cruising home with some beers when the error was discovered. Saturday night made up for it.
Kiama was the subject of thunder and lightning on the weekend, with Groove Temple drawing on energy from the ether to power their Fender guitars to slash their way through some hefty dance sets. Nobody knows the reason for the fancy dress party on the night, complete with wigs and novelty glasses. The theory is that the infamous Dr Frankeinstein put the latent electrical energy to creative use and constructed a small army of funky dancing zombies. They took over the dance floor. Unfortunately the problem was contagious as band members ended up wearing some fancy dress as well.
Not all of Dr Frankenstein's experiments went well though, as one poor soul, obviously with flawed genetic code was sadly found tampering with Groove Temple equipment and had to be sent home to his mother. Legend has it that he has been doomed to wander the earth in a soul-less state, looking for shiny things with which to play. May he find peace.
The guys will be fired up and ready to go again on Saturday 17th February, when they tighten the bolts to storm the Shellharbour Workers Club at 10:30 p.m. They will play well into the night, Igor.

Spread the love, baby!

Groove Temple assertively assailed the audience at the Ocean Beach Hotel on Friday 2nd February, deciding to present with two huge, dance-packed sets. The punters accepted the challenge by crowding the dance floor for the whole of the night. No prisoners were taken, although it was obvious that some people did take a friend home. Yes, there was some healthy “socialising” going on, and most of it was on the dance floor. Groove Temple helped spread the love, baby, via the process of some funking groovy tunes.

Lead vocalist Ang said “It was like a Petri dish down there on the dance floor. Mother Nature was making its move on the citizens of Shellharbour and the seeds of love were germinating. Such a wonderful thing….Well kind of disgusting really, but obviously still fun, or it wouldn’t keep happening…..”

Groove Temple will be spreading more love on the weekend of 9th and 10th February, playing Husky Pub, Huskisson, on the Friday then the Grand Hotel in Kiama on Saturday. They will be looking forward to helping spread the love again. This is what it’s all about. See you there. Bring a friend.