These Locksley cats are all over the place. Ernie and one of the Berts caught them a while ago opening for Fountains of Wayne, and they were blown away by the coolness & energy of these dudes. Ernie worked hard to bring them directly to you, here in the ‘Burgh. Please come out to show your support and have a great night full of poppy catchy rock n’ roll!
A while ago we played at a crazy show in Sheffield Lanes, above the Fallout Shelter. It was all ages, it was madness, it was beautiful. This is some of what you missed:
“Toybox”:
A lot of screwing around, then “Ikea”:
Video by Ernie’s mom, Terrie Cobb.
This is just a sample of the awesomeness that you can get full-on by supporting our Kickstarter campaign, and at the same time wrangling yourself some cool stuff.
So, Ernie and one Bert decided to crash a Houlihan’s open stage last night in Robinson. Apparently it enters us into a contest. We’d like to take the other Bert to round 2, so we’d like you to vote for us.
…sort of. Imagine that you can hear the guitar. People there seemed to be amused at any rate, and no one left. Ernie & ½ the Berts unplugged was interesting to say the least.
Please vote, and have all your friends vote. Tweet them, Facebook them, MySpace them if you still do that… Tumblr or WordPress them, text them, call them, page them.
There were some other musicians there last night that you may want to check out:
Denmon Sides Project- Interestingly, they were at the Thunderbird the night that Ernie and the Berts made our debut!
Thanks in advance for voting, unless you already have voted… then thanks for that too. Tell your friends to vote too! We could win $1000 and some recording time or something, and we need the push to get some new music done. Ha ha.
One lucky Ernie and the Berts friend & fan who goes by the YouTube handle johnnyaUSA captured a very special moment last night. Ernie got to live out 3 rock n’ roll dreams (a.k.a. “steps to becoming a man”) at the 31st Street Pub and it’s all captured here on video. What are they? Well, you’ll just have to watch and see!
It just goes to show you that if you don’t really put any effort into things, it’s OK. Why? Because you can do a half-assed job in front of a room full of friends, peers, and strangers… and most of them will be too drunk to care anyway.
Here are some photos that Jason took of our set, click the thumb to see the full size photo…
Here’s all the bands that participated last night, even though the sign clearly stated “Absolutely No Covers“:
All of the above bands are worth checking out. If you see that they’re playing somewhere soon, go out an see them! The theme of the night (besides Turbonegro love) was that it’s all about having a good time, getting along, and supporting all of the other bands and venues in the local scene. We look forward to rocking out with all these cats in future shows, and hope we’re invited back to the next one of these million-band tribute shows!
So, we have a new mix of “Toybox” to give you added aural pleasure!
The original single created for a video project by our friends Jason & Terry was recorded by Brendan of Summer Lungs. While this recording rocked pretty hard, Erin’s friend Barak wanted a crack at punching it up a little… so he did just that.
Barak Shpiez of Spearhead Audio(and the band Beware Fashionable Women) did a remixing/remastering and some production work and kicked us into overdrive. We hope to work together in the future as we get some more of the stuff we’re writing fleshed out into songs, and perhaps recording a little more of the stuff you’ve been hearing at our live shows.
Let us know what you think! Can you hear the difference? Do you like the mix? Do you want more more more?
Eventually it should pop up on our Reverb Nation page, and you can check out the video (currently with the old audio mix) in all of the following places…
So, I’m setting up an Ernie and the Berts blog that will serve as a link to all of our stuff, be our news, & be our central home on the web. Keep checking back for more awesome.
