April 2011
Hi, How are you?
Thanks for stopping by with Beavis Maplin
Now that we are into April, "7 Sisters" our first single is going to be ready by the end of the month for distribution
to magazines and radio stations.
We would like to thank graciously, those of you that have down loaded tracks from
our two albums on iTunes and Amazon etc...
We are currently working on an ever growing mountainof new songs for
our third album, which, the way things are going, may well end up as a double (just joking....or maybe not!)
You
can now contact us on Facebook for a cyberchat whenever you get the chance!! (see Facebook link below).
Finally
check out the video compilation from our first album courtesy of our 'site man with a plan' - Pete! (link
to youtube below also)
Once again, thanks for stopping by, there will be much more coming up in our Maycast!!
Cheers for Now
Rob
& Mart – Beavis Maplin.
Happy
New Year one and all!!!
Can’t believe it’s
February already!!Here’s a quick update on all things Beavis Maplin.
Firstly: “Life The Universe and Other Tall Stories”
our first album is now available through Songcast music on iTunes, Amazon and many other reputable websites worldwide.
This is a new remixed, re-mastered version of the original, so please give it a listen and let us know what you think!
Secondly: “7 Sisters” our first single a remix from “Ze Big Wow” will be available
on iTunes and Amazon In the second week of March, coinciding with its release to all good radio stations.
Finally: (for now) All touring plans have been put on hold as we are about to start work on our third album having loads
of new songs waiting to be recorded. So expect a new album by the end of the year and we will be treading the boards in a
town near you in the summer.
Thanks for stopping by
Cheers for now
Rob
& Mart – Beavis Maplin.
December 2010
Hey Everyone.... How are ya?
Hope you’re
all well and set for Christmas and The New Year
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support throughout 2010 and for
buying Ze Big Wow from iTunes etc.
Life, The Universe and Other Tall Stories – the remake of our first album – will now
finally hit iTunes and Amazon mid February - Closely followed by 7 sisters – The first single from
Ze Big Wow.
In
the meantime we a rehearsing frantically for our first live shows in May 2011!! Details to follow in the New Year.
Thanks for
stopping by, and have a great Christmas and new year
Cheers for Now
Rob and Martin
August
2010
Hey. How are y’all, hope you’re enjoying the great British summer!! C’mon – we know
what to expect don’t we!!!
Here’s a quick update on all things Beavis Maplin.
Firstly – our first single “7 Sisters”
a remixed version of the album track from “Ze big Wow” is gonna be available on iTunes & Amazon
in the 2nd week of September.
This will be available with remixes of “Peer Pressure Sucks You In” and “Absolutely
Got to Have A Piss” and will be simultaneously distributed to all the radio stations – so if
you like it please hassle your local DJ’s to give it a spin!! Ta!
Secondly – our album “ Ze Big Wow”
is being distributed to all the relevant mags and papers with the hope of a review or two, so we’ll keep you posted
on any developments in that area!!
Finally - The Special Edition of “Life, The Universe and Other Tall Stories”
– Our first album (now completely remixed and reworked) will be available on iTunes and Amazon in
the 2nd week of October – so have a listen and let us know what you think and by all means download it if
you like what you hear!!!
With so much going on – the Acoustic E.P. is on hold for the moment – but should be ready
by the end of the year.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Rob and Mart.
p.s. We also now have a facebook page for the band, see link below.
Update July 2010
Hey y’all, hope you are well. First of all a massive thank you to everyone that has taken the
time to listen to and download tracks from “Ze Big Wow”and the two World Cup E.P.s on iTunes and Amazon etc.
Also a big
thanks to the football clubs that played “Back of The Net” and a special thank you to Pete for making sure the
E.P. was distributed nationwide to the football community (we couldn’t have done it without you!!).
So -
here we are in July already and we have just received the remixed hard copies of “Ze Big Wow which are available from
our old friends at C.D. unsigned (see link below) who also host our first album “Life The Universe
and Other Tall Stories”
Speaking of which, our current project is a reworked version of
the first album with a different track listing remixed for an iTunes/Amazon release through Songcast Music in September –
Watch this space!
In amongst the madness – yeah!! We are also working on an acoustic E.P. – kind
of Zepplin meets Oasis kinda thing – so we’ll keep you up to date on that – but it should be hitting iTunes
by the end of the year.
January 2011 is gonna see the beginnings of our next album, we have loads of brand new material waiting
to be recorded a soon as possible.
Once again, thanks for your support.
Cheers
Rob & Martin.
p.s. The album lyrics are now also up on the lyrics page.
March 2010 - Update
Ze Big Wow: Beavis Maplin’s
second self produced album began to take shape towards the end of 2008. Through a series of Guitar and
Drum jams – Riffs & Grooves that would become the foundation of the fourteen tracks on the finished album.
In August 2009 – Ten days
were put aside to record all backing tracks – Drums, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards – with vocals being added thru’
November & December – with finishing touches & mixing taking place through January 2010.
Finally the album was placed with the
magnificent songcastmusic.com who direct it to iTunes, Amazon etc. for world consumption.
You will find some sound-bites from album tracks below, plus four
downloadable non- album tracks elsewhere on our site..... enjoy!?
Go check out Ze Big Wow on I-Tunes – it’s an eclectic mix of Hard Rock
n Stuff!! & please let us know what you think – Good or Bad!!
Thanks for dropping by – we’ll be back
real soon with new of our World Cup E.P. & the Re-issue/Remixed first album.
Cheers for Now
Rob & Mart
Beavis Maplin.
ZE BIG WOW – DECEMBER ‘09 UPDATE!
OK first and foremost how are you? It’s been a while since we’ve had
a chance to post an update on our site – so a thousand apologies!!
However, we’ve been very busy finishing our album and find ourselves ahead of schedule!
With all the songs recorded and mixed waiting to be mastered between Xmas and the New Year.
The 12 songs will be available individually and collectively
on I-Tunes worldwide by the beginning of March 2010, although we’ll be adding some of the finished mixes to our site
in January, so greatly look forward to your comments and feedback.
At the point of our last update, most of the arrangements were in place, but some songs didn’t
even have titles and most of them no lyrics – so even we didn’t know what to expect regarding the finished product.
Over the course of the recording and writing
a whole variety of influences old and new came to surface resulting in 12 songs fresh from the Beavis Maplin box of tricks!!
1) “Peer Pressure Sucks You In” has a rap verse with bridge and
chorus taking a funkier more melodic route. Touches of Dan Reed and Living Color (check’em out) making
an appearance.
2) “Forgiven” has touches of Dave Lee Roth and Alex Harvey, before launching
into a full on tribal shout along chorus. Nice!
3)
“Je Ne Sais Quoi” French title, English Lyrics? – Don’t Ask!! Continues
the tribal vibe with distorted vocals, even a touch of Celtic melody in the bridge before launching into a big chorus.
Touches of Big Country and Thin Lizzy in this one.
4) “Igloo In The Sun”
A dig at the human race en masse, kicking in with big drums, guitar and bass. Poignant, thoughtful (!) most of all.. Brutally
direct!
5) “Doody The Obscuré” tongue in cheek, introspective,
documenting the thoughts of yer average misfit. Ska kinda vibe in the verse and fairground keyboard solo,
add to the confusion/solution?
6) “Hey Jessica Spencer” Jessie was
the daughter of Frank and Betty Spencer in the 70’s comedy “Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave
‘Em” and for some reason the image has stuck with me of poor Jessica lying in her cradle while Frank
was telling her about his new years eve performance that night. Concluding in his own firework “Vesuvius”.
(At this point he already had the fireworks in place fixed onto his body!!) Nowadays
unfortunately this story is in danger of having a more sinister motive, however it’s from a comedy, please don’t
see it for anything more than it is.
Well that’s a brief (!) introduction to what’s to come from “Ze Big Wow”. The
rest of the tracks and all the lyrics will be posted in January 2010. So until then we bid thee a fond
au revoir or ciao for now maybe?
All that’s left to say at this stage is
have a Great Christmas and disgraceful New Year! – thanks for joining us.
Cheers
Rob and Martin.
So,
here we are July 2009 and the second album is well on the way!
The first four Demos are up on the home page (the finished versions will no doubt be very different.)
July sees us finishing drum tracks
with Mart's live tracks played on a Roland TD6 - banged mercilessly into Cubase to set the ball rolling. 3 more
songs are well on the way - "Get This!", "Je Ne Sais Quoi" and "7 Sisters", all to be completed
by the beginning of August(?)
Our old mates Macca from 'Short Skirtz' and Katie from 'Toucan Chew' will be adding a touch of glamour and
ballsy female vocals once again. (Fanx Guys!!)
Expect the next update very soon, thanks for stopping by.
Cheers for now.
Robbie
and Mart.
p.s. Watch out for the forthcoming video
bits and bobs comin' atcha soon!!
