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9th October 2007:
BIG GIG NEWS: Bob Cuba supporting bis @ Oran Mor |
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Bob Cuba @ Oran
Mor, Glasgow, Sat 8th December 2007 supporting the legendary 'bis'
All Cuba fans -
you'll have to get your tickets quick for Oran Mor at Ticket Scotland
for what promises to be the gig of the year. Following up from our
storming success in London we will playing all the material from our
popular debut 'Bob Cuba' with a few extra surprises thrown in!
Can't say too much more at the moment but watch this space!! |
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1st July 2007:
Cuba in Laandaan - the verdict |
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Wow!
We returned back from London on Saturday absolutely exhausted (and
slightly fluish on my part but nevermind!) but ecstatic with the way
our 2-night album launch gigs went.
The Bull & Gate in Kentish town is a great venue - large stage,
great sound, willing crowd, fantastic sound & lighting guys -
extremely friendly, which is always great. We had a tremendous
evening there and played to a very lively and appreciative audience.
Sbob's stage dive (with guitar) seemed to take a few people by
surprise but all in all it could not have gone better - many album
sales confirmed our verdict! Big thanks to Rob Hitchcock (of
Opposition T & Traumattack fame) for organising the night.
Ruben Rebus were also great & let us use their gear too - great
band and really decent guys.
How could
we top the Bull & Gate gig we thought.... Well, The Hope &
Anchor the following night did just that - in the "absolutely
mental" stakes anyway!! This gig was like nothing the
Cubas have ever done. Being the 4th time we had played the
venue we knew it was going to be good but nothing prepared us for
what happened. It can only be described as magical and mental!
The crowd were already getting into the mood when the first 2 bands
Revolution 78 and Lo Fuzz were playing - each getting a fantastic
reception and deservedly so.
When we
took to the stage, to our surprise and delight we noticed that the
venue had got even busier and from the moment we kicked the gig off
with "Million Eyes" until the encore at the end of .. well
"Million Eyes" the crowd were just fantastic! We had
constant dancing/pogo-ing the entire time from what seemed like the
entire audience, stage invasions, Sbob invading the audience (and
playing guitar on the floor on his back), Cbob going cuckoo on the
drums and singing solo, Jbob geeing up the audience with random
bursts into the mic, people getting injured (war wounds were
displayed to Cuba members after the gig) and just a level of
appreciation that was out of this world! The amount of
cheering and noise between songs was unbelievable. It was a
good time for Bob Cuba to put in one of our best ever performances -
feeding off a crowd like that makes it that bit easier!
Thank you
to all who came along - it will never be forgotten! |
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29th May 2007:
Fopp Cuba |
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You
can buy the new Bob Cuba album In Glasgow's Fopp in Union Street,
and in Byres Road by the end of this week! It will be
distributed throughout the UK in time for our London launch!
In the
meantime, you can buy through the shop on this site (CD), www.bobcuba.com
or on download on www.indiestore.com/bobcuba
Cheers! |
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13th May 2007:
Album airing on XFM |
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The
album had it's first sneak preview on XFM on Thursday night (10th
May) on big Jim Gellatly's show, with an "exclusive" play
of Debunker! I have to say (being a bit biased) that this song
was MADE for radio - sounded magic!
Sbob  |
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12th May 2007:
'Cuba Album Launch |
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Brilliant
gig last night!
Thanks to
all who came along. Last night had everything - good
support acts in Marshall Chipped and Ainslie Henderson (and his big
bouncy bollock band) - both excellent (from what I could hear whilst
manning the door!). We had a hundred odd Cubites
cheering us on, a good sound, the Gilmour boyz on spacehoppers
bouncing on stage, Davey B guesting on keys for "Never Let You
Go", Manda Rin filming the set. A stage invasion during
the last song leading to chaos (and slight electrocution of at least
one Cuba member).
The 'Cubas
had a blast - thanks to all you Cubites - you are the BEST -
fantastic night!
Sbob x
PS - If
anybody got pics then please send them on. Also, did I tell
you we have a CD for sale? Go to www.bobcuba.com
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14th March
2007:
New Shop / Album / Gigs etc |
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We
have a new shop where you can buy stuff - www.bobcuba.com/shop.htm
We have grrreat gigs approaching in Glasgow - www.bobcuba.com/gigs.htm
We just had a fun gig in Edinburgh with Marshall Chipped - www.myspace.com/marshallchipped
We are still mixing the new album but things are coming along
very nicely indeed. Hear samples at www.myspace.com/bobcuba
Bob Cuba badges are now available from US! Buy one at a
gig or from the shop page. Big plug for Amanda at www.weebadgers.com! |
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21st Feb
2007:
Album Launch Gigs 2007!!! |
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The
debut album will be launched in Glasgow on Friday 11th May 07 at
Nice N'Sleazy in Glasgow... Supporting us that night we have 2
very different acts: Ainslie
Henderson and his bouncy bollock band will be taking to the
stage (remember the Scottish lad who was known for his Bono-esque
rocking out style on the Fame Academy stage?), so that should be
really interesting... His solo stuff has a quite low-key acoustic
melancholy and thoughtful vibe but the live band is 6-piece
including violins! Marshall Chipped are also playing, who
feature the up and coming man of the acoustic scene in Glasgow at
the moment Dave Burns. Think of Michael Stipe style tunes with
a Scottish accent :-)!
The "UK" launch gig is taking place at The Bull & Gate in Kentish
Town, London (one stop from Camden). More on that as we get
closer to the gig, but we are hopefully going to have at least one
other London gig either the night before or after too...
Oooh it's all
exciting - The 'Cuba are back on the stage and have some tunes too -
CUUUUUUUUUUUBA CUUUUUUUUUUBA!!! |
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5th May 2006:
Sad News |
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Unfortunately
we have had to cancel all June and July 06 gigs for reasons we
cannot divulge at the moment. We apologise for any
disappointment - we are more gutted than you. |
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8th March
2006:
Album Launch Gigs |
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The
debut album will be launched in Glasgow on Friday 2nd June 06 at
Nice N'Sleazy in Glasgow... A pre-taster gig is also taking
place in London's Garage (Upstairs) on Thursday 4th May! Keep
checking for more info on these gigs HERE |
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21st January
2006:
Guess Who's Back? Cuba's back! |
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After
a wee break from gigging, we are back and raring to go with 2
re-scheduled Glasgow gigs from last year. We play The Glasgow
University Union (GUU) on 22nd Feb, and 13th Note on 24th
March! More gigs being arranged as we speak - keep checkin' GIGS! |
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6th December 2005:
Recent Cancellations... |
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Bob Cuba apologise
for the recent gig postponements. Cbob has not been of good
health recently, so get well soon Cbob! Sorry to the millions of disappointed fans but we will be re-scheduling
for early '06 - keep yer eye on
the GIGS page! In the
meantime, MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE CUBA! |
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5th October
2005:
Midlife Crisis Motorbike First Airplay! |
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One
of our new ones "Midlife Crisis Motorbike" was played on
The Beatscene on Beat 106 last night by Jim Gellatly, who is
also going to be the DJ at tomorrow night's gig at Mas in
Glasgow! Come along and bring a pal or two! |
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3rd August 2005:
Daily Record "Souncheck"... This Friday |
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Bob
Cuba will feature in Scotland's most read newspaper this Friday (5th
Aug) in the "Soundcheck" section. Pick up a copy and
let us know what you think of the pre-album taster CD review by
leaving your waffle on the messageboard! |
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25th July
2005:
BOB CUBA PLAY THE ARCHES |
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After
a strange and terror-filled pre-album non-launch where The Cubites
missed the London bombings by a mere couple of hours, and stayed
overnight in the heart of the affected area in Kings Cross, they are
determined to bounce back with a gig at one of the greatest venues
around - The Arches, Glasgow. This will take place on Thursday
11th July. The doors open at 8pm. Also on the bill are
Glasgow acts bands Driverdown
and Satellite Dub,
and Sheffield sensation Stoney. |
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11th July
2005: TERROR IN LONDON: Cubites caught up in London Horror.... |
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We are preparing a joint statement about the terrible events of July 7th, suffice to say all three Cubites and their friends, colleagues and families were unhurt. The gig was cancelled on the night, apologies for anyone who turned up, but our thoughts are with the unfortunate victims and the rescue effort. More soon... Jbob x
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19th June
2005: Stop Press! Album
Release Delayed but Tasty Offer in the Meantime.... |
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We
have been waylaid a few times over the past couple of months for
various reasons, and songs have taken longer to get to the
Cuba standard that we thought, so the release date of our
forthcoming album will no longer be 7th July. However, given
that the launch gig at The Garage in London is still going ahead, we
will be selling a "taster demo" CD at The Garage gig,
containing 6 of the 12 songs from our forthcoming album for a mere
£3 on the night (50p a song!).
The album, title still to be decided, is still being recorded and
mixed, and we are now about 3/4 of the way though... Being the
perfectionists that we are, we cannot rush the release and
compromise the quality, so we will continue to record and mix with
the aim of an Autumn release proper! It will be worth the
wait, we promise! |
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30th
April 2005: Arran X "On Air"! |
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One
of our new songs (which will be on the forthcoming album "Arran
X") received a welcome endorsement on Wednesday night
(27th April) by being played by Jim Gellatly on The
Beatscene on Beat 106!
If anybody heard it then let us know since us boring old Cubites
were all in bed before the 12.20am slot! |
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30th April 2005:
Rockin the Soundhaus! |
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We
have just returned from a really cool gig at The Soundhaus with the
fantastic Sound Development Agency. Also playing were
"Solo" (from Leeds) and "Suburban
Funk Command". All really good bands from Stone
Roses-esque indie rock(Solo) to funky electro rock(SDA), to hip-hop(Suburban
Funk Command) and a bit of all 3-piece style from BC! Sbob had
all but lost his voice before the gig even started, but still
battled through! Be back soon x |
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RSW
Presents MOVE ON UP !
THURSDAY 7 July 2005
BOB CUBA - new album launch
+ Renton
+ Daddy Long Legs
Doors 8p.m.
MOVE ON UP CLUB from 11p.m. - 2a.m follows and is free to giggoers
or £3/£4
GUEST DJ : JONN PENNEY - LEAD SINGER WITH "NEDS ATOMIC
DUSTBIN" (11.30p.m.)
and resident DJ - DJ "O"! |
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15th February
2005: Boogie Nights! |
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Jbob here! What can we say, another historic trip down south! But we'll be recovered just in time to play one of Glasgow's legendary venues, The Sub Club on Jamaica Street. Tickets are £5, Doors are 7.30pm, PLUS you get to dance your socks off until morning at Subculture later on. What are you waiting for... Email info@bobcuba.com for tickets and get the party started! |
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7th February 2005:
URGENT LAANDAAN GIG NOTICE!!! |
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Right..
firstly, the venue for the gig on Thursday 10th February 05 has
CHANGED! This is now at the coolest wee venue around with
legendary status - The Hope & Anchor! Since this is in the
same street as our gig on Wed 9th Feb at 'Upstairs at The Garage',
we are making it really easy for you to find us in the big smoke, so
COME ALONG TO BOTH!! The address is Upper Street in Islington!
The 2nd
piece of news is that one of our favourite bands Daddy Long Legs
have stepped in at very short notice to play the Garage gig on 9th
Feb - wooheeee! This is going to be a CRACKER!!! For a
flyer to gain cheap entry, click HERE.
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20th January
2005: Back to the Studio |
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2005
will see the release of Bob Cuba's first full album, name still to
be decided (maybe "Gus head explosion in porcupine ridden
counties")! The recording starts in January and we are
aiming for a May release. This will be preceded by two
singles. The first will be a March release and the second an
April. Before this, we will be packing in some shows where you
can hear 'previews' of the new material - see you there! |
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20th January
2005: London is looming... Edinburgh
just around the corner... |
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Hi
Folks and belated happy new year! Bob Cuba will be playing 2
shows in London on Wed 9th and Thu 10th February at The
Garage and Southern K respectively. We apologise for those
who have tried to buy tickets online from Ticketmaster already but
their system is faulty at the moment. You can buy tickets from
mean fiddler if you click HERE.
You can also or call The Garage on (020) 7607 1818 to avoid booking
fee. The
'Upstairs' gigs have been selling out recently and with our large
London continguent, we expect these tickets to sell fast so please
buy in advance if possible.
For our Scottish fans, we have a show on 5th February at Caledonian
Backpackers - this one is pay at the door so please arrive early! |
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30th November
2004: BARFLY GIG ANNOUNCEMENT - Saturday 4th
December! |
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On Sat 4th December 2004, Bob Cuba will support recent
Beggars Banquet signings "Dead Fly Buchowski" at Glasgow Barfly. Doors 8.30pm - £4 on the door. Also playing are The Needles. This will be a great gig so see you there..!! |
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10th
November 2004: SubCity
Radio Interview |
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Bob
Cuba will be appearing on SubCity Radio this Sunday afternoon (14th
November). We are doing an interview for the Club Tromolo programme
which kicks off at 2pm and we will be plugging our QM gig on the
18th November (tickets still available from the band) - and spinning
a few tunes as well! SubCity
Radio is only available online just now. Hope you can tune in!!
- love Jbobx |
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11th
October 2004: QMUba
Yes, BC
are back at the QMU for an already legendary show on 18th November
2004. Email info@bobcuba.com
for tickets - already selling fast! In the meantime, the
single recording is back on, so we will keep you posted on new tunes
coming your way very soon....! |
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14th
September 2004: Bob
Cuba East Coast Radio Madness!
Bob Cuba
got some tunes played on the Fresh Talent show on Serve Radio
(87.7FM, Edinburgh) several times (with Million Eyes being the
listener's favourite) from 13th - 20th September. Click here
to find out more about this show. |
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7th
September 2004: Back
to School!
Bob Cuba once attended a certain educational institution called
"Strathclyde University", and used to regularly jump
around to music and attend gigs in the famous Level 8!
Therefore, it was only polite really to go back there and treat them
to the sounds of their strange lost sons on 22nd October! See
you there! |
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31st
August 2004: Bob
Cuba park in The Garage... with Insects??
A huge
thanks to those great London fans for coming to our gig at The
Garage last week! We enjoyed a great night supporting the
superbly melodic and punchy Daddy Long Legs! The London crowd
was raucous and appreciative - I think the Cuba might just move
there soon... :-)! |
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11th
August 2004: Garage
Rock!!!
Bob Cuba
will play the famous Garage in London on Tuesday 17th August with
Daddy Long Legs and The Program! This will be a great
gig. All you London diehards MUST be there - we canny wait!! |
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9th
August 2004: Bob
Cuba are official Pin-ups!
The
Q-Club gig was an 'experience' as much as any gig played in your
living room whilst keeping half an eye on the TV! It was
small, hot and very stuffy, kind of like a strange cave with sofas,
but the Cuba rocked their sweaty socks off anyway. Thanks to
those few who chose us over Big Brother - Nadia man/woman/it Shmadia!! |
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26th
June 2004: IsThisMusic?!
Well, we think so..!
See reviews
for a live review of our recent Cally Backpackers gig in Scottish
mag 'Is This Music?' (not sure if we agree with being summed up as
thrashing 3 chord new wave, but could be worse we 'spose!!), as well
as a thumbs up for the new single Million Eyes/Shine a Light, which
is all good!! |
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18th
June 2004: Cuba
on KOOBA!
Bob
Cuba's new single "Shine a Light" was featured on Kooba
Radio on 16th June. The show, curiously called "mmm I'm
Barely Tolerating It" can be listened to by clicking HERE. |
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11th
June 2004: Cuba
tipped in The Fly!
Bob Cuba
were described in this month's FLY magazine as ones to watch out for
this year - we think so too :-)!! Thanks for those who came to
the QMU gig, twas a fun night. |
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26th May 2004: Venue
gig Cancelled
The
Cubites won't be playing the Venue in Edinburgh this evening after
all due to Cbob being whisked away to Madagascar to feature on a
documentary comparing light bulbs in Madagascar to those in
Bracknell, England. The gig this Saturday (Burlington Berties,
Kilmarnock) is still very much on, however. Email
us for tickets, £5 going towards Ayrshire Cancer Support. |
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20th
May 2004: Manilla
feature the Cuba AGAIN!
Grrrrreat
music mag Manilla have featured Bob Cuba on their free cover CD
again this month (May). The CD is called "Working Class
7"!!! |
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20th May 2004: Bob
Cuba take on The Venue!
Bob Cuba
have just been asked to support XL Recordings band The
Golden Virgins at The Venue in Edinburgh next Wednesday, May
26th! If you can make it along it would be great to see you
there. About £5 to get in we think! |
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6th
May 2004: Free
CD giveaway still on!!
50 of you
have already received your free CD by emailing info@bobcuba.com
AND we are going to extend our generosity by giving even more away
if you email us before 15th May!! Although not yet officially
released, both songs have already featured on radio in Scotland(Beat
106 & Air3) and on the internet(Kooba Radio)! |
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19th April 2004: Bob
Cuba on best new bands CD!
April's
anniversary edition of UK's best indie music magazine Manilla
contains a CD featuring the best new bands in the magazine's first
year, and Bob Cuba's brand new song "Shine a Light" is
featured on the CD! Click here
to go to Manilla's website and pick up a copy of the magazine and
the CD! |
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19th
April 2004: Sleazies
call off, but QMU tickets on sale now!!!
With Cbob
having to undergo a research trip to Bracknell to study the
effects of light bulbs on a middle of the road industrial English
town in 2004, our gig at Nice N'Sleazy on the 12th May has had to be
cancelled. We apologise for this, but will hopefully be
postponing this to early July. In the meantime, please get
your tickets (for only £3) for our forthcoming gig at the QMU on
Thursday 10th June in Glasgow by emailing info@bobcuba.com
now!!!. |
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12th
April 2004: Killie
gig downsized!
Bob Cuba
will play Kilmarnock's Burlington Berties on Saturday 29th May as
part of the Ayrshire Music Live festival 2004. This was
originally supposed to be held at The Grand Hall on Sunday 30th May
but has now been moved to a more "cosy" venue. We
hope to see all you Ayrshire Cubites there!!! |
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6th
April 2004: A
Cuban back from USA!
Sbob
spent the month of March in South Carolina USA gaining inspiration
for the plot of world domination of Bob Cuba in season
2004/2005. This has resulted in a whole host of new songs that
sound like Dolly Parton singing on a highly flammable cocktail of
drugs. The first one is called "Kastro on Castrol".
He has gone officially mad, but we look forward to the fruits of his
labour. |
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9th March 2004:
Kooba for Cuba!!!
A song
off Bob Cuba's new demo (soon to be a single) called "Shine a Light"
was given its first airplay on the internet radio station
Kooba Radio
on a show called "Blind Lemon Pie" on 3rd March. Click
here
to go to the Kooba website and listen to an interview conducted at the
London Buffalo Bar gig on Wed 25th February as well as the new song!
I have not heard this yet due to dodgy internet connection, so if you
manage to download it then let me know!!! |
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9th March 2004:
Kooba for Cuba!!!
A belated
thanks goes to all who attended our London shows on Wed 25th Feb at
The Buffalo Bar, and Thu 26th Feb at The Hope & Anchor. At the
Hope & Anchor, our loyal London contingent made a fantastic noise and
outnumbered all the other (local) bands' fans, so well done!! We
are trying to get some more dates organised for early summer in
Laandan so keep yer eye oot! |
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20th Feb 2004:
Stereo
& Stirling...
The last 2 gigs
in Stereo & Stirling have got Bob Cuba well warmed up to take on
the world in 2004! A big thanks goes to all the loyal who
turned out for these 2 gigs, and also the people who have just
enjoyed the Cuba experience for the first time - spread the word,
and keep coming!! We plan to put on another Glasgow date soon
just for you :-)!!!
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11th
Feb 2004: Mixing
it!
The new
single is currently being mixed & produced. We hope to
have this in demo form before the end of Feb, with a single release
date now around end March. In the meantime, we still have some
copies of Bounce left, so get in touch via email if you'd like a
copy for a knock-down £4 including postage!!
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20th Jan 2004:
New
London Date!
Due to an
unprecidented demand for tickets for the gig at The Hope &
Anchor on Thursday 26th February, Bob Cuba have just added another
London date. This will take place in The Buffalo Bar on the
same street (Upper Street, Islington) on Wednesday 25th Feb!
Flyers are available at http://www.upallnightmusic.com/eflyer.cfm!
Look forward to seeing the London contingent of Cubites at these
gigs!
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20th
Jan 2003: Pumping
in the Stereo!
Bob Cuba
play Stereo, Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday 4th February
as part of the monthly local indie night "Your
Sound". Email us on stuart, colin or john@bobcuba.com
for tickets at only £3 each.
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2nd Jan 2004:
Happy New
Cubayear!
Happy New Year
to you all!!! Following
a wee break on the news front, we are back with plenty to tell you
about! Sbob headed off to Oz for the whole of November, and
returned with fresh ideas, new songs and a slightly off-white sun
tan. December saw the beginning of the new single recording
take place with legendary Glasgow producer Rico Hypercolour.
This will be completed in January, and will be available in demo
form early February. It will be a double-A-side containing the
songs "Shine a Light" and "Million Eyes".
On the gig front, we've had to cancel the London show on 9th January
due to an arm injury obtained by Sbob, but there will be at least 2
London shows taking place in February, so keep your eye on the gigs
page! On that subject, Bob Cuba will play Ireland for the
first time on a 4-date mini-tour beginning on 28th January in Derry
and ending in Dublin on 31st. March and April will see Bob
Cuba return home to play some Scottish shows. Again, keep
checking GIGS!
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26th
Oct 2003: OneMusic
"Updates"!
Bob Cuba
have been featured on Radio 1's OneMusic "Updates"
section, where a handful of acts that have achieved success since
appearing on OneMusic, are given a special mention. Click
here to see for yourself!
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23rd Oct 2003:
Bob Cuba
Elevated!
You can
buy your tickets for the Elevation Station Live gig NOW by emailing tickets@bobcuba.com
or info@bobcuba.com. Bob
Cuba will play along side some of the best up and coming Scottish
acts on Friday 5th December (see previous article below) and it is
only £5 i.e. less than £1 per band! Unlike Ticket Scotland,
we will not charge any booking fee or
postage!!!
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20th
Oct 2003: Gig
News!
Before
Sbob heads off to distant lands for the month of November, Bob Cuba
play a free gig Heriot Watt Union, Edinburgh, on 30th Oct at
9pm. One of the minus points of Sbob's leave is that we had to
turn down the MTV Breakout gig on 5th November at The Venue with
Dogs Die In Hot Cars & Skin on Skin, but fear not, The Cuba will
be playing the first Elevation Station show at The Universe
Nightclub, Coatbridge on Friday 5th December with some other hot
bands in Scottish music at the moment i.e. Policechief, The Silver
Pill, Skin on Skin, Nine Miles High and Swearbox. This gig is
a bargain £5 from Ticket Scotland, or even better contact us on tickets@bobcuba.com!
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13th Oct 2003:
LONDON
CONQUERED!
We are
just back from playing 2 great London debut gigs. The Hope
& Anchor was a great venue that lived up to its legendary
status, with an appreciative crowd
(encore calls and all) and knowing some of the great names that
have played and made their name there over the years, it was a pleasure to add Bob Cuba
to that list! The Arts Cafe was great too, and we extend our
thanks to the bands at both venues who let us use their gear
(Clipper, Submacrewman and The Vanities). To top it off,
Scotland beat Lithuania! We will be back
soon!
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3rd
Oct 2003: Bob
Cuba in The List!
The Nice
N'Sleazy gig on 6th September was given a favourable review in the
early Oct edition of The List magazine. Check out reviews
to read this in full. It's the first time the Cuba have
ever been called "geeky indie pop" but hey, could have
been a lot worse :-)!
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12th Sep 2003:
LONDON
CALLING!
Bob Cuba
are currently organising a weekend mini-tour in the "big
smoke" (London in case you don't know) from 10-12th
October! At the moment, we are opening the gig at The Hope
& Anchor in Islington on Sat 11th October (on-stage at 8.45pm),
followed by a late gig the same evening at The Arts Cafe in Aldgate,
E1 (on stage 11.15pm). We are also trying to get one sorted
out for the previous evening (Fri 10th) in another prestigious
Laandan venue, so we will keep you posted on that!
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12th
Sep 2003: MANILLA
CD OUT NOW!
Manilla
Magazine are giving away a free CD with this issue called
Working Class II. The CD features the best bands that Manilla
has heard from in 2003 including Bob Cuba (Track is Karaoke Tribe),
Rota, The Hitchers, Caught In The Headlights, Poindexter, Ormondroyd,
Concrete Penguin, Instant Species, Red Shed, Viva Stereo, Cayto,
Barefoot and Red Mojo!
The CD is available for £3 by sending
a cheque to Manilla, PO Box 82, Middlesbrough, TS6 6TD
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4th Sep 2003:
NICE'N'SLEAZY
LINE-UP CHANGE
The gig
on Sat 6th September at Nice N'Sleazy will now see the fantastic
Skin on Skin taking to the stage, replacing Cobra Grande. The
line up is now BOB CUBA + SKIN ON SKIN + MOKA. What a
line-up! This could be the best Sleazies outing yet!!
8.30pm sharp. 3 measly quid!
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28th
Aug 2003: RADIO
GAGA!
Hear the
exclusive 5-song live acoustic session perfomed for UCA radio
on 4th August by clicking
here. On the subject of Radio, Bob Cuba will have a track
featured on The Beatscene
on Beat 106 on Monday 1st September 2003 which is broadcast between
7 and 10pm, a change from the normal Beatscene slot of Sunday night.
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23rd Aug 2003:
"C
VENUES" BOTCH UP FRINGE BOOKING AT 3 HOURS NOTICE.
BOB CUBA FORCED TO CANCEL!!!
For full
story click here!
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5th
Aug 2003: BOB CUBA
TO FEATURE ON MANILLA MAGAZINE CD!
Manilla
Magazine are giving away a free CD with the August issue, and
guess what...? Yes, one of the tracks on the CD, featuring selected
up and coming bands throughout the UK, will be Bob Cuba's dance-rock
anthem KARAOKE TRIBE from Bounce EP! |
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5th Aug 2003:
BOB CUBA
ON UCA RADIO!
Last
night saw us play an acoustic session on Ayr's Christian Radio
Station UCA, broadcast from Craigie Campus of Paisley Uni. A
big thanks goes to David and his sidekick Kevin for making us feel
welcome, letting us waffle and play some 'Cuba songs acoustic-style
(including impromptu versions of Karaoke Tribe and All We
Have). Apparently, some of the session will be broadcast soon
on Dave's other show, called "Haiverin" on Stirling
University radio station Air3 1350. We will get some MP3s up
on the site in the next few days! |
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31
July 2003: SHOULD
BOB CUBA HAVE CUT THEIR FRINGE?!
Sbob here! I write this after having just played Venue 34 (C -
The Adam House) at The Edinburgh Fringe opening night last tonight / this morning,
which was a night that ... well ... we won't forget for a while
anyway! A great atmosphere was brewing in the C bar, where an
hour of stand-up comics took the stage in build up to the crescendo
that would be Bob Cuba! Well, it might have been that way, had
a FIRE ALARM not gone off in the building just as we were gearing up
to go on stage! About half an hour later, after having to
evacuate the venue, and as an ever-depleting and frustrated crowd gathered
on the pavement outside, trickling off to find a bar that was still
open (it was now 2am) we were eventually told that we could go back inside.
Well... we did then take the stage to play to an audience now about
1/4 of the original size, and yes we started playing our wee socks
off, rocking out in Cuba style, and the place started to fill up a
wee bit, things going ok, we're beginning to forget the hassle,
expense, drama, misery, tiredness.... The
appreciative diverse multi-cultural audience were the only thing
that kept us sane. That, and my safety specs, Jbob's noisy
frog and Cbob's constant on-stage rants about the weather (in
follow-up to the comedian before us - very funny guy called Paul
something)! Anyway, after off-loading all the gear
(3.30am now) then driving back to Glasgow to again lug some more
gear around, we arrived home shatterred, slightly more skint, dejected, deflated
and.... ready to do it all again on 22nd Aug!!! Cheers to the
Fringe!! Wahey!!! Night Night. |
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29th July 2003:
BOB CUBA
TAKE THE METRO!
A great
article on Bob Cuba, focussing on the Fringe gig, appeared in the
national free newspaper "The Metro" today, following an
interview by Paul Whitelaw with Sbob on 28th July. Amongst
other things, spacehoppers, feuding brothers and Bob Hoskins were
discussed! See press
for details! |
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July 2003: BOB
CUBA DOON DUNOON and ACTING THE GOAT!
Just back from Dunoon, where we played the massive 'Queens Hall'
(the town hall) which had a healthy audience of around 300
enthusiastic nutters! The set did not exactly run smoothly,
with Sbob's guitar effects packing in on song 3, and resulted in him
singing a "drum and bass" (literally!) version of "In
The Shower" with the guitar solo section being replaced by an
off-the-cuff ramble about guitars conking out during a 'Bono
moment', jumping around the stage like an idiot! Rock and
Roll! Thanks go to the headliners - great band and bunch of
guys - Skin on Skin, as well as rocky openers Kyber
Pass.
The previous night could not have been more different, although just
as good in a cosy candle-lit kind of way. This was Bob Cuba's
debut acoustic slot at The Goat Club, a really cool wee venue
located in the basement of the presently-closed-for-refurbishment
L'Attache in Waterloo Street, Glasgow. After a cautious start,
things went really well, and the 'Cuba are now looking forward to
the next one - watch this space! |
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20th July 2003:
KOOBA
CUBA!
Bob
Cuba's dance anthem Karaoke Tribe was played on Kooba
Radio on Saturday 12th July on a show called "I'm gonna pop
a cap in your ass"! Wahey! |
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July 2003: BOB
CUBA ACOUSTIC SESSION FOR AYR/STIRLING RADIO
Bob Cuba will be performing a live acoustic session on UCA Radio in
Ayr (87.7fm in Ayrshire, Scotland) on Monday 28th July 2003, which will also later be
broadcast on Stirling radio (Air3 1350). If you are not within
these areas do not worry because we will hopefully get some mp3s of
the session on the site soon. |
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15 July 2003:
BOB CUBA
GO ACOUSTIC!
On
Thursday 24th July 2003, Bob Cuba will play a 20 minute acoustic set
in a wee basement of a bar in Waterloo Street, Glasgow called
L'Attache. The night is called 'The Goat Club' and begins
around 8pm. Go along and see if you think the boys can cut it
when their tunes are organically exposed for what they are, in this
candle lit intimate atmosphere. To follow this up, they will
also be playing a live acoustic session for Stirling University
radio in Scotland within the next few weeks - date to be announced
soon. |
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15
July 2003: SECRET
BOB CUBA GIG IN DUNOON SHOCKER!!
Bob Cuba will be playing a gig in a secret location in Dunoon on
25th July 2003. The reason for the gig location being kept
secret is that Bob Cuba have become so popular in Dunoon (Cubamania
is in full force there) that it is in the interests of the band, for
their own safety, to keep the venue a secret. At this moment,
even the band do not know the location! We may announce the
exact venue in the next few days once guarantees of maximum security
are made and communicated to us. In particular, Sbob is very
worried that his mop-top may be breached. |
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22 June
2003:
BOB CUBA
CONFIRMED AT THE FRINGE!
Bob Cuba
will be playing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, so we look
forward to that (see gigs
for dates)! Expect some surprises at these shows... come along
to sample Bob Cuba taking their art to the extreme..be warned!! |
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June 2003: Bob
Cuba are going to be playing at least 2 dates at Edinburgh's Fringe
Festival this year! This will take place in August, and as
soon as we know the exact dates and times, we will post them here
first! Also, apologies for not putting much news up recently -
been very busy lads and all that. You might like to know that
we have a pretty full gig schedule (with even more to be announced)
around Scotland, and also a couple of dates south od the
border. See gigs
for the confirmed dates so far. Cheers! |
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May 2003: We
have just been named Band of the Month on the prestigious MusicOf
website! |
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May 2003: More
reviews of "Bounce" are available to read in the reviews
section i.e. brand new reviews from The Evening Times and Is This
Music?. They are all great reviews, which is always a good
thing! If you need any more persuasion to buy Bounce then go
to our sounds
section to listen to some mp3s before purchasing the EP!
I hope you
caught our live session on Air on Radio Scotland on Monday night!
If not, you can listen to it again by clicking here!
We decided at the last minute to ditch our anthem "Never Let
You Go" and instead go for a new song that is all of 2 weeks
old called "Million Eyes". We also swithered between
"Prodigal" and "Running Outside", but in the end
went for the latter (you can judge for yourself whether this was the
right decision). On listening back, we thought that our sound
came across far quieter and more 'muddy' than the in-studio sound,
although it got better as the songs went on.
Thanks to
all who came along to see us at Bannermans last night! We
enjoyed the gig although completely missed a song out by mistake
(Karaoke Tribe) and the sound guy left the booth whilst we were on
stage :-?! Cheers to Draw for having
us through and to Young Girls Wanted, a good band and good bunch. |
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May 2003: written
by Sbob :
Well...I
just spent a wee bit of time making sure all you good people can buy
the new Bounce EP on this website! It is also available from
Fopp around the country, and in Glasgow's Missing (Union Street and
Great Western Road) and Avalanche (Dundas Street). The CD has
6 songs recorded over the last few months and is priced £5. |
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May 2003: Bounce
just got voted "Album of the Week" in the Sun today which
is excellent news! I will post the full review in the
"reviews" section very soon! We also got some good
publicity from the Daily Record on the same day, so it's good to see
we are uniting the two rival papers with a love for things Bob
Cuba!!! |
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7 May
2003: More
Radio Play for the Bounce EP track Karaoke Tribe
on a show called "She's weeing on a frog's head" on Kooba
Radio on Saturday 3rd May - cool! Jim Gellatly also gave
us a good plug and play of Never Let You Go, off the Bounce EP on
Mon 5th May on the Beatscene! |
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28h
April 2003:
Bob Cuba
have become favourites on Glasgow's newest station (broadcast until
2nd May 2003) called Northside
Radio. Tracks will be played on various shows all week
beginning Monday 28th April and 2 lucky competition winners will win
the new EP Bounce, with 6 guest passes to the Nice N'Sleazy
EP launch gig being given away as well! |
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25th April
2003:
Bob Cuba's song Karaoke Tribe (club mix) has been selected for use
for the soundtrack of a Canadian cartoon called Girlstuff
Boystuff (who call themselves the equivalent to Friends
of the cartoon world). This has recently been shown on
national TV in Canada, and they are hoping to export this around the
world. It is used in a "record store" scene, as the
music being played in the store! |
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24th
April 2003:
Breaking
news...Bob Cuba will play a live session for Air
on Radio Scotland with Vic Galloway on Monday 12th May (broadcast
on 92.4 to 94.7 fm, 810 mw, or online
from 7.15pm - 9pm) where they will play some tracks from the
6-track CD "Bounce" released that day! |
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22nd April
2003:
The gig
at King Tuts on Saturday with Zuba and SDA was excellent - thanks to
all who came along. The song that people talked about most
from our set was "In The Shower". This has prompted
me to get the mp3 of this on the 'sounds'
area ASAP - keep checking over the next couple of days. We
hope to be getting another Tuts date arranged soon - keep yer eye on
the gigs page as usual! |
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14 April 2003:
The release date for Bounce EP has been put
back 1 week. It will now be available on 5th May 2003 from
this website, AND in selected Scottish stores, as well as Jockrock
online. Look out for exclusive Bounce reviews next month in Manilla
Magazine and Is This Music? |
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9 April 2003: We
recently did an interview for Juxta online fanzine, which can be
read at this
link! |
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3 April 2003: Never
Let You Go just got more radio play on the UK's top student radio
station SBN, on Craig Pilling's late show. Click here
to see the playlist! |
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25 March
2003: This
Friday's gig at The Soundhaus is going to be a cracker! Jbob
is DJ-ing all evening, and we have guest keyboard player Richard
Stefani playing with us, to add some extra flavours to the Bob Cuba
sound! Look forward to seeing you there! |
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16 March
2003: Bob
Cuba are Beatbreakers all this week on Beat
106, on Jim Gellatly's late show from 12pm-3am every evening,
where tracks will be played every night, and an interview broadcast
on The Beatscene from
7-10pm next Sunday (23rd March)! |
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6 March
2003: Bob
Cuba have been getting some airplay on London radio
station Wired
FM (The White Gravy show) with airplay on 1st March, to be
repeated this Saturday (8th March) from 11am-12.30pm on their website,
or if you live in London, on 87.7FM. |
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6 March
2003: written
by Cbob : We
have just recorded a live session at The Arches, with a view to
putting at least 1 song on the forthcoming EP, to be released on
28th April. At the moment, the favourite is our new rock
stormer (that is very good for bouncing on my space hopper to)
called "Running Outside". I love that space
hopper! We'll get the mp3s up on the web site very soon (once
the songs have been mixed)...! |
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28 February
2003: Bob
Cuba's planned session for Del
Franklin's show on Aberdeen's Northsound on 23rd March
2003 is now cancelled due to the show being axed. However,
Bob Cuba are the Beatbreakers on Jim Gellatly's Beatscene
on Beat 106, all week on the late show, leading up to an interview,
also on 23rd March 2003! |
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February 2003: The
headline band for our Barfly gig on 5th March is a New York outfit
called The Blam. They
have been compared to The Strokes and are described on their website
as "poppy garage rock". Should be intereting... |
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February 2003: There
has been a slight change of line-up for the Nice N'Sleazy gig on
11th April. Kasino have been replaced by the fantastic Juniper
Spark from Greenock! |
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February 2003: A
Bob Cuba song will feature on 2 forthcoming compilation albums being
released with music magazines Alternative101(issue
2), and Elevation Station
(on-line webzine) respectively! Once we know which songs are
to be chosen, we'll let you know! |
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February 2003: Bob
Cuba's debut EP release (still to be named), is making
progress! 2 songs have been finalised i.e. Never Let You Go
and Karaoke Tribe, with 2 others to be decided. These will be
confirmed following a live studio session in The Arches on 1st
March. The planned release date is 28th April 2003. |
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February 2003: written
by Sbob : We
were featured in '192' in The Daily Record yesterday(17th Feb),
mentioning that we narrowly missed out on the Big Break final, but
were up for the demo vote on Radio Scotland's Air show. There
was also a good wee advert for our forthcoming gigs! Thanks
goes to Rick Fulton for this! |
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February 2003: Bob
Cuba won the demo vote this week on Air
on Radio Scotland, with 86% of the votes over The B-Movie
Sidekicks, which meant airplay of Never Let You Go and a good
advert by Vic Galloway for the band and forthcoming gigs & EP.
Thanks
to all who voted !!! |
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February 2003: New
gig dates!! Firstly at Harleys in Ayr on 14th March,
supporting local band with a big name and a big sound in Ayrshire, The
Haze, on 28th March with Viva Stereo at The Soundhaus in
Glasgow, and our old favorite gaf Nice N'Sleazy on 11th April withThe
Haze, and Glasgow anthem-ettes Kasino. |
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February 2003: written
by Sbob : Well...the
good news is that the judges selected us as the best guitar band from
the Ayr heat of the Daily Record's 192 Big Break competition, but
unfortunately have not been selected for the guitar final, since only
5 bands from the 10 heats were selected to go through. Ah well...
there is more than one way to skin a cat, so we'll keep going, and
claw our way to number 1 in our own way!!! |
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January
2003: written by Sbob : Bob
Cuba will feature on Jim
Gellatly's show on Beat on Sunday 26th January. I am
not sure which song he is going to choose to play, so listen out
and let us know in case we miss it!
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January
2003: written by Sbob : Apart
from probably the worst picture ever taken of me, where I look
about 25 stone, and a blatant insult about our shirts, the Daily
Record write up about our performance in the Ayr 192 Big Break
heat was favourable. Well, I think "[Bob Cuba] gave a
good nod to The Jam" is favourable. If you can work
out exactly what it means then let us know!!
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January
2003: written by Sbob : We
received an excellent write up in The Ayrshire Post this week
(24th January edition), mentioning radio play, gigs, and of
course that Colin and I grew up in 'The Auld Toon'!
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January
2003, written by Sbob : The
Daily Record 192 heat in Ayr went well, where we opened the
night with 3 songs to fill the allocated 15 mins, starting with
Karaoke Tribe, followed by Prodigal and finishing with Never Let
You Go. The sound in the venue was great, and all 3 Cubites are hopeful of qualifying to the
next phase of the competition. I felt the need to put on a
pair of safety glasses before the 3rd song, much to the
bemusement of the crowd!!
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January
2003: Bob Cuba have been selected as part of Radio 1's OneMusic,
giving many unsigned acts in the UK A-list radio play for a week!
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January
2003: Bob Cuba have been selected for the Daily Record's 'Big
Break' competition heats, which take place late January/Early
February 2003. We are playing in the Ayr heat at The Bobby Jones
Nightclub on Wed 22nd Jan. This costs £4 on the door, and your
support would be appreciated! The next stage will take place in
mid February.
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December
2002: More Radio play......Bob Cuba featured on Beat 106, on Jim
Gellatly's show on Sunday 22nd Dec 2002, and will be featuring on
North-East Scotland's finest station Northsound
One (Del Franklin)
between 9 and 10pm on Sunday 5th Jan 2002. This is a pre-cursor
to a 2 session tracks on 23rd March 2002 on the very same show, which
will follow a gig in Cafe Drummond, date to be announced, but keep an
eye on this page...!
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December
2002: Bob Cuba's recent recording "Never Let You Go" featured on Radio 1, on Steve lamacq's
LAST EVER Session Unsigned on 12th December 2002...To hear this, go to
'sounds' section of the site
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November
2002: Bob Cuba have 2 more Glasgow gigs lined up in January
2003. The first is on Friday 5th at Nice N'Sleazy with the fantastic
Kasino,
Juxtaposition and Geoff Martyn. The second is on Wed 29th
January with Greenock's Sound
Development Agency.
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November
2002: Bob Cuba's latest classic "Never Let You Go" featured
on Beat 106, on Jim
Gellatly's show twice, on Sunday 10th November and Sunday 24th
November. Click here
to see the playlists.
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November
2002: Bob Cuba will soon be appearing on Northsound One on Del
Franklin's Sunday night show (9-10pm). All he has said is
"sometime in the next 3 months", so keep listening!.
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November
2002: Tickets for King Tuts Wah Wah Hut on 28th November with The Bays
and Sound Development Agency as the other bands, are now
available. Email tickets@bobcuba.com,
and the boys will sort you out with £1 off i.e. £5 instead of
£6! The gig at Nice N'Sleazy on Friday 15th November with Reno
and Smuj is £4 on the door.
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October
2002: Check out the
brand new song "Never Let You Go"
in the sounds section (recorded at The Sound Joint in London from 8-10th
October 2002)! This is Bob Cuba's best yet!
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August 2002: THE GIG ON 26TH
SEPTEMBER AT THE SOUNDHOUSE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO FRIDAY
27TH SEPTEMBER - NOT THIS IN YOUR DIARY!!!
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August 2002: Check out the
brand new song Karaoke Tribe and Karaoke Tribe (club mix)
in the sounds section! We have had a great reaction to
the club mix especially. If you send a review to us (see
the reviews section) you could win this on CD!
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August 2002:
Bob Cuba have
attracted interest in Sao Luis in Brazil, and are soon
going to be played on the University show "Company
of the Music". Click here
for information on this radio programme (although you
might have probelms understanding it since it is in Portugese!).
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July 2002: Check out the new
REVIEWS link. Send in a review before the end of August
and win a CD!
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June 2002: Bob Cuba have
just announced 2 more gig dates for this summer. They
will play Glasgow venues The 13th Note on the 28th July
and The Soundhaus on 26th September.
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May 2002: Bob Cuba's sunny
guitar tune Prodigal opened Scotland's finest radio
station Radio Magnetic's
Unsigned and Underground show on Sunday 5th April 2002.
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May 2002: Bob Cuba have just
announced 2 more gig dates for this summer. They will
play Glasgow venues Fury Murrys on 5th July and line up
with Greenock Band Reno in Nice N'Sleazy on July 19th.
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March 2002: Bob Cuba were played on the show 'Indy Live'
on Arizona radio station KRFM on
March 24th!
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March 2002: Bob Cuba play
Strawberry Fields in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 17th and
The Cathouse on May 30th! |
