Nazareth Mudmen

**Archangel** · 25th August 05, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

It's odd you mention that... I have had since childhood a repeating dream of turning in to a bear. Other strange dreams too of what seems to be another life. And my death. And the people that are the very closest to me in my life, the people that truly love me, always buy me Winnie the Pooh stuff because we share an obcession with hunney. Er, honey.

Lycanthropy. Erm, how did we go from Nazareth to lycanthropy?

I was not aware they were still around. Out doing the geriatric tour with the stones maybe?

shapeshift, warp-spasm the Celtic berserker of Irish legend, look it up, very scary.

you and I seem to move from one subject to another and back again with relative ease.

Just checked the Mudmen site, that's a .ca not .com, and they have a full 64meg video. Check it out, gotta feeling you're going to like these guys. Looks like another kilt night.

bedtime, (doing more Human Rights teaching tomorrow also government structure community stuff, cool) goodnight.

**Buddha** · 27th August 05, 10:18 AM

interesting reading, now I have to find a copy of The Tain in hardcover

**Archangel** · 27th August 05, 09:11 PM

Suddenly realized that the Mudmen were doing a free concert downtown tonight so off I went. They are good. They've got a good fan following. They were fun interacting with the audience.

Music is punk rock, sort of. The newer kind where the artists realize they can make a living doing this. The pipers are very good. It's not a gimmick in the sense that the two pipers are actually playing a variety of styles well. The video on their website, mudmen.ca, is a pretty good representation of what they do.

Bought both their cds and will definitely see them when they're back in town in a few weeks.

Finally, a concert where I wasn't the only one kilted. There were at least two others (and two on stage).

**tjpillow** · 30th August 05, 09:01 AM

sweeeeet...these guys are great...i love all these punk/rock celtic band. it gives me hope that we can save some of our kids from mnm.

**Kilted Stuart** · 31st August 05, 04:19 PM

The Mudmen are a great band. The two big guys (brothers) that play the pipes are Rob and Sandy Campbell.
They were known on the competition pipe circuit as being a few of the best pipers in North America. They decided to take there act on the road with a slightly harder edge celtic rock band. If you get a chance to see them, go. You will not be disapointed. A lot of bands have one piper but they have two. You need a big sound to have 2 pipers. They have that and more.
Machummel knows the Campbell brothers. I think he made a few kilts for them last winter.

**Archangel** · 31st August 05, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Kilted Stuart

The Mudmen are a great band. The two big guys (brothers) that play the pipes are Rob and Sandy Campbell.
They were known on the competition pipe circuit as being a few of the best pipers in North America. They decided to take there act on the road with a slightly harder edge celtic rock band. If you get a chance to see them, go. You will not be disapointed. A lot of bands have one piper but they have two. You need a big sound to have 2 pipers. They have that and more.
Machummel knows the Campbell brothers. I think he made a few kilts for them last winter.

So you know they're at Norma Jeans here in London on Sept 16.

**mikemisfit** · 7th September 05, 02:58 PM

the mudmen also do a ripping cover of 'home for a rest'

**JBfromBS** · 8th September 05, 07:11 AM

I really love "5 O'Clock" and "Drink and Fight", I wish they would do a southern US tour!

Joe

**Archangel** · 8th September 05, 01:03 PM

Nazareth rocked, really great concert. Had a really good time up to, and after, some jerk decided to attack me. Surprised him, and myself, and 500 people in the audience. I was in the front row so all of a sudden everybody sees a 50 year old, gray haired kiltie pin some punk by his throat to the wall of speakers. Bouncer ejected him and we all had a good time.

It was my first time there. It's a nice enough bar, the food was reasonably good. The staff seems pleasant enough.

My intention is to visit during the week and speak to them. First, commend the bouncer for his skill, and judgement in not tossing me out. Secondly, for my peace of mind, I'd like to make sure that this character spewing death threats is not a regular. I'd like to see the Mudmen and take my adult kids without having to watch my back. Although my kids....no, peace is better.

I'll post the outcome of that.