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Out Of Step, Out Of Time
My new 12 track album will be available on 28th October. It’s been a long time coming and, though the songs were written ages ago (around the time of my first album), it has taken so long to get … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News
Tagged acoustic, acoustic punk, album release, amazon, ethical wares, four dogs music, mark ayling, punk, singer songwriter, singer/songwriter
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Do I Miss Being In A Band…..?
I got asked recently if I miss being in a band. Do I miss the camaraderie? Do I miss bouncing ideas off other people? As a drummer, I have played with a lot of bands over the years, from bands … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged acoustic, acoustic punk, band problems, bands, drums, mark ayling, music, pcf, proud city fathers, punk, solo singer songwriter
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New Website…..
I have given my website a long overdue redesign and now with added ‘Song Trivia’ section where I give an insight into some of my lyrics. Check it out….. www.markayling.net
A Few Dates…..
March 2013 Fri 1st EDINBURGH Forest cafe with Breagh Cuinn and Brian Curran 7PM FREE ENTRY Sat 2nd YORK Fulford Arms with Stolen Embers 8PM FREE ENTRY Sun 3rd BRADFORD 1 in 12 This is still to be confirmed Mon … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs, Music
Tagged 1 in 12 club, bradford, breagh cuinn, brian curran, edinburgh, forest cafe, fulford arms, gig, grosvenor, leeds, london, manchester, mark ayling, milo, proud city fathers, random hand, rigger, Robin Leitch, stoke, stolen embers, thirsty scholar, york
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Happy New Year
Looking back at 2012, I’m grateful to have been invited to play some really enjoyable gigs. I’ve loved them all but personal highlights are (in no particular order); -Playing support to 999 at Drummonds which was good fun. -Playing off … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs, Music, News
Tagged 999, acoustic, acoustic punk, banff castle, billy liar, breagha cuinn, brian curran, joe solo, kelpie cafe, mark ayling, paul carter, punk, the mob
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Upcoming Gigs…..
OCTOBER 3rd – Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge with Brian Curran & Cayn White 5th – L’Île Aux Trésors, Liege, Belgium with Brian Curran 6th – Crowbar, Groningen, Netherlands with Brian Curran 7th – Rehearsal Space gig TBC Berlin, Germany … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs, Music
Tagged acoustic, acoustic punk, billy liar, brian curran, cayn white, frustration, gig, mark ayling, punk, singer songwriter
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What Would Joe Strummer Do?
I got an email earlier about Strummercamp, with the title “What would Joe do? Reading further, I discovered that there are more and more people wearing T shirts printed with the same question….. WTF? I remember reading a story about … Continue reading
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Tagged cover bands, joe strummer, mark ayling, nostalgia, punk, the clash, tribute bands
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Pay To Play…..
There’s been a lot of talk in Glasgow recently regarding bands being made to ‘Pay To Play’ gigs. A couple of the promoters that were targeted were NOT actually making bands pay them money to get a gig. The deal … Continue reading
This Place……
Recently, as everyone knows, some posh-daughter-of-a-millionaire got 2 years in prison for driving some hoods round during the London riots so they could loot shops. Also, as everyone knows, a couple of chavs got 4 years each for trying to … Continue reading
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Upcoming Gigs…..
28/29th July – Fox & Goose, HEBDEN BRIDGE Punx Picnic (with The Mob, The System, Autonomads, Total Bloody Chaos, Lowlife UK, Captain Hotknives + More) 31st July – Milo Bar, LEEDS TBC 11 August – Harbour Lights, PETERHEAD TBC More … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, acoustic punk, autonomads, captain hotknives, distorted truth, elizabethan, fraserburgh, gig, glasgow, harbour lights, hebden bridge, leeds, lowlife uk, mark ayling, milo, peterhead, punk, punx picnic, skizofrenik, splinter, the bay, the mob, the system, total bloody chaos
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