06/02/08 MIND GONE BLIND SIGN TO RISING RECORDS!!!!

Mind Gone Blind have signed a record deal with Ipswich-based label Rising Records. We will be recording our debut album in June 2008 with release pencilled in for September. The new material promises to be our best yet and the band are looking forward to recording under the guidance of Rising's Mark Daghorn.

This site will be undergoing a bit of a revamp in the next few weeks so for the latest MGB news go to our Bebo www.bebo.com/mindgoneblind or MySpace www.myspace.com/mindgoneblind sites.

 

02/12/07 - Back to the future

Yes folks, back on line after some serious IT issues...but enough of that bad, bad stuff...so on with the info:

Mind Gone Blind recently released their third, self titled ep featuring four new tracks and a new version of 'Be' is available to buy on iTunes or CD here. This was preceded by the band's first ever single 'Fragile' which was available as a limited edition 3 track cd! It is now completely sold out!

Broken Arrow, Die and Start Again & Fragile - from our new E.P.
available to listen at http://www.xfmuploaded.co.uk/mindgoneblind/

And of course there's the Uncle Wenzel Productions video of Fragile which is on You Tube along with other MGB gems.

And don't forget to get onto the MGB Bebo page http://www.bebo.com/mindgoneblind

We will be playing The Commercial Hotel (The Comm!) in Keith on the 18th December along with talented local acoustic performer Chris Grant and the fantastic Ewan MacFarlane (of The Grim Northern Social).

Since co-headlining the Keith Chaos Live gig with The GNS, Ewan has returned to Keith as a solo performer on a few occasions now and we are delighted once again to be joining him on the bill for this one. As acoustic singer / songwriters go, Ewan is one of the very best and he enjoys playing in Keith where he always receives a warm welcome (and more than his fair share of wind-ups!).

So, never mind the Christmas shopping, get along to The Comm for a mix of quality acoustic and, of course, some full band MGB shenanigans. Kicks off at 3pm!

07/10/05 - Gig News - Review

24/09/05 - World Of Lies - Sample Clips plus pics n things

17/09/05 - World Of Lies - CD on sale On line

15/09/05 - World Of Lies - CD Launch Details including bus times / CD Review

First Review:

07/08/05 - Gigs!!!

25/07/05 - Site Forum and Pulse Results

We've introduced a new Forum, so sign on up and join the fun.

Congratulations to The Phoenix Band for winning the Pulse Heat and all the best for the final.

17/07/05 - Last minute at The Loft

We played an acoustic gig on Friday at the Loft supporting Unkle Bob and Le Reno Amps. We were drafted in at the last minute after The Method had to pull out because of an incident with a sausage! Our set went down well and consisted of mostly new tracks from the forthcoming e.p. which now looks like it will be released at the beginning of September.

11/07/05 - Pulse Heats for Belladrum Festival / UKBANDS Vote

We are playing the Pulse Heat at East Grange Loft on the 22nd July for a chance to open at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 12th and 13th August. Other bands playing include The Phoenix Band.

UKBANDS.net

We are registered on the UKBANDS.net website. To vote for us please click on the following link:

 
Note: You must be registered to vote on ukbands.net, if you register after clicking on the vote button your vote will be added after registration

24/06/05 - Keith Calmness

Keith Chaos Live, our second live festival appearance in 3 weeks took place in the sweltering heat of Saturday 18th June at Seafield Park , Keith....and what a day!

It was a fantastic occasion with headline acts The Grim Northern Social and The Bluetones both playing blistering sets to around 1200 beered up, sunburnt revellers. We slotted in on the bill at around 7pm and played tracks from both Time & Money EP and our new (still to be released) World Of Lies EP. A good response from both crowd and organisers left us feeling more than happy with ourselves and it was fantastic to be a part of this first KCL.

Backstage too was a scream with members of The Phoenix Band, Spindrift, Bullet Theory, Blue Gum Ears, The Method and our goodselves partaking in various boozy shenanigans throughout the day (we also carried out road crew duties, handling 1000's of pounds worth of other folks gear between sets and all the time getting drunker and drunkerer and drunkererer - sheesh!).

The setting is perfect, for a long time many people have remarked on how ideal "The Leys" as it's locally known would be for an outdoor gig and with a lot of hard work from the committee (including our very own Prod and Cammy and MGB webmaster Mark Aldridge among others) it is now a reality. The lions share of the plaudits has to go to Keith's very own Steve Purves as the event is his brainchild and Steve has worked tirelessly to make his dream a reality. For us and anyone else who was there it left us feeling like it could very well be the start of something big and with all proceeds going to the Keith Cancer Link charity it can only be a good thing. If you didn't make it this year MGB have a message for you.....DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!! Keith Chaos along with Speyside Music Festival can really put our area on the musical map. More of the same next year, good bands, good beer, good atmosphere, gooooood CENSORED, good times!

A great weekend was finished off perfrctly when Moyz and Cammy opened for GNS frontman Ewan McFarlane's acoustic gig in The Comm on Sunday with BGE and The Phoenix Band also doing their bit. A big thank you on behalf of everyone to Ewan for agreeing to stay behind and perform (incidentally he was F***in Fantastic!!!!), it couldn't have rounded off the weekend better.
Photographs soon......

10/06/05 -Keith Chaos Live Update plus Acoustic gig news
It's next Saturday folks! Get your tickets for Keith Chaos Live . Tickets are available online at http://www.thebooth.co.uk and from the following outlets:

· Patersons Newsagents, 182-184 Mid St, Keith, Tel: 01542 882173
· J P Pozzi, 8 High St, Buckie, Tel: 01542 832211
· Sound & Vision, 14-18 South Street, Elgin, Tel: 01343 543778
· One Up, 17 Belmont Street, Aberdeen, Tel: 01224 642662

Keep up to date with all the news on the KCL Website: http://www.keithchaos.com

Acoustic gig, 19th June, The Commercial!

28/05/05 - SpeysideMusic Festival - The aftermath!

The first ever Speyside Music Festival got underway in soggy conditions at the Alice Littler Park in Aberlour.

We were second on the bill to headline act Nazareth in front of hoardes of devoted rock fans who braved the conditions to be part of what has all the makings of being a huge attraction for the area. A top quality stage, sound and lighting combo as well as a bar with copious amounts of alcohol, made the whole day worth while for the crowd.

We've mentioned before what a HUGE honour it was for us to be on the bill with the legendary Nazareth (see festival photos at www.MusicVice.com ). Pre-gig nerves kicked in about....ooooh 5 minutes after arriving for hook-up (11am) and remained all day, only to be replaced by pure adrenaline when we took to the stage (9.05pm)...WHAT A RUSH! An hour long set to a fantastic crowd and we floated off stage, heads buzzing and hearts thumping.

It was a fantastic experience and great to be involved along with so many quality acts (Third Floor Rising, As Yet Unknown, Little Big Men, Raw Gallacher, Rob Tognoni....and on...and on....) who appeared either on the main stage or at The Aberlour Hotel throughout the day.

The biggest thank you has to go to the crowd who turned a rainy Saturday in May into our most amazing gig experience to date. This festival along with the forthcoming Keith Chaos Live festival can and will put our area on the musical map. The party-bred music lovers of the area deserve nothing less and we're just delighted to be a part of it all.
As a great man once said.....Keep On Rockin' In The Free World!!...and remember to join us at Keith Chaos Live

05/05/05 - KCL update and Acoustic In Store Performance for new HUBL CD

To promote the new HUBL CD we are appearing at Sound & Vision, South Street, Elgin on Saturday 14th to do a wee acoustic stint with The Method and The Gen. Things kick off at 2pm.

KCL update
The Bluetones and Grim Northern Social have been added to the bill for Keith Chaos Live which is taking place on 18th June at Seafield Park, Keith and features a host of weil kent faces including oor guid sel's. Full details are on the web site and tickets are available online at http://www.thebooth.co.uk and from the following outlets:

· Patersons Newsagents, 182-184 Mid St, Keith, Tel: 01542 882173
· J P Pozzi, 8 High St, Buckie, Tel: 01542 832211
· Sound & Vision, 14-18 South Street, Elgin, Tel: 01343 543778
· One Up, 17 Belmont Street, Aberdeen, Tel: 01224 642662

Keep up to date with all the news on the KCL Website: http://www.keithchaos.com

14/04/05 - Words...from the Studio Walls ...and the new HUBL CD

Saturday 9th April 2005 and all MGB members are up, washed, dressed, fed and ready to head off at 8.00am (YES, IN THE MORNING). What could cause such a rare early morning gathering?...It's studio time baby!

Finally, we got it together to go into The Mill studio, Crathes to record our second CD almost 2 years to the day since the recording of "Time & Money". The new material we have been working on, changing, dropping, picking-up, shaking, rattling and rolling is now recorded and we aim to release this offering upon the masses around late May early June. Title: ...eh...we'll think of something. General feel: Awesome!

We are very happy with how it's went so far and we all had a great time in the studio...roll on release date. To see some shots (of the studio only, evening photos may be subject to law-suits!) click here

A big thank you to Niall Mathewson for his ever welcome help and guidance during the recording process and basically just for being a top dude!

HUBL CD
The new 20 track HUBL compilation CD featuring 'Fear' is out now for an amazingly low price of £5 and is available online at www.hubl.co.uk or from the following outlets:

One Up, Belmont Street, Aberdeen
Sound and Vision, South Street, Elgin
Urbanology, Batchen Street, Elgin
Avalanche Records, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
Avalanche Records, Dundas Street, Glasgow
Borders, Retail Park, Inverness,
HMV, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness
Mania, Drummond Street, Inverness,
Soundtracks, 17 Francis Street, Stornoway

18/03/05 - Pulse update and Tsunami gig

Because of everyone's voting efforts Pulseunsigned , Fear will be played on the Pulse Unsigned Radio show 'Rock the Box' presented by 'Jimi the Vox'. The show is on Sat 19th March at 9pm and repeated on Mon 21st at 8pm and Wed 23rd at 12pm.

Keep the votes coming in!!

Also, Mind Gone Blind will be playing at Moshulu in Aberdeen on the 27th of March at a Tsunami Disaster Charity gig along with various bands from Aberdeen. Should be a good night! Come along and help raise money for charity!!

17/03/05 - Top of the Pulse Pops

We've reached No 40 in the Pulseunsigned chart and need YOUR help. Trying to get as much people as possible to vote for us to help us climb the chart. All you have to do is register on the site and vote for MIND GONE BLIND! You are allowed one vote per day. So vote every day without fail!!

16/03/05 - Full songs available online...

For those who want to hear full versions of some of our songs go to http://www.myspace.com/mindgoneblind
to hear Solo, C Thru U and Fear and where you can also add comments, post messages, etc. to the band!

Also available on two other websites are:

06/03/05 - ROB MAKES A STUNNING DEBUT!...then gets absolutely bladdered!
We're back! We played our first gig in 6 months on Saturday 26th February at the newly renovated Portessie Public Hall with Rob making a hometown debut.

Sharing the bill were local acts Days in December, Penthouse and Mute, whose drummer Dylan, was responsible for getting all the acts together for this awesome shindig.

Rob had a ball as he battered the kit mercilessly for the hour long set of our own material, which went down quite well...thankfully! Pre-gig nerves gave way to pure adrenaline, it was bloody great to be back playing live and the future once again looks bright. Take a look at these snaps, particularly the triumphant new boy looking most pleased with a good nights work. He spent the rest of the evening breaking various binge-drinking records so by Sunday the triumphant look may have withered somewhat!

To coincide with Rob's live debut behind the kit, we decided to spruce up the bass drums a little with the help of talented Keith graphic artist Ricky Scott.

Ricky has his own business, STICK EM UP STICKERS, and can put a kick-ass design on just about anything you fancy from cars and bikes to trailers and trikes! Contact Ricky at ricky.surf@virgin.net

P.S. Penthouse will be supporting us at the next gig - The Commercial, Keith on 26th March

02/02/05 - Speyside Music Festival

We are over the moon at getting to support Nazareth at the inaugural Speyside Music Festival in Aberlour. Organiser Andy McCloy has pulled out all the stops to make this gig a monster with the culmination on the main stage in The Alice Littler Park (where we'll be playing, woohoo!) as well as bands at The Aberlour Hotel and the Mash Tun pub all day. Check out the site for more details and make space in your diary for what is sure to be a fantastic day!

30/01/05 - New & exclusive MP3s

The Noise section has been updated with the following MP3s available for download:

FULL acoustic versions of Evergreen from the Time & Money EP and the previously unreleased Broken Illusion. These are part of a set recorded at The Loft in November 2003.

As well as that there is a demo edit of the brand new song World Of Lies, which will be recorded in April at The Mill Studios.

27/01/05 - Updates

Pulse Unsigned Airplay

Fear will be played from today (27th) during PulseUnsigned rock shows called 'It's Only Rock n Roll' (see website for schedule), via their website pulseunsigned.com and also Sky channel 905.

Make Tracks

We didn't make the final cut for the Make Tracks cd but congratulations to all who did, but Fear will be available to download from the Make Tracks site soon. The songs were supposed to be available to download from the 24th, must be busy living it up in Cannes!!

Studio Time!

Mind Gone Blind will be entering The Mill Studio on the 9th of April to begin recording their follow up to Time and Money. All going well it should be released in the middle of May. An official release date will be confirmed soon. Possible tracks include :

Speyside Festival 28th May

So far NAZARETH, MIND GONE BLIND, RAW GALLAGHER and LITTLE big MEN are confirmed so far...more news to follow.

22/01/05 - Comm gig cancelled

We've cancelled the gig on the 13th Feburary at The Comm to concentrate on recording.

10/01/05 - Happy New Year

Well it's 2005 and the first of the gigs are confirmed...check out the Gigs List

21/12/04 - Make Tracks

We reached the 18 band short list for the Channel Four's Ideas Factory Make Tracks project which will end with 10 bands chosen to feature on a Music Week cover CD. The track Fear!!! from the Time & Money CD (available online of course) has been selected and here's hoping for a good start to New Year...

16/12/04 - Downloads

The track Fear from our "Time & Money" EP was available to download on the mp3 section of HUBL. If you downloaded it, we hope you enjoyed it. If not...tough. Fear has been replaced by C Thru U, also from "Time & Money" but the version available for download is a one-off live recording of an acoustic version, performed a couple of years ago by Cammy & Moyz when they supported Tippy at The East Grange Loft. So, if you want to hear us unplugged click on the mp3 section of HUBL and download C Thru U from the list of available tracks...enjoy.

06/12/04 - Work In Progress

Those most ardent of MGB followers (both of you) will note that we have had no live gigs since the departure of Lugs.
We are, however, working our socks off as the MGB think tank (Prod's shed) once again reverberates with the sound of kick-ass rock music!

New drummer Rob has slotted in well with the band - he'd bloody well have to as his kit takes up half the shed! - and we are well on the way to completing our new CD. Check out these shots for a wee peek into the very core of Mind Gone Blind as we rehearse new material and plan our return to gig action!...something inside stirs.......

03/12/04 - Keith Chaos

Keith Chaos - MGB will be playing the newest and biggest music festival in the North East along with local bands The Method, Blue Gum Ears and some major bands (to be announced). This event is being organised by Steve Purves for Keith Cancer Link and will take place next year on June the 18th. Read all about it on the Keith Chaos website. Please give your support to this event as it is a worthy cause and amazing chance for a regular music festival in this area.

28/11/04 - Some more updates

Congratulations to Phone and Diane as gorgeous Georgia Harmony Beatrice Dalgarno , born on the 7th November in the wee small hours (4:18am), becomes the latest addition to the MGB family.

Band profile and Images section updated with Rob and a new image of Prod.

23/10/04 - Daddio Moyz

Congratulations to Moyz and Mandy! Bonnie wee Lauren Crighton Moyes was born at 18.05 on Sunday 17th. If anyone is flying someday soon then warn the pilot to look out for Moyz in the clouds...

And there's more to come to family MGB with Phone due to become a father any day now

12/10/04 - Band profile updated.

10/10/04 - Review

Our Time & Money EP received an excellent review in Rock Pulse Magazine (9 out of 10)!!

02/10/04 - New drummer

We are delighted to welcome on board our new drummer Rob Hendry! Rob is from Buckie and has all his own hair and teeth. He lists his musical influences as Perry Como, Donovan, Nat King Cole and Lulu.

He has a degree in astro-physics and currently works as a Checkout Operative in MacDonalds with his preferred drum style being freestyle jazz. Honest! heh heh heh

Rob's REAL biog will be on the band section soon along with photo updates and we will be back in action at the end of the year.

Work is underway on our follow up to Time & Money, scheduled for release in Spring 2005.