Frank Rabbit and the Bobtails
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That Frank Rabbit certainly didn’t learn from Dirk Bobtail's mistakes did he? His Carlsberg tears have turned into deep salty lakes. If Johnny Winter walked amongst these lakes now and leafed through history’s sodden pages, what would he make of all the Frank Rabbit and the Bobtails guitar solos played in his glorious name? How would he cope? Could we offer him any tips? eg Make ‘em laugh, Johnny and you’re half way there?On the other hand, inappropriately timed comments like "Now we’re quaking in our Beatle boots as the big boned beefcake glares and strides towards us - axe in hand" are simply a waste of rabbit-breath. “We’re a proper family and I need a drink.” I say in our defence. “What you need is another f***ing lobotomy!”roars a drunken amoeba, swinging at me with a hardback copy of ‘Chariots of the Gods’ by Eric Von Danniken. I duck and it hits Johnny hard on his pale thigh. “You’re bang out of order!” he roars and I get an inkling of how the money lenders must have felt when he lost his rag with them in the temple of Rock.
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Talentless buck toothed, lettuce munching, riff pilfering, hell for leather, Lethbridge-obsessed no-hopers locked away in their damp underground multi-track recording hutch, obsessively chopping up Frank Fish & the Fins/Nige & Trev recordings until the baby donkeys come home.
Why this name?
It was engraved on a rusty medal we found down a drain outside the Radcliffe Arms in Jericho,Oxford.
Do you play live?
Never played live. No special moments in our lives whatso-flippin-ever...no, tell a lie - it was pretty damn special when we dredged up that medal from the drain, oh yes it was to be sure, to be sure.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Music is a sublime gift. It should be shared freely and frequently from hutch to hutch.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Only if they a)helped us to uncover the hidden chalk figure of a giant at Shotover.
b)Brought out new editions of all those brilliant out of print T.C. Lethbridge books.
b)Brought out new editions of all those brilliant out of print T.C. Lethbridge books.
Band History:
Born on the dark side of the Cutteslowe Wall
Your influences?
Frank Zappa/Mahavishnu Orchestra/Tiny Tim/Frank Fish and the Fins/Clark Hutchinson/Black Widow/Mario Lanza/Jimi Hendrix/Smokey Robinson/Patto/Can/Mary Hopkin/Rage Against the Machine/Hammer Horror/Ken Dodd/Derek Bailey/Chicory Tip/Mountain/Tammy Wynette/Hawkwind/Sensational Alex Harvey Band/Neighbours/2000ad comic/Duane Allman/Charlie Chuck/The Faust Tapes/T.C. Lethbridge/Michael Gerzon/Lord Buckley
Favorite spot?
Yelford
Equipment used:
Whisky, lettuce & other people's talent.
Anything else...?
FRANK RABBIT and the BOBTAILS are a past-their-sell-by-date by-product of FRANK FISH and the FINS. Click on the logo below to hear a feast of fish-obsessed audio at FRANK FISH and the FINS' Soundclick website....
FRANK RABBIT and DIRK BOBTAIL sometimes remove their buck-teeth and bunny ears to record & perform under the name of NIGE & TREV. To visit NIGE & TREV's surreal Soundclick Website, click on the logo below....
FRANK RABBIT AND THE BOBTAILS regularly record at ROOFTOP STUDIO in Oxford UK. Thump yer furry paw on this lettuce-green Soundclick logo to visit Rooftop's mp3 packed Soundclick site...
This blithering brace of bleary eyed, bucktoothed, barre-chord blending buffoons also have a webhutch at My Space. click here to go there!
FRANK RABBIT and DIRK BOBTAIL sometimes remove their buck-teeth and bunny ears to record & perform under the name of NIGE & TREV. To visit NIGE & TREV's surreal Soundclick Website, click on the logo below....
FRANK RABBIT AND THE BOBTAILS regularly record at ROOFTOP STUDIO in Oxford UK. Thump yer furry paw on this lettuce-green Soundclick logo to visit Rooftop's mp3 packed Soundclick site...
This blithering brace of bleary eyed, bucktoothed, barre-chord blending buffoons also have a webhutch at My Space. click here to go there!