Sweep the Leg Johnny (1 Viewer)

anyone into these guys? i was introduced by way of the michiganfest dvd where yer man the guitarist falls through the roof. i know they toured here a few years back. were they up to much? i'm trying to track their stuff down but is proving quite the challenge

said roof incident is here

seanface said:

anyone into these guys? i was introduced by way of the michiganfest dvd where yer man the guitarist falls through the roof. i know they toured here a few years back. were they up to much? i'm trying to track their stuff down but is proving quite the challenge

said roof incident is here

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they stayed with me when they played whelans.. nicest dudes ever! the singer sleeps with his eyes open! true fact!

that gig was so inspiring to me.. just seeing them go nutzoid..



great band

and who can forget the title,

'sometimes my balls feel like tits'

They're pretty cool allright. They played Limerick as well that tour great gig and they seemed live very nice guys.

(I could do without having to watch him clear the spit valve on his sax the whole time though - that's a bit gross - especially whan it makes a big puddle on the stage)

seanface said:

anyone into these guys? i was introduced by way of the michiganfest dvd where yer man the guitarist falls through the roof. i know they toured here a few years back. were they up to much? i'm trying to track their stuff down but is proving quite the challenge

said roof incident is here

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yup, they're great. My old band supported them in Limerick.Got a a cupla albums if u want me to burn them for you. Also, check out the side project; Check Engine, basically Sweep with an Singer/guitarist. Like the more melodically passionate (you heard!) cousin of Sweep. Also one of the best live shows i've ever seen

i would kill to see them live. bleedin great

ernesto said:

i would kill to see them live.

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pm'd you there....

they and check engine both broke up unfriendly in the end. i met the sax player a year or so ago - he was in some art band with a violin. actually, now that i remember, i had check engine booked into whelans for a second gig......... and all of a sudden, they stopped communicating with everyone who had booked a tour for them on that particular tour. no explanation or nothing. but hey, great live band. they may have played for too long last time i saw them though, i never managed to make up my mind.

They were amazing in the Warzone Cafe in Belfast. Kabinboy supported. I remember Gary wearing an AC/DC T shirt and I'm pretty sure it was a Brian Johnson album!!!

tomorrow we will run faster is an awesome album! they played Cork too a while back, I chose to go see the Fun Lovin' Criminals instead

...mazin mazing bunch a girls.
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steveamanakick said:

yup, they're great. My old band supported them in Limerick.Got a a cupla albums if u want me to burn them for you. Also, check out the side project; Check Engine, basically Sweep with an Singer/guitarist. Like the more melodically passionate (you heard!) cousin of Sweep. Also one of the best live shows i've ever seen

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One of the best gigs I was at in limerick, did ye ever get that amp fixed steve???

Corrupted O))) said:

Kabinboy supported. I remember Gary wearing an AC/DC T shirt and I'm pretty sure it was a Brian Johnson album!!!

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You remember wrong,I have never owned such an item. I still have an AC/DC shirt that I could have worn then. It has Angus on it.
Sweep The Leg Johnny were pretty good that night. I think we got a phone call that after noon to see if we could play and luckily could.

CITY BABY said:

One of the best gigs I was at in limerick, did ye ever get that amp fixed steve???

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wasnt that annapurnas fault??

STLJ in the savoy was top notch. think it was a bank holiday monday night and a pile
of people showed up.

Check Engine in the boat club was also top drawer.

g-stereotypical said:

pm'd you there....

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do i supply my own sack of doorknobs?

sweep were cool, but check engine would have been more of a favourite.
that whelans gig was so much fun, during and after.

man it sure seems like i missed out

Scaryist band I've ever seen live
Freaks me out know that the singer sleeps with his eyes open

yea i really like them.the total extreme of math rock.

just have Going Down Swingin, which are people's favs?

hermie said:

yea i really like them.the total extreme of math rock.

just have Going Down Swingin, which are people's favs?

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Tomorrow We Will Run Faster is my favourite.
Saw them twice, once in Dublin and once in Chicago (after Mitch Cheney from Rumah Sakit had joined).
One of the best live bands i've ever seen.

Check Engine were brilliant too.

That's freaky about the eyes-open-sleep thing.
I witnessed Craig from BATS doin the exact same thing at ATP over the weekend.
Put the fear of god in me...

Sweep & Check Engine our 2 of my top 5 favourite ever bands. So much fun, so great live, such a great guitar sound.