Gaudy Orde have been described as best musical comedy band in the world. They appear at the Open Hearth ‘Surgery’ session at the canal-side, Sebastopol venue on Thursday March 11th. Expect surreal, zany humour/pranks, skilled musicianship and some ‘mildly offensive’ (‘Kills all the Violent Dogs’; ‘Smokers are Idiots’) and topical (‘The Size of Wales’) songs.
A sizeable outfit with a variety of characters; all, we believe, given pseudonymic titles. Led by Glossopian, Jeff Japers (ukulele, kick box, sampler and vocal chords) and including: Barry Sidings (darbuka, bouzouki, a percussion tree and own vocal chords); Romany Bob (washboard, thimbles, [rare vintage] clarinet, vocal chords, mouth organ, shaky egg, wood blocks and a melodica); Helen Spoons, apparently ‘found in a charity shop in Roath, Cardiff’ (spoons, djembe drum, claves and vocal chords); Tall Joy who is said to ‘give them their much needed bottom end’; James Parr (chirango, clapping & keyboard and works in Poundstreatcher, Aberdare.). The band is joined, occasionally, by dancing artiste Michael Klaxon and The Chimpanzee In A Plastic Mac.
As always, the evening kicks off with open mic slots at 7.30pm with Gaudy Orde on stage at around 9.30pm. A donation of £3 will be requested.
Open Hearth Acoustic 