Rocky Shades – Typical Day in Wrathchild – Pre-Stakk Attakk – Club Days – UK

Posted by On April 20, 2019 0 Comment

Name: Rocky Shades
Occupation: Vocalist
Band: Wrathchild

full in bloom:  Please describe a typical day in the life of Rocky Shades during the Wrathchild club days, prior to the release of Stakk Attakk. From the time you woke up to the time you went to bed.

Rocky Shades:  I MUST STRESS THAT THERE WAS NO TYPICAL DAY WITH ROCKY SHADES BUT THIS IS AS CLOSE AS DAMN IT. IN BETWEEN ALL OF THIS I USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL, GO WATCH FILMS, HAVE SEX, PLAY VIDEO GAMES, HAVE MORE SEX, SHOP FOR OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHES, SHOP FOR COMPONENTS TO MAKE OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHES AS THEY WERE NOT OUTRAGEOUS ENOUGH, HAVE MORE SEX, ETC….

OK, I WOULD GET UP WITH A CAN OF BEER IN ONE HAND AND A BAR OF CHOCOLATE IN THE OTHER. AFTER SHOWERING AND SLOWLY COMING BACK TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING, I WOULD SPEND AT LEAST AN HOUR PUTTING ON MY MAKE UP AND CHOOSING WHICH BAD TASTE CLOTHES TO WEAR. I WOULD GO DOWN TO MY LOCAL ROCK PUB WHERE A DESIGNATED MEMBER OF WRATHCHILD WOULD PICK ME UP, WE WOULD HAVE SEVERAL MORE BEERS, DO THE MIX ‘N MINGLE THING WITH THE GIRLS, THEN GO OFF FOR A REHEARSAL. MANY PEOPLE ACCUSED WRATHCHILD OF BEING ALL LOOK AND NO ATTENTION PAID TO MUSIC, I THINK THAT IS AN UNFAIR COMMENT AS ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT THE BEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD, WE TOOK OUR MUSIC VERY SERIOUSLY. AND EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE WE THREW IT TOGETHER, IT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF ARRANGING AND WORKING OUT. AFTER WE FINISHED REHEARSING WE WOULD GO DOWN TO THE BADGE AND POSTER SHOP, OUR MANAGER AT THE TIME (MANAGER NO.2 AS I RECALL) USED TO OWN IT….HANG AROUND THERE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS, EVEN BACK THEN WE HAD A FOLLOWING….DO MORE THINGS WITH THE GIRLS…AS EVENING DREW ON, WE WOULD HEAD FOR EITHER A ROCK CLUB/PUB IN BIRMINGHAM CALLED “BOGARTS” OR A SLEAZY VENUE, WHERE ALL THE ROCK BANDS DEBUTED, CALLED “BARBARELLAS.” WE WOULD THEN GET SLAUGHTERED ON DRINK OR I WOULD GUEST WITH SOME BAND OR OTHER OR BOTH, THEN IF YOU STRUCK LUCKY, WHICH WAS QUITE OFTEN, YOU GOT SOME SERIOUS POONTANG TO TAKE HOME. THE REST IS DOWN TO EVOLUTION.