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Well what an evenful time , my car siezed up 2 miles into the journey down , Amys car broke down

coming to the rescue , got towed in to garage who took pity on the Hasbeens by lending us a car , however grim it was ,

cant complain the old banger got us down & back safely , on arrival it was great to see familiar faces & friends , soon settled down for

a drinking session on the friday night , listening to the Starfighters .

Sat came , it was cold & wet , we were due on at around 5pm , this was only our 2nd live performance with the new line up

solid performance  , difficult to move around on stage as it was so small , highlights were Taliban + Forgotten heroes ,

enthusastic crowd ,glad to finish as the dry ice was affecting my breathing ,

had a great time thanks to all at soundawesome for a awesome fest

pics to follow

The weather was not too kind , heavy rain in the lead up to the event , the weekend was mainly dry but very cold & muddy , my initial; thoughts of hells bells , this is going to be very hard work , however the festival vibes soon set in , excellent organisation , very friendly , superb music and amenities a big thanks you to Si beards and all who did a fantastic job , onward to the Music

Didnt manage to catch all the bands , but what i heard from the tent was excellent a big thank you to all who played , & made our weekend such a good one , Dr Hasbeen were due to headline the Sunday night , boy was it cold , with our new line up additions of Steve & Simon Symith this was our first full gig together , we had our usual problems with the monitor mix  no delay on the vocals which is an important part of our sound , however hats off to the engineer who had little time between bands

We fucked up on the first number Stalingrad , as we couldnt hear anything on stage , but it soon settled down , and we stared to really enjoy ourselves we had a good aprreciative crowd( thank you everyone ) Simon fitted in perfectly , Amy, Izzy & Mike were on form , & Steve just gets better & better ,, a few things to tweak , roll on to the next gig , well pleased with the weekend , set list was . Stalingrad / Maginot line/ El-amaien / Spiirt of Dunkirk / Drug free zone / Jarhead / Tell me why / looking glass / forgotton heroes  oncores , were  Flying doctor , drug free zone jam .   Martyn Hasbeen  photos to follow

Sonic rock arrives in Sheffield , at the Redhouse , well when i say arrives , unfortunatly the Starfighters couldnt make it , however Xoo and ourselves and Dreamspirit did extended sets to fill the gap. On a  gale force windy night !the traffic lights were actually swaying ! and driving around Sheffield for an hour trying to find the venue due to Sat Navs mis-directions we finally landed.

Now the Redhouse is a nice friendly little venue , small stage but good PA & engineer, we  sat & relaxed while Josh Dreamspirit did an excellent set with James from Xoo on bass . This was to be Dr hasbeen,s Ist Gig with Steve Smyth on Voacls, after a very quick sound check with Amy O and Beastie Mike on the floor as there were no room on stage . With a line up of Izzy on Drums , Doc , Steve, Amy O , Mike & guest Dreamspirit , we started with Stalingrad , quickly followed by maginot line , Orgone accumalator &  Man would paints the future, at this point the Doc,s injured knee gave away so had to sit throught some of the set , and hour Dr Hasbeen  set with additional Hawk songs 25 years , Angels of death & Neddle gun , must say what a great crowd & reception , thank you Sheffield .

Xoo , fantastic band , love these guys lovely to work with, great musicians , Message from Doc ! catch this band , they are superb ,check them out , ! we look forward to working with them again , due to our drivers needing to get back we had to cut short seeing there full set , when we left they were rocking ,

Finally thanks Josh Dreamspirit for promoting and organising the event

Another Red lion epic , this time Izzys birthday bash (Son of Hasbeen) , what with freezing blanket fog , horrendous driving conditions , we arrived to find campers already there , they were immediatly awarded the Hasbeen medal of bravery ! . , A big big thankyou to everyone who came and enjoyed and to Si Mychooz and Arab Neil who filmed & photographed the event and finally John Bootle Quintessence & ex Stray guitarist who guested for us .

With a small area to play in we always have sound problems , and it was no exception tonight ,however it didnt seem to matter, everyone was having a cracking time , we played the whole of the forthcoming cd , Stalingrad , Sands of Iwo Jima , Mercenary man, Show stealer , Magingot line , Forgotten heroes , all quiet on the western front , el amanien , Kosavo, and encored with Brainstorm . With doc struggling with a back injury having to rest thoughout the set , Izzy , John , Mike , Amy & Jake powered on , Jake really impressive  painted in orange & green , the new lightshow on show for the first time with choreographed war footage , we sold & signed numerous cds , which inicates the set was very well recieved.  heres to the next one !

Again a very big thankyou to all who came , heroes all of you for venturing out in all that freezzing fog. back to the recording now , the new album will be titled !to the last man !

Well abit hit and miss this one , MCC rallys are always a challenge for Dr Hasbeen ,bikers normally love the classic rock , ACDC Sabbath etc which the Polecats Mcc were no exception , as we now play all our own material this was always going to be difficult .

After a series of set backs, with No PA on site , band providing cancelled at the last min , a borrowed PA was simply not big enough for the size of the room ,

We went on stage at 9.10pm problems soon began with the amp cutting out . after various ammendments we continued with our set , which the audeience consentrated mainly around the bar area , we settled but consience of the sub standard sound from the PA , but hey half way through the set more people were takin notice and clapping  , even wanting an encore . we played well but were so disapionted with the quality of the sound .

Great venue , Very friendly MCC , even won the raffle .

Many thanks to all who came and made this such a special night , now we have had some great gigs at the lion in the past, but this was tops. As a birthday pressie Dave & John from Space Ritual provided the superb lighting, unfortunalty the rain ensure our outside lighting of the beer garden could not happen. Our first special guest KOG started of the evening with a accoustic set of self penned songs , superb performance and warmly recieved by what was now a large audience gathering .

9.50 pm Dr Hasbeen with special guest Josh dreamspirit on therimen , started with CHEMICAL WORLD early gremlins effecting the sound but soon cleared, SHOW STEALER followed and the band soon settled and provided a solid set similar to the SWF set list , next up SANDS OF IWO JIMA , MAGINOT LINE, PARADOX , ELAMAIEN , APOLLO13 , by now with the achohol induced Doc requiring reinforcments Dr Hasbeen were joined by special guests from Space Ritual Jerry Richards & Chris Mekon  , The Hasbeen set finished with a storming version of KOSAVO , with the packed Red Lion wanting more, in predule to the Calvert Jam Josh  Dreamspirit performed his tribute poem to Dr Hasbeen (Thanks Josh),

What followed was a fantastic jam with Doc , Jake ,Izzy, Amy 0, Yetie , (Dr Hasbeen) Josh Dreamspirit , Jerry Richards , Chris Mekon John Graves, After a long intro which developed in BRAINSTORM by now with the audience singing along and dancing MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, &ORGONE ACCUMALATER  followed with the superb Jerry Richards coming  to the front , Jerry sang SPIRIT OF THE AGE , and QUARK STRANGNESS & CHARM , WHAT A NIGHT  many thanks to all those who came & were involved in making this a superb night to remember .

At last a gig I was happy with , the new line up gelling nicly together , surprizingly tight

and together , a couple of feedback probs with the mics , which because of the size of the venue

we were always going to have problems with . however a nice punchy sound , driving drums & guitars ,

backed by Keyboards & bass , complemented by the new amazing visuals , made it a night to

be remembered .

With a new set list , we started with !Chemical world! , followed by the first airing of the new numbers

!Show stealer! & !The sands of Iwo Jima! , then a couple of hawk numbers !dealing with the devil! &

!Paradox ! , then some more new numbers ! Maginot line ! El-amanien! and !Jarhead ! finishing with the old

Hasbeen Favorite !Apollo 13! , the encore Kosavo & Hippy Trip . brought events to a close .

Many Thanks to all who came and enjoyed , it was certainly the best Hasbeen performance

since the birthday bash last year , see you all at the Sonic world festival .

line up 17/5/08

Martyn Hasbeen , vocals , guitar,  loops  - Izzy - Drums  -

Jake Robinson - vocals - AmyO - keyboards - Yetie - Bass

Coleman - lights

Victoria Inn short review
Category: Music

It was always going to be a risk staging this event on a Sunday at the Vic , with Sunday not normally a band night , However the faithfull posse braved the elements to attend what turned out to be a fantastic evening of music & entertainment.

Firstly with in house PA and engineer we didnt en-visage the problems we encounted , long delays with the soundcheck , equitment mal-funtioning , not enough DI boxes to accomodate us etc etc all the usual problems which seem to follow us . one day we will have a stress free set up , on with the show.

Harvey Bainbridge opened the show , with a superb set around 30min in lenght, one or two new numbers complete with usual favorites including Freefall, and dreamworker .

Dr Hasbeen took the stage around 9.40pm ,10min late as the engineer seemed to be on some sort of fag break ..Started  with Take me now , Kosavo, Dealing with the devil , chemical world, paradox , Maginot line , Apollo13 , Dunkirk & Neddle gun , we had to finish early as the Vic music deadline on a Sun is 10.20pm , overall a cracking set, which unfortuanatly suffered through a keyboard mal-function in the later stages .

Many thanks to all who came which included Quintessence,s  Maha Dev  , big thanks to Harvey Bainbridge , . onwards & upwards to the Red lion in May

12 Nov 2007

Live & Let Live review Many many thanks to all who came and filled the place  , this venue really didnt deserve such a great crowd , but thats another story , on with the music . with our new sound system , it took quite a while to sound check, the usual dodgy leads etc , and  with the general lack of stage space making it difficult to bring this together. We welcomed Jake Robinson our new lead singer making his debut ,  Amy Keyboards , Mike , bass , Izzy , Drums and myself on Guitar and vocals ,this was the running order of songs TAKE ME NOW  KOSAVO HIPPY TRIP GOLDEN VOID CHEMICAL WORLD PARADOX URBAN GUERILLA JARHEAD BRAINSTORM NEDDLE GUN / ORGONE Generally the set went ok thundering along , well pleased with the sound except some feedback from Docs guitar when playing lead ,( dropped a few bum notes sorry), a bit raw in parts , but to be expected as this was our first gig all together , we played more Hawkwind covers then we usually do , as Jake was more familiar with them , next gig we will introduce more Hasbeen tracks so onward and upward to the Red lion on  Sat 1st Dec , Video footage and slide show featured on profile .

Well abit hit and miss this one , MCC rallys are always a challenge for Dr Hasbeen ,bikers normally love the classic rock , ACDC Sabbath etc which the Polecats Mcc were no exception , as we now play all our own material this was always going to be difficult .

After a series of set backs, with No PA on site , band providing cancelled at the last min , a borrowed PA was simply not big enough for the size of the room ,

We went on stage at 9.10pm problems soon began with the amp cutting out . after various ammendments we continued with our set , which the audeience consentrated mainly around the bar area , we settled but consience of the sub standard sound from the PA , but hey half way through the set more people were takin notice and clapping  , even wanting an encore . we played well but were so disapionted with the quality of the sound .

Great venue , Very friendly MCC , even won the raffle .