Ahhh go on, go on, go on, go on, go on......
Hi Guys,
Been having a look at some of the Band profiles on here and guess there are some of you nearly as old as me…. So you might remember "Calling all the Heroes" by It Bites (reached No.5 in the charts in the mid 80’s I think)… maybe some of you also remember them from their days on the cabaret circuit …. Talk of the Border, Cumbria club etc….?.. god how old am I ???
For those who have no idea what I’m talking about …the band came from Egremont and Whitehaven and like many of us on this site are still going.... personally I think of them as one of us....
OK they aren’t world famous but they manage to earn a living by playing to a loyal fan base and dipping in and out of other projects…Bass player Lee Pomeroy’s current “day job” is with the “Take That” touring band.
Anyway getting to my point, in the wake of the recent floods in Cumbria they have re-recorded “Calling All The Heroes” as a charity single with contributions form numerous “friends” (from Marillion, Asia, Yes to name a few) and are holding a Charity concert at Workington Town Hall later this month…..
Here’s where it goes pear shaped, the single was intended to be out before Christmas but I-tunes red tape prevented this (in the event the rage against the machine episode probably meant this actually worked in their favour),
Then Haiti happened and Simon Cowell’s bunch of wannabe’s managed to circumvent any I-tunes problems (hmmmm) so the band decided not to release in competition with a much more high profile charity single.
What we now have is a small window of opportunity before sports relief kicks in big style and at long last the 2010 release of 'Calling All the Heroes' was made available on Sunday just gone.
However a trip to my local HMV raised blank looks…..
It is available from I-tunes (although it’s not listed on their “current singles” page !!! – am I becoming a conspiracy theorist ??) and via Amazon........... there’s a video as well
Tried to post the links without success but a search on it bites on either site will get you there.
This isn’t a “Charity single” with half an eye on raising the profile of some has been or wannabe …. I’m sure if they wanted to do that a couple of 80’s hits is more than enough “celebrity” collateral to get one of them into the jungle with Ant and Dec or the big house with Davina !!!!
It just a genuine attempt to raise some funds to help people in the area they were born and raised… It’s just 99p for the single!!! if you download it this week we just might get it a chart position. The higher the chart position the more exposure - the more exposure the more sales - the more sales..... etc !
Go on…probably won’t do a “Rage against the Machine” but I’d love to see the look on the face of that spotty kid from HMV when he unpacks a delivery of the non-existent single that stupid old bloke was asking about !!