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News from the Plums:
- December 23rd, 2004
Smuggling Plums need a bass player! We have been playing in the Ann Arbor and Detroit area for almost two years without a full time bassist. We need you. Send us an
email
if you'd like to try out for the Indie-Pop band: Smuggling Plums.
Hey... Did you guys notice anything new about the website? We added more pics, more music, and more dwarf tossing. Come see the Plums live on Jan 7th at the Elbow Room, Jan 15th at Paychecks, and/or Jan 29th at Corktown Tavern. For more info check out the
shows page. "The best way to spread christmas cheer is by singing loudly for all to hear." Merry Christmas! -Dave
- December 12th, 2004
Hello all. The Plums are recording a new 6 song EP, for all of you to hear. So far, the new cd will include new recordings of: Zombie, Secondhand Guitar, Pennieless and Poor, Full House, Anything But Me, and either Heroes, Anyone Who Wants It, or Project M. Keep checking the website because we intend on adding new MP3's, as well as pictures, links, shows, merch, wallpaper, and pretty much anything else that you can think of. Hope you have a merry christmas! -Dave
- August 4th, 2004
A message from dave:
Hello people,
You all know me as Dave... Last night we rocked so hard that we ended up
winning the battle of the bands. There were at least 80 people there. For
those of you who weren't there, I'll give a recap of how it all happened...
Well... the Plums showed up a little late... around 8:30, but we weren't as
late as our rival band. There was talk of forgetting the coin toss and just
having us play first. Luckily for us the other band showed up just in time
and we got to do the coin toss. I called tails and we got to play last,
which is great since the voting comes after you play. We sat through the
other band's set... they sounded like a throwback to the 90's, like Alice in
chains, only not that great. They didn't look too glad to be there. When
they were done we took the stage and got the audience laughing before we
started to blast through our set. The crowd was awesome!!! There were people
clapping along to the songs, people getting up to dance in the aisles, I
mean it was a blast. We had our new friend Timmy up on stage again to play
cow bell during secondhand guitar. That really got the crowd pumped. After
the song "Full House" we had a trivia giveaway where the prize was a chia
head. I ended up breaking a string halfway through the new song "Zombie."
Luckily my friend, Adam, showed up just in time to change my string so that
we could finish our set. Nate pulled out the Moog for Project M and it
sounded great. Then we got to the last song which is our most beloved cover
of the Prince tune... "Little Red Corvette." Before the voting started, I
announced that we had about 60 free cd's that we were giving out, and they
were all gone in about a minute. It was crazy. The voting started and they
voted for the other band first... and then us... the sound guy holding the
decibel meter raised his arms in the air and we were declared the winners!!!
It was so fun. I feel like rock star. I even had people asking for
autographs and set lists. No better feeling than to see something that you
put a lot of hard work into pay off, even if it was only just the Emagine
theater...
-Dave
- February 29th, 2004
I would say overall we were fairly happy with our performance Friday night at Bullfrog's. We would be estatic to go back and play there anyday. I think we were fairly liked. After all, from what I hear the bouncer really liked it. He was hip to the new wave of plum smugglers. Not to forget all those people who came out, thanks. Oh yeah, forgot to mention we really liked Velkro, especcially their version of Darling Nikki. -Chris
- February 14th, 2004
We had a great time at the Hayloft this last Weds. And we hope to go back very soon. We are looking forward to Bullfrogs on Friday the 27th. That is gonna be a great show. We played with a great band LMNOP, and we look forward to playing with them again soon! If you haven't heard LMNOP, go to the links page and check them out. -Chris
- January 30th, 2004
2 new shows were added to our show list. 1 at Bullfrogs bar and grill in Redford on Friday February 27th. The other, we will be back at the execllent Elbow Room March 20th for a Davy birthday special! So be there to support Dave! Something else that I forgot to add to my last news message, we are technically "professionals" now. We got $5 to play last Friday night. We really were not expecting anything, so even the $1 for each's cut was pretty damn cool! -Chris
- January 25th, 2004
We had a great time at the Elbow Room in Ypsi, this past Friday night. We would like to thank those of you that came out and braved the snow storm. Crazy Mark came out and taped it. We should be on Crazy Mark TV coming up very very soon. Go to
Crazy Mark TV. Again we would like to thank all those who came out, and we hope to see you Feb. 11th at the Hayloft. -Chris
- January 10th, 2004
Smuggling plums are pleased to annouce we have a new bassist. His name is Bob and he hails from Howell, MI. More information will be available shortly. Bob is one of the best bassist I have personally seen in person. And overall nice guy. He will make his debut at the Elbow Room gig, come January 23rd, so you better be there! -Chris
- December 24th, 2003
Smuggling Plums would like to wish you and yours a truly merry Christmas, and a joyous New Year.....Time to bring the new year in with style! -Chris
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