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ONTO THE NEXT LEVEL!
October 29 - posted by Dai
Allright, enough already. You know Geraint has decided to leave TAT[TLE] and I know you're wondering whats gonna happen from here. Well, the first thing thats gonna happen is were going to comb the globe in search of the illist guitar player known to man. Then were gonna take this illist guitar player known to man and were gonna finish writing the sickest new undeniable TAT[TLE] record you could ever imagine. Geraint was a big part of the TAT[TLE] you're used to but his decision to leave has left us in a place where we know the best of TAT[TLE] is yet to come. WE're gonna take this as an opportunity to take our song writing to a whole new level. At the end of the day its all about the music and the music is all were about. Life is unpredictable and though were shocked, were not discouraged. As the world turns, so does TAT[TLE]. Thank you so much for sticking with us through thick and thin. Weve never let you down and were not gonna start now. Keep the faith and join us on this journey to the next level. Seeya in the Chat.......

TAT[TLE] START NEW ERA
October 28 - posted by Webmaster
In an effort to continue their tradition of remaining close to their fans, TAT[TLE]will embark on a tour of the U.K. to hold a series of bassist auditions and “fan parties.”

The group intend on keeping the fan parties loose in format. “It’s just a great chance for us to 'be' with our fans,” says Kev Rees. The parties will be different in each city. “We could be at a club, at your house, at the mall, at your high school, who knows,” said Finch Dino.

The guitarist auditions will offer the opportunity for talented young players from across the country to have a unique opportunity to join one of the largest rock bands in the world. “All I have to say is if you got it… bring it on!” says Kev. The tour will look to stop in a minimum of 8 and as may as 14 markets. The band would like to include the following cites: Essex, Portsmouth, Worcester, Farnborough, Pembrokeshire, Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff and more, and will tentatively start in late November. “Listen to your local Rock or Alternative station for details… and get there any way you can,” says Dai. Additional details will be posted on the TAT[TLE] website.

TAT[TLE] AND GERAINT PART WAYS
October 26 - posted by Webmaster
TAT[TLE] and Geraint 'G' have amicably decided to part ways. Both TAT[TLE] and Geraint will continue to pursue their respective musical careers. Both wish each other the best of luck in all future endeavors.

Kev Rees Completes Work on Charity Single
October 23 - posted by Webmaster
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Kev Rees has completed studio recordings for his all-star charity single ''What More Can I Take,'' which will benefit victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on America, a publicist for the project said on Friday.

Boy band sensation 'N Sync was the last of nearly three dozen acts to record the song composed by Rees for the single, a project reminiscent of his 1998 ``I fucking rule!" effort that raised £65 for the KR beer fund.

The Visored One has said he hopes ``What More Can I Take'' will raise more than £5m for the families, orphans and survivors of the suicide hijacking assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

He plans to issue the single in both English and Spanish, but there was no word on a release date.

Recording stars who lent their talent to the project include Ricky Martin, Aswad, Mariah Carey, Dane Bowers, Carlos Santana, Luke Goss from Bros, the female members of Atomic kitten, Steps and The Corrs, Dai Jones, Julio Iglesias, Ricky Astely, Snow, Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child, Hanson, Stefan Dennis, Josh from Road Trip, Gloria Estefan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Craig McLaughlin, Chesney Hawkes, Joey from Slipknot, Vanilla Ice, Ziggy Marley and 38% of the So Solid Crew.

Rees, who also will be heard on the track, recorded each of the performers individually and planned to mix them together in the studio, according a spokeswoman. The song was performed by Rees and others during the finale of a marathon Oct. 21 fund-raising concert at Fort Bothered in Wales.

The eccentric singer has made himself highly visible in recent weeks ahead of next year's release of his latest album, ''Fuck, I Fucked Up Again!'' the first disc of all-new studio material from Rees in twenty years. In September, he performed in two all-star shows at Madison Square Garden in New York, celebrating his 20 years as a cheeky monkey.


TAT[TLE] FEUD WITH BOYBAND
October 19 - posted by Webmaster
TAT[TLE] launched what is sure to be a fierce rivalry with boy band Blue today. Finch Dino & Kev Rees from TAT[TLE] were attending a recording of 'The Pop Factory' for BBC2 Wales to see Pontypridd rock band lostprophets in action. Unknown to them, Blue were scheduled to perform first. Kev & Finch stood at the side of the stage whilst Blue performed their set & were seen mocking the boys through dancing strangely. They were also heard to shout things like 'Play Magic Bus!', 'Richard!', and 'You guys f*cking rule!'. At the end of Blue's set, one of the members was on stage saying something to various members of the crowd who'd left to the other stage to see lostprophets. Kev was heard shouting, "no-one's listening to you! Go home!" At this point it is believed the Blue boy spat on Mr Rees and both men had to be restrained before fisticuffs ensued. An onlooker said. "I couldn't believe it nearly kicked off Newport style like that! The guy from Blue should be ashamed of himself, setting an example for his young fans like that. Especially as he took the piss out of them inbetween performances. It was about time someone brought him down a peg or two." No legal action is being taken from either party, but expect this rivalry to run.

WHAT THE ROOBARB!
October 14 - posted by Dai
well well well, what do we have here? another day, another beer, another thought, another year. oops, gettin poetic on ya. i wanna say one thing to everybody who gives a roobarb. we connect on another level, you and TAT[TLE], through MUSIC and all that comes with it. as long as the MUSIC touches you in a way you can be inspired to feel, then its all good right? music has no real image. music consists of no particular instruments. music is blind to those who get nothing from it. music is what YOU say it is. we all see things our own way, but certian things in life help make us see things in the same light. the music we are writing for our new album is blind and will reach out for EVERYONE with no prejudice. those who connect will do so and those who dont just wont. forget now where the music is coming from, take it for what it is and how it makes you feel. im not preaching to you just giving you some insight on the thoughts inside MY mind right this moment. please, just think about it. read between the lines if necessary. and on another planet, did you hear the heavy rock version of "What You/ What I" yet? im really feeling it. i also wanna get some inside from y'all what kind of emotions are in the air these days. i wanna connect super hard with life. its a big project, this life thing. im glad we are here to give it a shot. by the way, Kev, Finch, Rob, and i are in the studio with VANILLA ICE right now. hes who we wrote Bounce In The Mosh Pit with. give me some motherroobarbing feedback!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i guess im feeling a little deep today, roobarb it!! gotta be me. now im gonna go talk to the ladies in chat:) till next note..... dai

TAT[TLE] MEMBER LIVES OUT FANTASY
October 13 - posted by Webmaster
Legendary Tat[tle] drummer Dave 'seven' has completed his most challanging task yet. That is correct Seven has completed Final Fantasy 9 on the playstation. And it only took him 42 hours!
Words of congatulations have been flooding in from around the glode, most notably from the cast and crew of the greatest show on TV 'Diagnosis Murder'. Dick and Barry Van Dyke, huge Tat[tle] fans, personally called seven when they heard the news, and are quoted to have said "Dude You are the fucking daddy! That games been bugging the shit out of me, I can't belive you beat it!!!!"
From all in Tat[tle] we would like to say a big well done!

The Cast congatulate Seven


TAT[TLE] MEMBERS IN EARTHQUAKE SCARE
October 11 - posted by Webmaster
Recently, the members of TAT[TLE] staying at the house they named 'Fort Bothered' were involved in an earthquake registering 3.0 on the Richter scale. Finch, Kev, Dai, Rammo and Kim were all sbject to this terror. A friend of the band commented, "they told me they were in their beds and the whole place shook. It was like their life flashed before their eyes and they were badly shaken up. At first they thought it was Dai jumping up and down, then they realised that if that happened, the house probably wouldn't be in one piece." The band plan to record a song to raise funds for victims of the earthquake. Themselves most likely.

ANOTHER DAY IN THE STUDIO
October 3 - posted by Dai
well here i am in the studio working on the new school rock version of "whats going on". its sounding pretty roobarbing tight!! elijah blue from deadsy came in and put his amazing voice on the track. his album is coming out on elementry records soon and hes performing on the family values tour with staind, linkin park, and STP. bono did his vocals this morning from france over the internet and its sounds un roobarbing believable!! that man is a living legend. he has really tapped into the pulse of the world. its crazy for me to get calls at my home from 'bono from U2'. its like, "hello.....'hello dai, its bono'..(holy roobarb) 'hey bono, did you like the track?'....'its so real!! i hope you like what i did in the bridge'....(he hopes i like what he did?)'im sure its off the hook'..(he then plays me his vocals over the phone)..'oh my God bono, its absolutely perfect'. and that it was!! i cant believe how good that man is. anyway people, this track is gonna touch you the right way i just feel it in my heart. the proceeds will go to aid the relief the WTC trajedy and the disturbing AIDS plague in africa. just givin y'all an update since there is a dope DSL connection right here in the control room. i hope you read my last piece of mail because it came from deep down. from what i see in the chat you people are all on the same page. thank you so much for being great human beings. obviously this world needs a little of that. ill be back in a minute!! ooooh, by the way, we're gonna put out a tight ass remix album and dvd for christmas called The Universe of Remixing {Through Lying E] (TURTLE for short) with dope remixes by dj premiere, timberland, me, lethal, wes, p diddy, the neptunes, rick astley, william orbit, josh abraham, and guests like bubba sparxxx, 8 ball, matt goss, E40, and special surprise guests. the dvd will have all the ill home footage from the beginning till now, all the videos, new remix versions of the videos, never seen takes from the videos, hidden passage ways to unseen video, hidden levels almost impossible to find with even more private footage, dope screensavers, and wallpapers. its gonna be the illest dvd experience yet to date. you'll see. we're going next level awareness here. alrighty then, bye already.

Dai Jones October 3rd 2001..12 noon LA time live from the control room, pahleeze bahleeve!!

FORT BOTHERED ONLINE!
September 30 - posted by Kev
Thats right we are on line at home now. that is all! Bye

Tat[tle] Competition announced!
September 27 - posted by Kev
That's right, you heard correctly. The first tat[tle] competition will be on line later today all you need to do is go to Competitions room and you see what you could win and what you have to do! Go, now, what are you still reading for, go on, fuck off there!
Just click the damn link!


TAT[TLE] MEMBERS IN SURPRISE PUB APPEARANCE
September 23 - posted by Webmaster
Members of TAT[TLE] surprised quiz goers at the weekly Sunday night quiz at Glamorgan University by making an impromptu appearance there. Kev and Finch appeared and were later joined by Dai. One onlooker said, "we couldn't believe it when some of TAT[TLE] walked in. They just behaved like everyone else and got no special treatment. Kev used his phone, I think it might have been current bird Flick from Neighbours checking up on him!" Another participant commented, "It was nice to be in the presence of such sought after stars." TAT[TLE]'s quiz efforts were believed to be quite good, despite many answers overheard as being 'Jeff Fahey' and 'Tiffany from the 80s.'
Fahey...TAT[TLE] favourite
DAI JONES UPDATE
September 9 - posted by Dai
Well hello out there!! I'm back in bizness. my schedule has been so fucking crazy. ive been living in a hotel for a month and a half waiting on my house to close so i can move in.
TAT[TLE] has been shacked up in a rehearsal space writing our new album. it looks like we dont really like the vibe of the one we've been in for the last few weeks so we're moving to another one with new vibes.
i just got back from the VMA's. it was a blast!! i cant believe we won for best rock!! i was sure it would be staind. we are so stoked. there were alot of people at the vma's. check this out, as soon as Kev and i were walking in the back door, michael jackson pulls up. the securty was shoving everybody out of the way screaming " make a hole!! get out of the way!! ". Kev and i were like what the fuck. so, we step aside and in comes michael. he walked right on front of me and i thought it was cool to be that close to one of my major influences. him, ben stiller, U2, staind, and linkin park were my favorite highlights of the show. the pony/maxim afterparty was dope too.
earlier that week i went to the ROCKSTAR premiere. it was great!! i have to say it was one of the best nights ive ever had because i met and hung out with my favorite actor, brad pitt. he was so fucking down to earth just like id hoped he'd be. him and his wife were just so damn cool. it was fucking fabulous.
and now im back.
this new album has to be the next level for you and for us. we have to take things to a place where we can reinvent ourselves. you'll understand what i mean soon enough.
its hard to believe how great y'all are!! you have been so inspiring to TAT[TLE]. we fully understand our purpose and connection with you. we will continue to grow together and be here for you under ALL circumstances. now im hittin the fuckin chat!! later

dai

SINGER LEAVES GIRL GROUP TO BECOME TAT[TLE] GROUPIE
September 8 - posted by Finch
(Taken from The Sun online)

New line-up ... Keisha, Heidi and Mutya

GIRL group Sugababes have a new line-up after Siobhan Donaghy walked out.

But the 'babes reckon they have the purr-fect replacement in Heidi Range - who was in Atomic Kitten before they hit the big time.

Before ... with Siobhan, centre

Heidi has been in the studio with Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan and can't wait to record their first track, due out next year.

Keisha denied there had been a bust-up with Siobhan, saying: "She just wasn't happy - she didn't want to make music any more. She wanted to become a full time groupie for TAT[TLE] and live that lifestyle. I can't blame her for that!"

OK, I'VE BEEN SLACKING!
September 7 - posted by Dai
alright im a fucking slacker!!!!! ive been getting ready for this european tour and im in amsterdam now and the tour starts soon, but i know thats no excuse for the news.
** mexico city was insane!!!! we had a suit made to look like a guy on the album cover and had a young mexican kid wear it in the show. he did so good ive decided to bring him on the whole tour. he speaks NO english and is like "what the fuck". hes stoked. just thought id give him an "almost famous" story to tell his grandchildren. so, im stoked that the chat has been rockin. im still doing the cameras but i sold my house, already, and im looking for a more simple place to live where i can hook up the cameras. ive been searching the web lately and ive found some cool shit. some of it ive learned about from TAT[TLE] fans so i wanna spread the love. go to stickdeath.com its funny!! go to www.geocities.com/aby78_2000/aniwal.htm for some dope japanese anime desktop pics. i love anime, toys, figures, etc. also there is www.geocities.com/battousaitomoe/ and the.animearchive.org/index2.html for some more anime.
** i was thinking of having our own mullet search, if you dont know what a mullet is then go to mulletjunky.com and youll soon be enlightened. the crazier the mullet the happier we'll all be!! more info on that later after i create a pic upload for you.
** after the european tour im gonna direct C*NT which you will fucking love!!!!! and the soudtrack? you know what thats gonna be like!! i know i know already, when is it coming out, but its not me its the fucking movie people making things go soooo fucking slow, so please be patient with me 'cuz its coming soon. its such a great movie about an underdogs hard time in high school today. im so thankful to all you TAT[TLE] fans who are helping me spread the word about C*NT. you and i need a movie we can identify with thats not some "dude wheres my car" . we need something REAL and MEANINGFUL!! this crazy world needs it right now.
** OR, TAT[TLE] will write a new album thats gonna put us all in check!! youre gonna be pleasantly surprised. we've been writing during soundchecks so far, nothing set in stone. we just know its time to lay it on the line and get seriously ill on an overdriven level. ** well im gonna go soundcheck and get the groupies in order , wow are they hot!! if you have mullet photos then save them and ill make a way for you to post pics on the site and ill be in the chat later. thank you again for being here. life is what we make it and it looks like we're making it together.

dai

CONFUSION ON MSN
September 4 - posted by Kev
There was an incident earlier today on MSN messenger that I would like to personaly clear up. A young lady 'spoke' to David 'Seven' Griffiths through the TAT[TLE] MSN connection. She (who will remain un-named as Seven can't remember) had apparently been told that by me that I was 17 and in a band with 4 others. this is of course total shit and I have never made any such claim. I am, as with the majority of the rest of the band 20, soon to be 21 and there are ten members to TAT[TLE] all of whom are essential to the creative and cognative prosess of TAt[TLE]. Whoever you were, all I can do is offer an apology on behalf of the band and say that who ever told you those things was probably taking the piss, or Dai was so drunk that he belived them himself, he is a fat fat man.
Any way our age's are all loged in the FAQ part of the site You can find it by clicking on here
And so I hope that you will in future take more notice of the site and less of idle chitter chatter.
Love and Peace.
Kev


WINTER PLANS ANNOUNCED
September 3 - posted by Kev
TAT[TLE] have announced plans for the coming winter. Front man Kev Rees said today in a press confrence that "the hectic summer was a blast but has taken its tole on the band, particularly myself, Finch and Dai who have been touring in order to raise awareness of the band or in the case of the latter drinking too much and getting fatter. This taken into account we shall be recessing to 'Fort Bothered'for one month of rest and creative freedom before we break into a heavy routine of training groupies and playing various live events."
It is belived that TAT[TLE] will be headlining this years 'aids awareness' concert although this is yet to be comfirmed. they are also going to be running a series of compatitions from this sight to spend a weekend at 'Fort Bothered' and have your own private show from the band. Also plans for a TAT[TLE] in your living room compatition are in the pipeline.
So watch the site for more news.


SUMMER POLL RESULTS!
September 2 - posted by Finch
You've been voting for 3 months as to what TAT[TLE] should call their album. The eventual winner was, with 23% of the vote, Spoon Castration (The Dane Bowers Experience). Results in full:

TAT[TLE] Summer Poll
What should TAT[TLE] call their album?
Spoon Castration 59 (23%)
Making Shit Shine 45 (18%)
Man Or Myth - Dai Jones Story 39 (15%)
Say What You See 30 (12%)
Sight Beyond Sight 26 (10%)
Shake, Tattle & Roll 18 (7%)
The Art of Truth Thru Lieing E 15 (6%)
A New Hope 11 (4%)
Now You're Stalking 5 (2%)
The Alighty Ollar 2 (0%)

250 Total votes

NEW SONGS ADDED
September 1 - posted by Finch
It's true, it's true! check out the song page for Power Plethora, Angle, I'm A Fat Fat Man and From Here To Somewhere Shit lyrics. Other songs to be found on this page include:
Bounce In The Mosh Pit
Sweat And Turn
Free Falling
American Teen Movies Lied To Me
Resonate
I Can Do It Too!
Fuck The Sluts
11 songs written means a new album could be not too far off!


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