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Feb 072012
 

Crash Summers with JackHey Guys,

The boys thought I (Crash) should do the blog this week as I had an interesting weekend. Firstly, I hope everyone is well and keeping out of trouble?

Well, we had a Saturday night off so I decided to go out with a few mates to a club in Watford. Now for those of you who don’t live in the UK, Watford is about an hour and half drive from Southampton. It decided to snow and as everyone knows, the UK comes to a standstill in snow. We were sat on the M25 for hours… which was fine until we ran out of booze, which caused me to panic!!!

The snow was so bad the car got stuck, so we had to get out and push it up a hill avoiding cars and lorries, and trying not to crash (no pun intended). I found out something that night… Cowboy boots have NO grip in the snow. We started out at 9pm and got there 4 hours later at 1am.

OK, we finally made it to the club and luckily there were still people in there. The manager took us straight to the VIP area, got us a bottle of Jack, and gave us way too many drink vouchers (it pays to know the right people) … Now I hope that would explain why at 10am, I was found asleep on the dance floor in the disco room on top of a lot of coats from lost property. I think I had a good night, but it was the morning which I did not like.

However, on reflection of the night, I have decided I am not giving up drinking, but instead, I am going to give up getting up the next day. NOTE to anyone who ever parties with me - Please don’t leave me unattended!

We also had some good news this week. After several meetings in London, Summers are now being represented by one of the leading law firms in the UK specialising in the entertainment industry www.russellslaw.co.uk  Its really great to have such a well respected company on board.

Crash

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Behind the scenes with Summers!

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Feb 012012
 

Hi Guys,

This week we are showing you some pictures from one of our rehearsals.

Also its about 3 months till ZRock 2012 and were looking forward to meeting more of you guys.

And remember, you could be the very first person to own a copy of 364 by making sure you enter the competition at K*Chele magazine.

Summers
XxXxX

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And I want…

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Jan 242012
 

Hi Everyone,

First of all, thanks to everyone who joined us at The Swan on Saturday night. We played to a home crowd and saw a lot of new faces which is always nice for us. The highlight of the night was when we threw in one of our favorite songs, Animal by Def Leppard. Popey decided to extended it (then extended again) and just when we thought he was going to stop, he gave us another chorus.

This week brings us the launch of the K*Chele competition to win a SUMMERS album. Now, a lot of you know our album is hard to come by due to not being released so make sure you check out this great opportunity.

Crash is back in the studio working on some new tracks with our producer Clyde Ward (which we’ll preview on the website once they are finished), while the rest of us hit the rehearsal room to work on some new arrangements.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to WJ and Mike Ward for manning the sound desk on Saturday night. A lot of people commented on our sound and it was mainly down to these guys. Ricky said he would personally like to pay for your beers next time we’re in town (he’s so generous).

Keep an eye on our tour page over the next week or so as we’ll be confirming some new dates.

Have a good week people!!

Jase
xXxXx

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The Bee Gees v. Bob Marley

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Jan 182012
 

Crash SummersHi Everyone,
First of all, thank you to everyone who came down to support us at The Firehouse in Southampton on Saturday night. It was nice to see loads of familiar faces after the Christmas break, and also play a few new Live arrangements which we’ve been working on.

There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes over the past few weeks. Also, we were recently approached about having our own brand of Real Ale which was an interesting thought… however Mr Pope is a big fan of the stuff and would never turn up to a show sober again. We have also been working on some new t-shirt designs which are looking really cool.

Speaking of Popey… If some of you don’t already know, our beloved drummer is a big fan of the Bee Gees. As there was a tribute act in town on Friday he decided to book some tickets (and dragged Ricky along). However when they arrived at the venue and mentioned how excited they were about seeing the act, they quickly found out that Popey hadn’t booked tickets to the Bee Gees at all, BUT, the Bob Marley tribute instead! Quite a contrast in genre isn’t it… However we’re pleased to report that Popey had a wicked night, and Ricky….. well, he won’t be asking Popey to book any future events.

We’re looking forward to playing The Swan in Woolston this Saturday night. It’s been a long time and a good crowd is anticipated which we always love. If you’re in the area, get yourselves involved.

SUMMERS

XxXxX

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Reflecting on 2011

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Jan 112012
 

Hi Guys,

We’ve been talking to lots of you, and you keep asking us what the highlights of 2011 were for us. We have so many good ones but here are a few that came to mind below:

All the press coverage, including these couple of quotes we really liked:

“The supremely catchy 364, is a perfect mix of Def Leppard harmonies and Bon Jovi arena-rock pretensions, making it a very tasty proposition indeed. With a cool image and all the right contacts, they are certainly one of the brightest Summers we`ve had in the UK for a long time” Classic Rock AOR magazine

“364 is certainly better than the last Def Leppard album and that`s no mean feat. This will prove a hit with almost anyone” Powerplay Magazine

All our new friends across the pond including the fabulous K*Chele Magazine

Playing two stages at Guilfest (especially The Big Cheese Tent) and Supporting Tyketto

The support received from radio stations around the world, and the fact we gained so many rotation slots on so many different shows. Told You So was the 3rd most requested song for indie bands last year, and we had more songs in the top 20 from Canadian radio station RadioRockcafe.com

Meeting, having a beer with, and thanking the guys at ARFM for all their support & help.

Our video Sometimes reaching number 42 in the most watched music videos of the week when uploaded to YouTube. It managed to beat the likes of Bon Jovi and Def Leppard (to name a few) and Too Late was on course to do better until our little problem with Youtube.

However, the best part of 2011 for all of us was seeing our Fanbase grow around the World. There are not many countries where we don’t have a fan and we’re very proud of it.

We’re on course for world domination!!!

Summers
XxXxX

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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Jan 032012
 

Summers live at The Brook

Hi Guys,

Happy New Year to you all and welcome to 2012. We hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year and have a great year ahead.

This Christmas was nice for us as we all spent time with families and close friends eating and drinking far too much. And thankfully none of us woke up to a lump of coal on Christmas day, as Santa looked kindly on us all and we got some very cool new toys to play with. On New Years Eve everyone went out and partied very hard which lead to us all sleeping for the majority of New Years day (not together of course).

Also, we hope you guys all managed to download the Live pre-production version of Heaven. So many of you did and we have been bombarded with messages to add it to our Live show. I am sure it will find its way into our set very soon.

 So, what can you expect from SUMMERS this year?

  • We will be touring so we can get to meet more of your guys. Not just in the UK, we aim to take the Summers show to the USA and Europe.
  • We’re also in talks with more festival organisers.
  • Our album ‘364’ WILL get released this year. We promise…
  • We will finish off the writing phase for the second Summers album and start to record it.
  • A new photo shoot and even more Free Stuff will be uploaded for you guys.

Thank you all for your support in 2011. You made it an amazing year for us and we have a good feeling about 2012, and with you guys backing us, it’s destined to be a wicked year.

Summers

XxXxX

 

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Xmas giveaway

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Dec 212011
 

Hi Guys,

Xmas RickyWe can’t believe another week has passed. As some of you know we trekked up to London town on Wednesday to watch 3 of our favourite bands. We were on a high for the entire show.  It is a rarity to see 3 rock giants in one show, and we’re pleased to say we were there and bought the t-shirt (then Ricky lost it).

Steel Panther opened the show and were a great support act as they really got the crowd going (and many people considered them the best band of the night). Motley Crüe had an awesome stage show, which included the drums on a roller coaster, and Def Leppard just churned out hit after hit and had everyone on there feet singing along.

The best thing about seeing great bands is that it inspires us to get in the studio and write. So we decided to spend Sunday doing just that. It was a very productive day (surprising we know) and we are racking up a nice little catalogue of songs for the second album.

Now, we have never done this before BUT, as you guys have been SO good to us throughout 2011 with all your continued support, we wanted to do something to say thank you. So we have decided to upload a pre-production version of a song called ‘Heaven’ which is available to all our registered members to download for FREE.

It was done and dusted within a few hours this weekend but as it’s a Live acoustic version with warts and all, it will only be featured until Monday 26th December (Boxing day). Then, as they say on those amazing adverts “we will destroy the plates, so you will own a limited edition coin” (or something like that). Well we won’t do any destroying, well not intentionally anyway… but we won’t upload the song again. In fact, we could have found a better statement to use but Popey really liked it and wouldn’t let us take it out. Drummers hey… J

Before we wrap up, as mentioned before, you can now check out our interview with La Estadea and see what Crash & Jase have to say.

And finally, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Try not to eat and drink too much…cough…yer right…who are we kiddin’… Popey’s got a bottle of Jack Daniels sauce to put on his turkey so he can combine drinking and eating at the same time. Game plan or what! Fingers crossed our next blog will tell you that Ricky got some Christmas presents too. However at the moment, rumours are floating around the North Pole that he has been a bad lad this year…tut tut. If only everyone could be as well behaved and angelic as Crash & Jase…Lol.

Have a good one dudes and dudets!

Summers

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