THE SADS

The Sads @ Akropolis Feb 24th 09

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"The Sads" and "the Tower of Dudes": Dual Album Release Party

2008-09-23T10:23:00.002+02:00

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16th PALAC AKROPOLIS

we are releasing our album

TIME 19.00

TICKETS 120 or 150 on the door

http://www.myspace.com/thesads

http://www.myspace.com/thetowerofdudes

facebook link

Cabestro 19/05/07

2007-05-14T21:43:00.000+02:00

This will be my birthday bash too (I hope)

Chateau 11/05/07

2007-05-14T21:42:00.000+02:00

A SAD Thought

2007-05-08T02:44:00.000+02:00

Five Sadnesses

2007-05-06T22:49:00.000+02:00

As it is Sunday and Sunday smells. Here is 5 Sad images to remind you of The Sads

Back with The Tower Of Dudes

2007-05-04T01:13:00.000+02:00

Annnnnnnnnnd

Here is another concert which we played last week. We are getting better (well we couldn't get any worse).........with some live video!!!!!!

Rock Cafe ZASE

2007-05-04T01:07:00.000+02:00

SO as I have been very sadly lazy in updated the sads blog here is the flyer for the concert on

Saturday 21st April at Rock Cafe

In case you weren't there, the sound was really good (probably best ever).
It was a great crowd!!!!

007 Sads Photos 06/04/07

2007-05-04T00:57:00.000+02:00

So finally I have a few pictures from 007 (thanks to Emile)

(There is Flanna!!!: her Sads Debut)

A Sad Upcoming Concert Alert!!!

2007-04-03T10:45:00.000+02:00

The Sads are playing with Arms and the Boy for the first time!!!! It will surely be the greatest show ever. Although the Head Sad had an unfortunate accident recently with a punch bag and guess what!!!: the punch bag won (no surprise there). But luckily it shouldn't affect his playing...in fact...he might play better!!!

Anyway the concert is:

Friday 6th of April

Club 007 Strahov

8pm

If you know how to get there, you are a better man than me............

Upcoming Concert !!!!!! Feb13th Jet Club

2007-02-09T00:18:00.000+01:00

Soooooooo, I am back...come to our fine, new, soon concert............

It is Tuesday 13th Feb at Jet Club

Orebitska 3 in Zizkov.

It is free it will be fun, and love is in the air..............................................................

Sads Love

Love Sads?

The Sad Comments: Thankyou for the love

2007-02-04T17:56:00.000+01:00

Here are some comments sent to me from our adoring fans.......

Comments : if my blood was made of the sads, nothing could stop me as i bled upon the whole of the universe, I, an eternal cleansing raincloud. But it's made of hemoglobin and lymphocytes and shit like that... and plasma.

Comments : Yeh, alright you guys are pretty damn good. Well better than me anyway, but then again I am only 6 years old. It's nice to hear a big violin. I'd forgotten they exist. Don't know about the little orange dwarf that played it tho. He fwightened me. What does SADS stand for anyway? Oh, next time call the songs out a bit louder, pls. It helps us to slag them off at the end..

Comments : absolutely fucking brilliant

Comments : none of the above, was listening, wasnt drunk, seen you..why do you do me like you do is my favorite song

Comments : are you allowed to have chimps play the cello? its such a gimmick

Comments : animal cruelty?

The Sad Rock!!!!!!!!

2007-01-05T01:35:00.000+01:00

Here we are at Rock Cafe!!!!!!!

Great Sound System and Flashing Lights!!!!

The lovely crowd

Thanks for coming, but next time if you could throw y-fronts onto the stage, that would be nice.

Cheers

The Super Secret Sad Gig!!!

2007-01-01T00:37:00.000+01:00

So secret, I didn't even know where I was

But it was on 28th of December, I think

Have a Sads Start to 2007!!!! Jan 2nd

2006-12-26T23:48:00.000+01:00

Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!! Jan 2nd we are playing at 'Rock Cafe'!!!!

Pretty excited we are, I am, me is. It has recently been renovated in the basement and has a big stage, excellent equipment and can hold 300 people prisoner. So be warned. There will be no escape. Don't really know many details yet, but we are playing with Killean and Vicious Circles

Jan 2nd 07, 8pm, Rock Cafe, Free (I think)

Start the New Year how you wish to continue it:......with The Sads

Concert Photos: Nebe

2006-12-17T02:16:00.000+01:00

Here are some photos from Nebe, and contrary to the way the photos look, there are actually people there watching us. Somewhere between 2 and 300 people (at a guess).

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The Sads Say NO!!! to cake in Prague

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This is a Public Service Announcement brought to you by The Sads

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The Forgettable Five
?

The Functional Five
?

The Sads are....

2006-12-03T23:27:00.000+01:00

So what can we be? The Fantastic Five? Well that's taken.

Fantastic Five is the name of a superheroteam that exist in the MC2 universe, an alternate future to the Marvel Universe. A continuation of the Fantastic Four, the team is composed of the Human Torch, his wife Ms.Fantastic/Lyja (a Skrull), the Thing, Big Brain (Reed Richards' mind in a robotic body), and Psilord (Franklin Richards, Reed's son).

So how about? The Fearsome Five? Again taken.

The Fearsome Five is a fictional group ofcomic book supervillains from DC Comics. Though deadly, they lack sophistication as criminal planners, a cohesive focus or loyalty, and are prone to in-fighting, backstabbing, and disbandment (sounds promising)

or .....

On the animated TV Series Darkwing Duck, Five villains: Negaduck, Bushroot, Quackerjack, Megavolt (Darkwing Duck), and Liquidator (Darkwing Duck) join together and become The Fearsome Five.

So the Famous Five?... Nope

The Famous Five is a fictional group of child detectives, composed of four children (Julian, Dick, Anne and George and their dog Timmy, created by Enid Blyton (ah, my childhood).

What about the good old Fabulous Five?...definitely not

The Fabulous Five was a book series written mainly for girls in the late 1980s. The Fabulous Five series centered around five best friends; Jana Morgan, Melanie Edwards, Beth Barry, Christie Winchell and Katie Shannon along with their other classmates and all their ups and downs at Wakeman Junior High (Fondly nicknamed 'Wacko Jr. High' by the students)

Any suggestions?

2006-12-03T20:35:00.000+01:00

Upcoming Concert!!!!! Nebe Thurs 14th Dec

2006-12-03T01:57:00.000+01:00

Playing Nebe at the final Panika!! evening to be held there, maybe ever. Nebe is under new ownership and will be closed for a revamp.

So don't forget!!!

December, 14 2006 Last Night @ Nebe: PANIKA! Presents Live: The Sads [cz]
Kremencova 10, Prague, 110 00
Cost: Free

And yes it is free!!!!

The Fifth Sad?

2006-11-28T17:03:00.000+01:00

Could this be the fifth Sad? The Sads are multiplying quicker than rabbits. Is this the latest offspring?

The Cafe Slechta Show

2006-11-27T22:22:00.000+01:00

So here are the only photos from the show which steve did not overstep his boundries and remove owing to him looking like crap. I can safely say that we enjoyed it, and it was probably our best performance as a foursome

The Sad Reviews: She'll Grow Back

2006-11-27T15:53:00.000+01:00

Here are some reviews from www.garageband.com of our production of "She'll Grow Back", they vary from good to bad, and the reviewers vary between expert and mouldy cabbage.

Woo I liked it!
Why aren't you guys already famous? This song rocked! The cello makes the song perfect! You sound like a cross between Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins. I love the "empty" rythm at 1:29. The chorus is a bit too happy for the rest of the song, but I guess it balances it out.

Moody, melancholic, and muddy.
I like it. The production is muddy, and the vocals are sometimes out of tune, but that's okay. I like the Cello, and it sounds extremely middle eastern, but unfortunately, its not very clear. You have a sort of Jesus and Mary Chain-feel to you. I can't really find a distinctive chorus, maybe make it a little different than the rest of the song? It has a very Middle Eastern, storytelling mood all the way through. GREAT JOB!

trippy
I hear some Bowie, some really old pink floyd, perhaps Queens of the Stone Age.
I like the mood of this song, kinda stoned out, and middle eastern.
The cello works, it doesn't sound like a cello though, more like a middle eastern drone instrument of some sort.

i guess...
i guess the cello is the thing making all that out of tune racket. i could take it or leave it.
overall, though, i like the sound of this a lot. it has a good "sonic palate," if you want to get lame about it. the distorted acoustic guitar almost sounds like "street fighting man," which is rad.
it's almost tv-on-the-radio-esque.
this is pretty interesting. if you can manage to recreate this live, it would be a lot of fun to watch.

gripping at the beginning
feels like the dandy warhols and 1994 flaming lips in the beginning. i love it immediately.. good and interesting vocalist.. good use of that wild guitar sound in between the verses.. this is a noisey band, but the good kind.. catchy and driving beat.. the only thing i wish i could change is that it isn't really catchy, it's more interesting to me, so i might only listen to it occasionally, instead of as a new favorite.. couldn't find a chorus..the instrumentation is good, but i think there is a more interesting chorus needed and a little more structure. in this arena less can be better, but i think for these guys they really are onto something, it just needs to be refined... the cello and all instruments are extremely well used.

best thing i've heard here yet...
nice intro, but that drum beat would be better if it was a little less punk until the lyrics start. the vox are good, esp. with harmony. i appreciate the guitar solo in the background, but maybe make it a little more melodic or more agressive, sounds sort of out of place. second time around, even more so - is that even a guitar? it's irritating around 2:25. the lyrics should come up in the mix, as well

Sweet intro
Right off the bat I really liked the way the drum beat went with the intro. I think the vocals in this song sound very prefessional. They are sung with power and range. I think the hook in this song is catchy. After the chorus I really like how the intro/verse riff blends back in. I would take out that yell at about 3:00 I vocals behind sound good enough to where you dont need it. The yell at the end however sounded nice and well placed. Good song all around.

She Just Went , OK..
Yes ! An Indie with a bit of raw power and inclination to play on the wild side.
Riveting vocals,Pulsing bass,tight as a nun"s *~* drums, a Siberian sounding cello, Neat production, Mix cool as, chorus also coooool as
Ok guys count me in ya gotta 5..
All this and more while sounding like no other . Awesome !

It'll grow (back) on you!
Liked the opening guitars. Vocals were orginal too. Sounded like some effect Ween often use.
"She's gone but she'll grow back" is a cool line.
The cello gives it a slightly drug induced/pyschadelic feel to it - it's a little grating by the 3:00 mark though.
Chorus is intersting especially with that line about her growing back. I think maybe if there wre a better verse with a stronger melody it would accentuate the chorus more. As it is, it's OK though.
Sounds like...Sonic Youth!

Trippy
Very bugged out intro, almost psychedelic. Not really to much to this song, sometimes thats for the better though. In this song, I think it is. The violin(I think it is) added some major texture to it, and the melody you used gave the song a kind of Indian type feel. Simple verses, short phrases of lyrics, VERY experimental. Cool.

keep on rockin, later on

Barriers blocking potential to be great, but fixable
The cello is out of tune. If it is supposed to be out of tune, that's fine, but it doesn't help the song out. Behind the out of tune cellos and probably purposefully out of tune vocals there does lie a good melody and groove. Funny, most songs have great production to cover up for crappy melodies. This song is just the opposite. Shoddy musicianship covers up an otherwise good melody.

If you get the vocals more distinct and get the cello in tune, this will be a very good song.

Interesting tones.
I wish I could hear the vocals a little better. I like the tones and I think I like the vocal tone too. It's a little on the monotonous side and gets old after awhile. Starts going somewhere closer to 2:00. Not really into the droning thing that much.

Strange mix of Guitars and vox
The intro to this song is very lo-fi, which kind of turns me off, but the transition into the actual song is pretty nice. The song and the drums in particular, is a bit repetitive and monotonous. The vocals remind me of early 90's Vox.

Not reccomended for the insane!!
Is it Moose Mating Season??? Some of those background sounds your getting sound like the Canadian Outback!! Ahh Must be the cello!!! There were parts of the vocals that I thought were interesting but the drone of the rest of the arrangement brought tears to my eyes -- Sorry guys