yeah, so, by the time i got my ass together to buy tickets it was sold out! i missioned all they way there, thinking i could by tickets from somebody outside the venue. nope. nobody was selling! i missioned all the way back to south london to meet mates for drinks. i got to listen to the album twice during all my travels!

so, who actually went? how was it?!

:( same here... by the time i realised it was on it was too late too!

******!!!!!! *****!

any stories, reviews etc please peeps!

fuuuuuuuck. did nobody go!? that's abominable!

that sucks dude.

and i bet it was awesome too

i know. i was gutted.

i was thinking of going to the london gig so i asked the merch guy who's also the driver if there were any tickets left and he said it'd be fine. you could probably have just asked him if you'd seen him wandering around, he was a nice guy and might have sorted you out. ah well.

bit of luck they'll be back with the new album

i lurked around for ages outside, asking people for tickets. it was a strange venue. kinda in a shopping mall. i couldn't find it at first. there were these annoying wrangler denim people outside with a denim couch taking photos of people.

it was a wierd crowd. i actually had to double check i was at the right place. odd.

anyways. next time.

is there any actual news on a new album!?

only what was said in the 'small interesting interview with jc' thread afaik

i missed that thread before. thanks for bringing it to my attention!!

since nobody has come forward i had a search on jimmy's board... there were a couple of reviews (have cut & pasted them below)

I'm now officially... gutted... and feeling like a prize idiot for not getting to this!

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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:14 am Post subject: Islington

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Incredible show! Absolutely fantastic performances from all members of the band. I just didn't know who to look at! I was right at the front so had an excellent view... I just can't believe what has actually happened... yet! They stayed for autographs and photos, and they were really nice guys, easy to talk with, and happy to pose for photos. Gannin spent about 5 minutes looking for a pen to sign my album cover with, as the old pen didn't work, and he didn't seem to mind a bit! They were all so appreciative of the crowd, and the crowd gave an excellent response to the performance.

Setlist: (I think this is correct... several people took photos of the set so can verify it)

Streetcrawler
Life Bagins Again
PSA
Love Is Real
Cranes Of Prey
Newerwaves
Timeshift
Loki Cat
Breathe [Pink Floyd]
Owed To Darryl

Of course loads of jamming before, after and during songs!

I'm so tired but it was worth without a doubt. I could go on... but I'm leaving for Reading Festival any minute now...

Thanks to all The Complex for an awesome show beyond my hopes, for talking with the audience afterwards, and for providing refreshing, honest music and doing it so well!

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chrischapman87



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Location: Hertforshire, England
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I put this on another forum, and thought i would share.

Last nite i went to see the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, and well it was amazing. I was 1 away from the front, and the venue had to hold no more then 100 people (it was the Bar in Islington Acdamy(sp)).

Jimmy for a start, well he was amazing. The single stroke rolls that he was pulling off where so fast, and powerful. And his feet work, he had to be playing at one point 16th's at 120BMP on a single pedal. He was so good, and you could see that his heart was in it. But no what i would say drum solo, but he did a snare solo that was true class. Just watching him play has reignited my drumming, as now i want to play as well as he did.

And Billy (the bassest). I have never seen a bass play like this before. I mean he was jaming away, and then went for it, changed the tuning on his bass, putting it next to his stack to get reverb, he is such a amazing player.

So well, i thought i would share my experance with you, and below are my four favorate pic's of the show.

Jimmy Playing

Billy Playing

Me and Billy

Me and Jimmy (he also signed my ticket).

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Draven



Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 12

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Just to reiterate what other people have put down here. The gig yesterday was fantastic! They really look like they enjoy themselves when playing and just love the music they play. Its really refreshing to see people enjoy themselves on stage. I just love watching Jimmy on Streetcrawler when it goes silent on the song for about a second and then he hits his cymbal, its always so hard and so effortlessly it never ceases to amaze me.
Got to speak to all the band afterwards and sign the poster that was on the walls in there. THAT is going on my wall in pride of place. They are all sooo friendly and nice and have loads of patience to speak to everyone, which is a rarity as well. I asked Gannin about the new record, he said they are going to start recording when they get back from the UK and that he will be playing on it. I am soo stoked about this, I reckon it will be out before Jimmy starts recording with the Pumpkins which is like February 2006 as they will probably want to tour that as well.

I have to agree with the guy who shouted out we love Jimmy, but change it to We love the Complex!

Lastly, the support band, the Aeroplanes, were good, worth checking out again.

*slips into morbid deression*

btw, can you link to that site... i'd like to check the pics out.

the venue had to hold no more then 100 people

that's strange... i could've sworn i saw on the academy's website that it seats 800/900ppl.

http://www.jimmychamberlincomplex.com/board/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=d857cb56c11e9f391e41ee7408c9f372

hope that works!

sorry it's made you depressed! :-(

nice work, robin.


Originally posted by lou
sorry it's made you depressed! :-(

no worries. great read. we'll get our collective netphorian ass into gear quicker next time!!

Originally posted by TIMb


that's strange... i could've sworn i saw on the academy's website that it seats 800/900ppl.

as far as i know there are 2 venues the big carling academy and then the bar academy. JCC were playing the smaller more intimate Bar venue!

:cry:

Originally posted by lou
as far as i know there are 2 venues the big carling academy and then the bar academy. JCC were playing the smaller more intimate Bar venue!




:cry:, indeed.

Originally posted by TIMb
nice work, robin.




no worries. great read. we'll get our collective netphorian ass into gear quicker next time!!

yup... i'll drink to that....

:cheers:

Originally posted by TIMb




:cry:, indeed.

shit, sorry... i'll keep my big mouth shut!

honestly.... shit venue...!!!

:erm

lol.

dude, it's cool. just sad to have missed what sounds like an awesome gig. not the end of the world, though. ;)

:)

mmm. did sound like a good gig. i'm only about 10 mins away on the tube from work as well...

as you say, better luck next time around if we get our collective lameness together!

Originally posted by lou
i'm only about 10 mins away on the tube from work as well...

haha. it took me over an hour to get there. for nothing. lol.

well, i guess i did get a card-thingy that says i can get a free mp3 from itunes. there was a lot of commercial promotions and shit going on... it was weird.

Originally posted by TIMb


haha. it took me over an hour to get there. for nothing. lol.

well, i guess i did get a card-thingy that says i can get a free mp3 from itunes. there was a lot of commercial promotions and shit going on... it was weird.

you mean, i not only missed out on the legendary JCC, i also missed out on one whole free mpfriggin3...

:cry:

this is truely a sad day!

you also could've had a poloroid pic of yourself sitting on the wrangler denim couch!!!!!!!!!!! o.m.g.

Originally posted by TIMb
you also could've had a poloroid pic of yourself sitting on the wrangler denim couch!!!!!!!!!!! o.m.g.

what?

:rofl:

that sounds like veiled speak for something your mother wouldn't like?

no. no!

it was really bizarre. there were posters all ofer the barricades, advertising wrangler denim jeans. then they had this couch, with wrangler-people taking picture of random folk who sat down on the couch.

i dunno what the deal was. but i had to make sure it was really a jcc gig, and not some psuedo-pretentious fashion show.

:rofl:

excellent! at 1st i thought you meant i could have got my pic taken sitting on jimmy's lap, ala santa claus.

please tell me you got a pic on the denim couch - that's just too funny, and so random!!!!

Originally posted by lou
please tell me you got a pic on the denim couch - that's just too funny, and so random!!!!

i did actually think about it. i mean, i did mission all they way there... at least i would have got something for my effort. :erm

Originally posted by TIMb


i did actually think about it. i mean, i did mission all they way there... at least i would have got something for my effort. :erm

:noway:

*sigh* ah, the missed opportunites in life eh! oh well, at least you've still got your mp3 token to spend!

:D

on a happier note still... with any luck we'll get a chance to see Jimmy and billy performing together next year! omg... just writing that is making me come over all faint...

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:rofl:

excellent! at 1st i thought you meant i could have got my pic taken sitting on jimmy's lap, ala santa claus.

please tell me you got a pic on the denim couch - that's just too funny, and so random!!!!

Originally posted by lou
please tell me you got a pic on the denim couch - that's just too funny, and so random!!!!

i did actually think about it. i mean, i did mission all they way there... at least i would have got something for my effort. :erm

hey, what happened, i could o' sworn i replied!?! i'm officially losing my marbles.

anyway, think i said at least you have the mp3 as comfort and am feeling slightly faint about the fact that next time we may see jimmy it may very liekly be performing with billy!

:D

now there's a thought... i'm sure we won't miss that one.

now where's that missin' post? jeez... maybe i left it on another thread?

:think:

thank god it's friday...

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jesus christ it's no wonder i missed the JCC gig. what a dufus!

:erm

... skulks off v. embarrassed!

:erm

lol

I went to the london show

The reason the crowd outside looked strange was because they were all queuing for the bloc party gig in the main part which does hold 800/900 people.

The place where i bought tickets had absolutely no information about the venue so i had to look on the venues website which was almost equally as useless. I managed to find out where the nearest tube statipon was and which road it was on but thats all so I spent a while with my friend looking for the venue. We ended up at the front of the queue for the bloc party gig without even knowing thats who it was! I wondered why all the other people in that line looked so...'popular'. Anyways, unlike everyone else in line, we refused the free bloc party download and were bemused at why everyone else seemed so keen to have one. So we waited in this shopping mall with about 15 trendy looking people and the weird wrangler boots people?!

We got in at 7 and were led to the bloc party arena with bloc party on the bass drum so we laughed a bit about how crap bloc party are and then we realised that we were in the front row of a bloc party gig. I asked the people next to us if they had come to see the jimmy chamberlin complex and they said 'who?'...we then left as quick as possible and asked some guard why the complex werent playing and he said 'theyre in there' pointing to a door at the side. We got in and found ourselves in this tiny bar with 7 other people in it. The bar wouldnt have held more than about 100 people and when everyone had arrived there were about 50 people max. There were a few zero t shirts dotted around but i was surprised at the lack of pumpkin following there. The support came on at about 7:45 and we decided that they were pretty mediocre but better than the average support at a gig. We moved off to the side to sit down so as to save our legs for the complex as we had been walking around london in the pouring rain for 9 hours beforehand (dont recommend this before any gig - my back was killing). While sitting at the side, we saw billy mohler slunk through the crowd, nodding his head to the music and shortly after came jimmy, but no one seemed to notice except me and my friend, so I raised my hand to say hi and he walked close past us and gave us the peace sign before walking through the door to back stage.

The support band (the Aeroplanes) left the small (approx. 12' by 8') stage. Jimmy arrived on the stage to rearrange his kit that the roadies had set up wrong at about 9pm, talked a bit, but then left again until 9:45 when the band came on to start. They started with a mind blowing version of Streetcrawler (from what i can remember anyway). Jimmy's drumming never ceases to amaze me whenever i hear it, but seeing him perform live at such close proximity - being able to watch his each and every move - is an experience not to miss if you get the chance.

One bit of banter from jimmy was that he said 'this will be the only gig we ever play in london, so you are the lucky few'
This was quite a nice thought as now we were almost in the leagues of the people who got to see little feat at their only uk gig at the rainbow!

The evening passed unfortunately too quickly, but the whole album was played with the extended version of love is real as in the previous gig and they *******d the cover of breathe by pink floyd also as in the previous gig. Jimmy claimed that they had learnt it 'only yesterday' which im not sure is entirely true as they played it at manchester too, but he's a rockstar and it was a crowd pleasing statement and made everyone feel that bit more 'special'!

Billy said to hang around afterwards to have a chat with the band, which of course, we did.

Billy was the first out, so I thanked him for the show and generally told him how good i thought the gig had been, these other guys near me even bought him a drink.

Jimmy came out after that, so we followed him quietly and waited our turn. It was amazing to be so close to the drummer whose work and talent had influenced and inspired me . I waited on the other side of a table from him as one guy just ranted on and on about how much he loved jimmy and the pumpkins he kept on and on using terms like 'you are the TITS man!' in his london accent. He told jimmy how himself and dave grohl had been his drumming idols through childhood, which at first seemed like a pleasant display of gratitude and awe, but after the first few minutes of 'youre wicked! youre the tits! etc. I realised how annoyed jimmy must be getting but maybe he could see the funny side of it! Eventually i got to shake his hand and talk for a bit. He was really friendly and welcoming. I made him laugh by telling him that id have to get the drummer in my band to start practicing, which was nice to hear. I also managed to confuse him by trying to be polite in asking for a photo with him rather than just coming up to him and saying 'could you sign this? could i get a photo? i love the pumpkins, thanks bye.' as a lot of people were doing. But after the confusion i managed to get a photo with him and he signed the liner notes of life begins again: ' LOVE! JC'. (unfortunately i only got to meet billy and jimmy)

Altogether an amazing experience and apart from getting lost on the trains on the way home it was a perfect night.

sorry if this post has bored you or seems too long winded, but it is partially for my own record as well so that i can remember this amazing night. :cool:

that post didn't bore me. it was interesting.

i wonder if TIMb was just trying to get bloc party tickets and thats why he couldn't get in :erm

not trying to get them on purpose, just if when he was asking if tickets were avaliable they all thought he meant the bloc party gig and he could have got to see the complex after all. if that's what happened it sucks.

yeah i have no idea how everyone else knew where to go to get in :confused:

Originally posted by steven
Billy was the first out... these other guys near me even bought him a drink. That was my friend and I!

Ah i see! well I was the really tall ginger guy with the weird white t shirt on

Originally posted by dean moriaty
i wonder if TIMb was just trying to get bloc party tickets and thats why he couldn't get in :erm

yeah. that occured to me!

thinking back that's prolly exactly what happened! cus all the people i was asking where the 'popular' types!

bummed!!

Originally posted by steven
One bit of banter from jimmy was that he said 'this will be the only gig we ever play in london, so you are the lucky few'


bugger!

Originally posted by TIMb



bugger!

I think (and hope) he just meant for this tour. I spoke to Billy and Gannin about seeing them again next time they come to England and they said that they'd see us then. I can't imagine they'd play England without playing London so I guess you'll have another opportunity.

Just to reiterate what people have been saying... it was definitely not clear about the Bloc Party gig and the JCC show. The Bloc Party concert was downstairs so was the first thing you see of the venue. Me and my friend were told to go straight in if we had tickets by the first security guy and then turned away at the door and told to queue by a second. Then the first security guy told us to go straight in again. At this point they spoke to each other and finally realised there was another gig upstairs, so they told to go up. It was poor communication and it certainly not at all clear.

excellent review... thank you! I'm glad someone from around these parts actually made it. Sounds like it was a brilliant night...

It does sound like there may have been room in there for another couple of tiny uns though... so it does seem there may have been some confusion with the tickets p'raps...

Mind you what with bloc party downloads and wrangler sofas it's confusing enough just to read about it!

thanks again for the review...

Originally posted by TIMb


yeah. that occured to me!

thinking back that's prolly exactly what happened! cus all the people i was asking where the 'popular' types!

bummed!!

i feel sorry for you dude.

ah well if they tour again i'll make sure i'm not hungover and come down to london to make sure you get in :)

Originally posted by SubsidallyManic


I think (and hope) he just meant for this tour. I spoke to Billy and Gannin about seeing them again next time they come to England and they said that they'd see us then. I can't imagine they'd play England without playing London so I guess you'll have another opportunity.



ah good im glad about this for mine and everyone else who didnt get to come's sakes, but theyd better pick a better staffed, more organised venue next time