Wot no Ariel Bender?
Posted by DogFacedBoy on 8 January 2009 - 4:49pm.
Mott The Hoople have confirmed that they are to reunite and play together for the first time in 35 years, to celebrate their 40th anniversary this year.
The group featuring all original members; Ian Hunter, Verden Allen, Dale Griffin, Overend Watts and Mick Ralphs will play two shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo on October 2 and 3, 2009.
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Sad that Ronno couldn't be there to join in with Mott. and what of Ariel Bender? I understand he's been touring as 'Ariel Bender's Mott The Hopple' - the cheeky mare.
oh and start those 'Bowie's gonna show up' rumours now.
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Ohhhhh yeah!
The Dead and Mott in one year - it doesn't get any better than that (unless The Faces reunion happens)
I can live without Ronno, Aerial and Morgan Fisher as long as the original line-up is there
Ariel Bender was only ever Ralphs replacement anyway.
Sounds as if they are reproducing the early uncommercial band, rather than the later hit singular version.
and so it should be...
but it'll be a shame if they don't play some of the later stuff as well. Wonder what 'Sue & Sunny' are doing in October
Love Mott
but only from 1972 onwards. Strikes me that before then they were pretty clumpy and yet to find their feet. Hit sungular version for me every time. All together now...
'Honaloochie Boogie yeah-'
Please yourselves.
STOP!
I've had enough of this
The pantomime's reversed
I need -you feed
I greed - you bleed
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - Well you'd better forget it
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - Go check your stocks and shares
And when the coffin comes make sure there's room for two
You lied - I led
I died -You're dead
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - You'd better forget it
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Teacher's pet - go check your product
A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought
A puppet was a thing cheap-taught - No way
Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caught
Who are you
The nerve
I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get
out, AHHHHH!
Through the Looking Glass
try the version on the Ballad of Mott the Hoople comp for Mr. 'Unter really losing the plot
Aaah, Hereford's finest
They hailed from my home town, you know. I don't think they've even got one of those blue plaque things. They should, you know.
I shall play
Thunderbuck Ram and raise a glass to their health.
C'mon lads, what's wrong with the provinces?
Jerkin' Crocus !
hey , where has it been confirmed ? No official word on Ian Hunter's site or the Apollo site .
If I'm allowed to swear
I read it on the UNC*T site via the NM* news. Said tickets would be onsale 22nd Jan. Its now vanished so hope that no one is screwing with me. Otherwise the Crash Street Kids will be comin to get em and they better run
for what its worth here's the original page
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/uncut/news/12652
Joke for fans of Phil Holden
I thought that,following EEC directive 02-474420-10, Motting The Hoople was now illegal.
On a more serious note, I remember seeing Mott supporting Mountain at Redcar Jazz Club, and was overawed by their platform boots.
Did you see the suits and the platform boots?
"Oh dear, oh lord, oh my oh my oh..."
Ian Hunter's Last Word On A MTH Reunion
Ian Hunter's website is usually up to date and has no mention of a reunion. The site includes a Horse's Mouth section where Ian personally answers questions put by fans. His latest response, dated 1st January, to a question about a reunion is:
MTH reunion? Ah - you never know
Is that a straw to clutch at?
pleasebetruepleasebetruepleasebetrue
First band I ever saw, at Lancaster University, Nov 1973 supported by Queen...60p to get in...
"Tickets for the fantasy were 12 and 6 a time"
I make that 62.5p in the new money, so you got a bargain.
I had tickets for the UK tour which was cancelled when Ian took ill. To my eternal shame, on hearing the news, I sold them at an inflated price to the guy who'd been nagging to buy them off me since it sold out.
They split up shortly afterwards, so I never got to see them. I've waited a long time for this.
I see
that Mott i.e. Not The Hoople, have a live CD out this year on Angel Air. Tracks from 1975/76, including from the gig at Leeds Poly I was at.
Goody...more royalties for me!
If It Doesn't Happen, Let It Not Be For Want Of Trying
As time goes on it looks increasingly unlikely that the rumour is true. Where it may prove useful though is that it demonstrated the support there would be for such an event.
Maybe one reason they haven't done it yet is the fear that nobody would be interested. Now, I'm sure that the various individuals and websites around MtH get queries about a reunion all the time, BUT, since a lot of people are excited and interested at the same time:
I'm off to do mine right now!
Positive Signs That It Might Be True
Right after my last posting, I went straight to ianhunter.com, and there on the message board is a 588 message thread on this very topic.
What's more, the source appears to be a good one - a comment let slip by Verden Allen himself during a radio interview. There is also talk that those are just the first two dates to commemorate their 40 year anniversary.
I'm now more positive, and more excited than at any point since I first read this, so all I can come up with by way of a MtH lyrics quote is
Wo-oh-oh!
How about a rerecording of Saturday Gigs with a new verse...
"In 2010 we did it all again..."
In 2010 we did it all again..."
We were all such older maybe wiser men
Did you see the beige cardies and the thinning roots?
Oh dear, oh lord, oh my, oh my
May I refine the 3rd line?
To replicate the rhyming pattern of "did you see the suits and the platform boots", may I suggest:
I wanna rewrite
the other line 'older maybe wider men' but that would conflict with the 'lardies' bit
this joke may break up due to artistic differences
Oh go on then
You can be the impulsive creative one, and I'll be the controlling structured one.
While the box is open, why not change 2010 to 2009?
Dammit!
Now we have to find a rhyme for 'HMV Apollo'
How about
"Three times as good as Naboo and Bollo"?
Or
" 'No reunion!' claims sound increasingly hollow "
they could always start off with
Where do you all come from
From the horses mouth....
"Just thought you'd like to know the Mott the Hoople reunion IS going to take place on October 2nd & 3rd, 2009 at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London. It will be the original members - Mick, Pete, Phally, Buff and me. They've asked our esteemed webmaster, Justin, to formulate a Mott the Hoople site which should be up and running in the near future. Why are we doing it? I can't speak for the others, but I'm doing it just to see what it's like. Short of war, death, famine etc. ...it's ON."
- Ian Hunter
I'm torn...
I was/am a huge Mott fan and can't decide if I want to go to this.
It could, of course, be another 'Led Zep at the O2' triumph (without the boats, of course) but I really don't want it to be a let down and spoil the memories I have of them from 35 years ago
You're torn? I'll be ripped!
I was a huge fan too, the hair and everything. I never got to see them first time round, so I'm going...
they'll still be able to perform
even if it was rubbish, that one night couldn't wipe out the legacy we all remember
And of course if you don't go, you'll have to suffer us on here telling you forever after what a great night you missed.
I think
I better start saving for a trip to 'that' London in October
All the way from.....Melbourne
I've got my ticket confirmed and i'm coming all the way from Melbourne Australia for this, i never thought i would see the day!