Since Yabbadabbadoo took a sharp pair of scissors to their name and snipped several letters off, to become simply The Yabbas, there's been a personnel change too in Whitby's hardest working covers band. Dave the drummer is now toiling away on the rigs, so he's only home for two weeks out of every four. This means he gigs for a fortnight, then the world famous Si Jay does the next couple of weeks. "It's great for us cos it feels like we have two bands up and running" says James....
The thing about Si is that he is keen to do original music, which fits in with James, Beef and Mart's ethos perfectly. Dave was never really keen on doing the band's own stuff. Consequently James and Beef have been getting together a lot and writing some new songs. James already had a fair bit of material written, so he took it round to Beef for a bit of... er... beefing up? Now the pair of them are busy penning tunes which they freely admit are starting to sound "shit hot!"
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" Hopefully come the middle of the year we are gonna have a little batch of original numbers to take out and gig! This is something I've wanted to do for ages, but I've never really found my voice within the band until recently" James told Popwatch.
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Obviously the next stage is to get together, learn all the parts and rehearse. Within the local scene The Yabbas still see themselves as a covers band, but for people such as myself who always like to be given something brand spanking new to listen to, I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with. They've got a massive list of gigs for the year, so you shouldn't have any trouble catching some Yabba action....
2009 is shaping up to be an interesting year musically. As always, stay tuned to everyone's MySpace sites for thrills, spills and adverts that ask you if you've ever thought of dating Asian ladies.
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