Hollywood too much Fun

So we made it home alive from Hollywood. What a great show. We really had a ball and saw some great bands that we shared the stage with. We got to meet some really great new people.

So lunching in Hollywood is interesting to say the least. Leaving the Coffee Bean no other than Elmo and Darth Vader. Wonder what they talk about at lunch?

Kevin, Rick, and Shawn outside the knitting factory. We wanted to check out the place in daylight. Very cool club and just across the street from our Hotel how convenient.

Hollywood Blvd has many shops one that we really liked was the store with every shoe you can think of if you are a pole dancer. These were my favorites.

At the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel as part of the turn down services you are given a prescription bottle filled with M&M’s Shawn overdosed but seemed to be ok the next morning.

Richard and I working the Merch table selling our goods at the Knitting Factory.

We really enjoyed ourselves and would do it again in a heart beat. Want to thank Buck from the Toasters and all his band members for letting us share gear as well as the guys from RiceRokit.

Thanks for reading our blog

The Management

The walk of fame baby!

Natalie Wouldn’t is heading to L.A. This is going to be a fun trip. Rick, Kevin, Mike, Shawn, and Richard are all scheduled to hit LA running this Friday the 25th of Jan.

We are set up for a 5:00 wake up call to head to Sea Tac airport to get on our flight that will be landing us into Burbank for our show that evening in LA at the infamous Knitting Factory.

This band has not played in LA as of yet and we are extremely excited to share the stage with the Toasters, Buck O Nine and many others. Shawn informed me yesterday that Natalie Wood’s star is located directly outside the hotel we are staying in. Won’t that be a fun photo shop opportunity.

We have put together a blazing set list for this show guarantee to get the crowd lathered up into a froth. We will be playing some strong standards like F.B.I. and some new ones like STOP, and Train Justice. We also want to thank Buck for thinking of us for this show and thank the whole band for back lining us. Hauling drums on a plane is a pain in the ass.

We will get some time to hang out so we will be sure to take lots of pics and post them to our site as soon as possible. If you are going to be in LA this friday come check out the show.

Oh Boy are we excited!

New York City ska legends, The Toasters, are taking over the entire Knitting Factory in Hollywood on Jan. 25th!

OK this is going to be one amazing show. If you happen to be in LA on the 25th of Jan you will want to get to the Knitting Factory for the 3 floors of SKA put on by megalith records and the Toasters.

We are very excited to be playing this show. It is just what Natalie Wouldn’t is all about. To be able to play with the Toasters and Buck O Nine and, Rice Rokit is a dream come true. To find out more about this show you can see our gig schedule on www.nataliewouldnt.com or go directly to http://www.knittingfactory.com/ and click on the Hollywood link.

Hope to see you there this is going to be an amazing show.

Platinum Dick has arrived.

Yes it is true Natalie Wouldn’t has now been completed. We would like to take the opportunity to introduce you to the newest member of Natalie Wouldn’t Richard AKA “Platinum Dick. “

Richard dazzled us with his Keyboard prowess along with his great vocals. He adds a much needed layer to our sound. You may know him as the axe slinging keyboard player for the very popular Plaintiffs. We were lucky enough to share this great musician with the gang in the plaintiffs.

Richard pulls double duty and does it well. Come see Richard at one of our gigs and show him the Natalie Wouldn’t Fan love if you would be so kind.

As always we love you all, and we keep going because you keep asking for it.

Thanks the management.

Come on Seattle!

Ok really, what gives? Between Craigslist, The Stranger and Myspace we are having no luck finding a good Keyboard/vocalist.

Yes it is true we would like to take our amazing foursome to the number 5. Aaron our great friend and amazing keyboard player has a job that just does not allow him the time to continue on with us. This saddens us but at the same time we have lots of ska to play and many of shows to play at. That said I decided to post this article up on our blog in hopes that some of our great fans will help get the word out that “Natalie Wouldn’t is Looking”

So if you know of a great keyboard player with amazing pipes male or female we want to hear from them and see if it might be a fit. We guarantee great times, quality musicianship, and more fun in a band then they could ever imagine.

Hempfest 2007 Seattle

Well it was another successful Hempfest. They had one of the biggest turnouts ever. We played on Saturday and it started out as an amazing day. Sunny 78 degrees and lots of people. We were on the Seely stage and I just want to say that the stage manager and all their help were great. They had a hospitality tent providing great food and drinks.

Before we went on stage Rick Steves graced our stage with a talk. It was fun meeting him and he had a great message. After Rick talked it was our turn to take the stage

We went on stage and the Weather was amazing we started our show with Who’s sorry Now. As we worked our way through the show the clouds began to move in.

Pretty soon it was a full on rain, coming in hard an wet. But we hung in there as did the fans and made it a great fun show.

We hope to see all of you at our next show Sept 14th at the Lakepoint in Kennmore
8:00
18018 61st Ave NEKennmore wa 98028
Price: $5.00

keep having fun and we will keep on bringing you fun SKA

Dave the one and only

Oh what can we say about our Friend, our roadie, our bouncer, our “get me a beer guy”, and the guy who kept us laughing while in Europe.

Dave what a trooper for hanging out with us in England. Not only did you pay your way but you got there before we did. You took a lot of great footage when we were on stage. You know your way around London far better then we did and you even bought us all beers at the most opportune times. Hey and how about that Key shirt. What a great shirt. We just wanted to say thanks and if we go again you are so invited.

Guest apparence by Aaron Simms

Well we are very excited that Aaron is able to join us for our upcoming show at Hemp Fest. In fact we are keeping our fingers crossed that he will also play with us on our Seattle and Portland show with the Toasters.

When Aaron left the band due to his crazy travel schedule for his day job were were sadden but none the less we continued on and played great and had fun. That said Aaron is a long time good friend and a missed band mate. We are pleased that he is going to be on stage with us in our upcoming shows. He adds a flavor to our music that we love and we know you all love. See you all at Hemp fest.

Mike.

Playing with the Toasters

Well it is time again to post and let you all know what we are up to. We are very excited about some of our upcoming shows. We again are going to be playing with one of our very favorite bands the Toastes. You also have to mention the great Diablotones as well. We will not be playing just one nite with the Toasters but two. Yes Sept 19th we will be sharing the stage with Buck and the boys in Oregon at the Hawthorne Theatre, then the following evening on the 20th of Sept we will be with the Toasters again at Studio Seven. What a great two nights of ska. Rick, Kevin, Shawn and I are really enjoying this amazing year we have been having as a band. From the release of our CD SKA SOUL ROCK & ROLL , to our tour in London with the gang from Second Time Lucky, it has just been way to much fun. Now we are closing out this year with a show at the Famous Hemp Fest in Seattle on August 18th on the Seeley Stage and then the shows with the Toasters in Sept. In Jan 08 we will start off with a bang by playing 3 floors of SKA at the infamous Knitting Factory in Hollywood.

We love our fans and hope that you continue to come out and support us. We promise to have a new CD out soon with some new songs the were inspired while we were in London. Cheers for now and we sill see you all soon.

Mike the Drummer.

Soho, Reading, Brighton

Ok it has been a while since we last posted and we apologize. We just returned from an amazing tour in England. Shawn, Mike, Rick, Kevin, and Dave took off on July 9th and headed for London. WE have to mention a few people here because if it wasn’t for 2nd Time Lucky this tour wouldn’t of happened. so Drew, Cat, Scuff, Andy, John, Rob, Dan thank you. You guys and gals are fantastic. Then we have to say Dave it wouldn’t have been the same without you, thanks for getting us beers, taking pic, and everything else you did for us.

Holly you were great for sporting us a great Flat while we were in London. It was fun for us and no torture at all.

Others, Ella, Robyn, Liz and I’m sure I’m missing others but we want to thank all of you for making this an amazing trip.

We started out playing a great show in Soho at the St Moritz club for Gaz rocking blues show. This show was amazing click here to see some photos of that show. Gaz

We then did a bit of site seeing in London then headed for Reading. This show was at the Purple Turtle. I have to say that we meet some great people there. Neil and Nell were awesome very fun people. Even thought it was raining we still enjoyed pints of Stella into the wee hours of the morning. We finally got to our hotel around 5:00 AM.

Next day we headed South to Brighton. If you haven’t been to Brighton your missing out. Brighton is a very cool coastal town. This is also the home of the band 2nd Time Lucky and a great venue called the Concorde 2. Our show in Brighton was awesome and again we meet some great people.

PS Rick still has some small bruises form the rock rolling with the boys from Twice the Size. You guys were great.

So to everyone we want to say thankyou and we can’t wait to come back.

Mike the drummer