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By the time that c:b were ready to set out on their first ever tour, (May 6-21st 004), they had a travelling family of crew to share the adventures with. Playing with King Adora, Saint Rose, Sludgefeast, Mab and New Disease introduced them to new audiences.

After the first gig, in Liverpool, the band, and crew members Mulka and Lenny Love, spent the night sleeping in the van. Some introduction to life on the road! They took to it like ducks to water.

Pic : Dexy, Andy, Ash and Rob by Ian Rendall of Grassroots Xchange. This was the front of the flyer for the first c:b tour...

Next evening in Cardiff the sound was bad, Rob had no working, microphone for the first song but kept singing anyway. Although it later came on, the show was a huge blow for the band, who took it badly. The audience didnt. After the show they soon sold out of cds. There was a tour posse night out (8 people with £23 at most between them at Club Ifor Bach. In a club of rock n roll nutters, Rob managed to freak out the dance floor. Give C:B any size stage and they'll fit it! By Birmingham, last night of the tour, they arrived with only half an hour maximum to get in, set up, do a quick line check then go back on stage and do a show... They carried it off smoothly. The first tour made a new band into a gang and even better live..

There were more gig offers and C:B play whenever they can. A first on slot at Gossips in Soho caught the promoter by surprise. At 8pm they were apologising that the band would probably make no money on the door to split . Then they opened the doors and people poured in. half an hour later they paid C:B more money than their recent guaranteed tour support fee, requesting their return to headline. they are asked back to most venues that they play.

On Summer Soltice, 21 June, there was a C:B single in shops around the country, because the band distributed them with help from friends. Some shops re-ordered more than once. Single reviews were great too, with the main criticism from two, about the sound of the recording, but there was no doubting that t they have the songs.

Reputation was starting to precede them. Inspired by what they had read in the music press about what was going on in New Cross, musicians/music fans had organised an event in Newbury. The punky, d.i.y. New Art Riot event was set in a boxing hall on the site of the old Greenham Airbase. They asked the unknown C:B to come and headline. And they did. And they went down a storm that became mosh by the time they ended with 'Blew It'.

A few days later, C:B launched 'For All My Sins'/'Blew It' at The Metro on Oxford Street. It was an early support slot and the band were able to get cheap entry for their mailing list. The party packed out the venue, surprising even the band. Photographer Keith Corcoran captured iconic aura on the small stage. It was another moment in time that earned them a request to return and headline.

Radio 2XS picked up on For All My Sins and played it for two months on line. Some international fans now on the net. They couldn't stand still. Already C:B were planning their next tour and in July off they went again.

July 004, tour number two. Touring and releasing is easier with money, a booking agent, a record label, publisher, pr/promotions/plugging etc but c:b's music is taking a parth of it's own, so not only did this new fresh of adventures work successfully, but the new songs that Ash, Dexy, Andy and Rob had been working on together were shaping their live set.

This time after Liverpool they spent the night on the motorway when their van broke down. They got back to London in the afternoon then went straight out again to play a wild 14+ show in Maidstone.

At the Hope & Anchor show in London, they played a set comprised mostly of the new material. It wasnt one of their favourite gigs, but it turned a cormer for their live show.A music journalist is in the room. "stadium punk" he states. Hooray.

corporation:blend made their first trip to scotland courtesy of edinburgh rock trio, korova, who got the show for them at bannermans. a surreal trip, but definitely worth it. the entourage found themselves lodging in a misty park by the firth of forth. falling over tired in the afternoon, they were boosted by a rush of adrenaline that evening by the rock n roll that both bands blasted from the stage, then went for a night out among the gathering fun people arriving for edinburgh fringe festival in some of the thickest fog... it was the last date of their second tour.

Dexy, Andy, Rob and Ash had become a unit that could perform a great show under all kinds of circumstance, and handle pressure and tense moments. sometimes it's hard to remember that they are young and unsigned.at time of writing though, the various labels that have expressed interest are yet to check them out. For now, it's their loss.

They take a quick break in August but can hardly tear themselves away and are still working on new songs.Between tours, C:B play gigs, work on songs, book more gigs and DJ at gigs by The Others, Metro Riots and Babyshambles etc. They were setting up their third tour to round off their busiest year yet. They are not sitting around waiting to be "discovered". They are going out on the road and being discovered every night.

In September, John Kennedy of Xfm had a Rocklands special to preview the screenings of "Rocklands - Live In New Cross" by rock'n'roll film makers, Digital Sneakers, capturing for posterity something that they are part of. A snapshot of Tuesday nights at The Paradise Bar in an unhip part of a music drenched city. 'Blew It' gets played on the Xposure show.

C:B returned to The Metro for their first central London headline. It's packed from early on until early hours and is a scorchere with graet sets by Nebraska, Special Needs, Antihero and DJs Dirty Sounds-v- Cut Throats who C:B invite to join them. "Live In New Cross" was screened and there was the same anti scene buzz in the air on and off screen which was heartwarming in a cynical world.The Rocklands Rounded Tour was pieced together by C:B and friends around the UK. (Some of the dates were put together by Pop Of The Tops bands in their home towns).

Like C:B, Nebraska have an engaging mix of talent and ambition. It makes for the kind of performance that comes as a genuine surprise if people didn't come with high expectations. These bands on one tour certainly upped the ante for both of them all. The Paradise Bar brought them together, so they took a the vibe of the paradise out on the road.Photographer, Peter Hill, joined the tour. The mission, to rock.

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