hankmoonbeam

[hankmoonbeam]

sfrenchevents A brilliant session on guitar rigs today at @ternsvenue 🎸

Our mission on every one of our Skills Bootcamps is to give learners a wide range of knowledge in all aspects of live events tech - these specialist classes help to do just that! Today our learners got to grips with a Kemper amp profiler as well as a more traditional valve amp rig to make sure they’re prepped for all kinds of backline tech 🎶

Special thanks to Johnny Bond for showing our learners around his guitar rig 🙌

If you’re interested in these specialist workshops you can book a place on our next, FREE skills bootcamp - linked in the bio🖤

#guitar #guitarrig #vlaveamp #kemperprofiler #liveeventstech #skillsbootcamp #catfishandthebottlemen #amp #fenderbluesjunior

This provision is funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority

[hankmoonbeam]

That’s Bondy, I’m 99 percent sure. Or someone borrowed one of his collection of grotesque masks 😝

Okay but Bondy… and Bob…together… and is that Bondy singing??? 😭😭😭

#bob hall #johnny bond

[hankmoonbeam]

I’m so just amazed and perplexed by everything.

Fans love Showtime of course, and critics hate it - which is not surprising since Catfish has never been a critically acclaimed band.

But the critics are hitting on exactly the lackluster part of it that two members left and the sound is hollow, and of course have noticed that it’s just Van and Sardy. All of which seems so predictable to me.

Van’s not dumb - wouldn’t he have known that if he just went it alone like this, critics would say it’s shit because two members left “for more creativity” (literally a quote from a review) and he didn’t bother to (or can’t?) get any other musicians to work with him?

I guess the answer is he just doesn’t give a fuck. He never has I guess. Fuck it if they talk, because he gets to headline Reading and sell albums. And Sardy must not give a fuck either.

Critics have said their music is predictable and mindless in the past, but these reviews feel different…it’s like there was more pressure since he’s been away so long to grow musically, but he hasn’t. And fans don’t mind I suppose, because it’s got a lot of the same elements.

Maybe all this is just me being confused about my own feelings because tbh I’ve had so much anger at Van I wasn’t sure if I wanted the song to be good or not.

Now I realize I did want it to be good but I don’t think it is…and of course that is subjective, like anyone is allowed to love it and I’m happy for them loving it, and I want people to go off and love it.

But I’m sad for them all and what they had…maybe this personal catharsis will be the closure I’ve been searching for.

Don’t mind the muttering of a sad confused weirdo who just has too much invested in this stupid band 🙃🙂😆

#catfish and the bottlemen #johnny bond #van mccann #bob hall #benji blakeway #catb #bondy

[hankmoonbeam]

What we thought we were going to get vs. What we actually got

Thanks @vanmccannsfridge for the original pic 🫡

[hankmoonbeam]

Showtime:

I love the harmonies and the acoustic guitar.

“Fuck that shit” is so quintessentially Van it makes me laugh 😂

The melody isn’t hitting my like their previous melodies have.

I sorely miss a lead guitar. I am of course biased, but Catfish riffs whether played by Billy or Bondy have been a hallmark of their music.

Interested to see what comes next!

#catfish and the bottlemen

[hankmoonbeam]

don’t get me wrong, as happy and excited as i am about the catfish comeback and (possibility) of new music, the way nothing that has happened since summer 2021 has been publicly addressed by the band at all, leaves a very sour taste in my mouth.

not a word about dropping out of the two cardiff shows two weeks before they were happening, nothing about bob leaving in september – not even just resharing his post as an instagram story, which would've been the bare minimum – and nothing about bondy leaving after being in the band for years.... and now they’re just back? without any explanation?

idk that just seems so incredibly disingenuous to what they as a band but especially van have always preached. i’m sorry but it does not seem like you are only "in it for the fans and the live music" when you couldn't be arsed to make any sort of public statement in the over two years, that was between bob leaving and the reading and leeds headline announcement, to let your fans know what was going on.

it just feels very disrespectful, not only to the two long-time band members that left the band but also to the thousands upon thousands of fans – doesn't matter if die-hard or casual – that were left with so many questions.

again i am very excited for what is to come, i will go and see them if they'll tour in europe and i will always appreciate van for the music but my opinion of him (and benji) has changed drastically since 2021 and i don't know if that can ever change.

x

[hankmoonbeam]

Hello lovely and thanks for reaching out to me on Tumblr too, you’ve spurred me on to write some more - I’Ve had the next chapter written for months but I can’t get it right…maybe I should just post it in it terrible state so I can move on hahah. Anyway I really appreciate your kind words!!

Hi Darling, do you know by any chance if this Wattpad account also has a tumblr and if they’re still around? 👉🏼👈🏼

Hello lovely 🥰

Yes, in fact I saw that you just reblogged one of their posts earlier coincidentally! It’s the very lovely @hankmoonbeam who unfortunately doesn’t come on tumblr that much anymore (but does pop on here now and again). I’m sure they’d love it if you said hi over on Wattpad, they have written some great Bondy fics although think they might be on a bit of a writing hiatus right now xx

#catfish and the bottlemen #johnny bond #bondy

[hankmoonbeam]

yes! I don't like the idea of them carrying on like nothing happened without acknowledging everything. I think Bondy, Bob and the fans deserve better.

I bet they'll thank the fans for their patience while they worked through some challenging times. Which people would appreciate. But I feel like a true apology isn't in the cards. We shall see!

#catfish and the bottlemen #van mccann

[hankmoonbeam]

do you know where the Safest Place name came from?

I know it has to do with finding something comforting or that feels safe amongst something otherwise alien or unsettling. Where that came from, I’ve no idea. I hope they do interviews soon so we can learn more about all this cryptic stuff!!

#johnny bond #chintzy stetson #the safest place

[hankmoonbeam]

I love this man so much 😂💕

The Safest Place - Knife Edge 🖤

[hankmoonbeam]

Ooh @catb-fics 🔥

Here’s a few lines from the next chapter of Under My Skin:

Not sure who hasn’t done it so I’ll tag @icouldntfindquiet @okayohay

Last Line Tag Game

Tagged by @pedrito-friskito 💕 started a new post cause the other one was getting long.

This is the beginning of the last scene for SC: Ch 1

Bags in tow, he makes his way to the front door. Nerves and emotions swirling around, reminding himself to breathe, letting go of the fear and expectations he’d had for this reunion.

NPTs @iamskyereads @frenchiereading @goodwithcheese @gnpwdrnwhiskey @kteague @flightlessangelwings @guess-my-next-obsession @tightjeansjavi and anyone else who wants to play along and share

#tag game #last line tag #wip

[hankmoonbeam]

what do you think of Bondy unfollowing Sardy? I don't really blame him...

Hah, didn’t realize he’d done that. He probably got just as sick as the rest of us of his cryptic goading posts and realized he should have unfollowed him long ago 😂

Man might be a musical genius but he seems immature as fuck. So he and Van go well together 😂 but seriously, my interest is royally piqued with all these rumours. 👀

#catfish and the bottlemen #van mccann

[hankmoonbeam]

oh man but Johnny’s damn face here 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Every band has that one member who never says anything and looks like they’re 500% done with everyone’s shit

[hankmoonbeam]

what do you think of the Bondy photos being hidden? 🥴

Worst case scenario it’s someone still affiliated with CatB being immature for no good reason.

Best case scenario it means something’s brewing and Van will come out of hiding soon 😄

What do you think of it??

#johnny bond #catfish and the bottlemen #bondy #van mccann #catb

[hankmoonbeam]

I've been wondering that too! He definitely didn't do it at the end but I'm curious when things changed...

Right?! And it is totally possible it wasn’t just a moment when he stopped and never did it again…maybe he did it didn’t do it based on personal whims or moods, or how they were getting along that day 😆

@catb-fics said when she saw them in Nov. 2019, he said it. I wonder if there are examples before that when he didn’t. Although I have watched like hundreds of videos of Soundcheck (what, that’s totally normal 🙄 ) I have a bad memory for when they all were soooooo I’m a bad resource 😆

#johnny bond #catfish and the bottlemen #bondy #van mccann #catb #catfishandthebottlemen #this is johnny bond

[hankmoonbeam]

Actually that makes me feel a bit better, I had thought maybe he stopped in early 2019. Or maybe it depended on his mood in the day and whether or not they were fighting just then 😆😭😞

stolen from addieamelie on ig

[hankmoonbeam]

Does anyone know exactly when Van stopped saying “(gigname), this is Johnny Bond!” and iterations of that phrase before the Soundcheck solo? 😭 😭😭

I just want to hurt my own feelings more 😭

stolen from addieamelie on ig

#catfish and the bottlemen #catb #johnny bond #bondy #van mccann