{"id":2818,"date":"2018-04-06T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2018-04-06T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:00:57","slug":"the-puss-puss-band-_-megastar-gongle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/the-puss-puss-band-_-megastar-gongle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Puss Puss Band _ Megastar Gongle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Megastar Gongle<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Puss Puss\u00a0Band<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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Posted on\u00a0April 6, 2018<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0megastargongle<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Puss Puss Band are a two piece mainly studio based outfit from South Wales comprised of multi instrumentalists Asa\u00a0Galeozzie and Lee Pugh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Both have worked with numerous artists and bands in the UK and the Welsh music industry over the last ten years as writers & session musicians<\/p>\n

The Puss Puss band are so named because their first regular audience consisted of a\u00a0cat.<\/em><\/p>\n

a cat<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having been big fans of the Who they got in touch with John (rabbit) Bundrick and asked him to listen to some of their songs. He was so impressed that he worked with them on their album \u2018Echoes across the cruel sea\u2019 and collaborates with them on upcoming tracks. Asa and Lee are obviously over the moon about their \u2018third\u2019 member:<\/p>\n

Now, what Lee and Asa don\u2019t realise is John Bundrick has been a fan of mine for eons:-) I asked him for a little comment about the Puss Puss band and this is what he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy old mate Gongleshanks has been in touch to ask about the Puss Puss band. I was so thrilled to hear from Gongle I had to rack my brains to remember who the PP band are! Then I remembered I worked with them on \u2018Echoes across the cruel sea\u2019 which is a great album but\u2026\u2026well as you probably know Gongle is a Megastar and we are all incredibly blessed to know him! WOW it was awesome of you to get in touch Gongle:-)\u201d<\/p>\n

John Rabbit Bundrick<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a track from the puss puss band featuring\u00a0MY<\/strong>\u00a0mate JRB:<\/p>\n

So \u2026. Lee \u2026..Do you know anybody famous??\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u00a0apart from Megastar Gongle of course!<\/em><\/div>\n

I might \u2026but no one in your league Gongle?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Correct answer! Go to the top of the class young man:-)<\/p>\n

Could you change the lyrics in \u2018Not just you\u2019 to<\/p>\n

\u2018Everybody wants to be someone else it seems \u2013 apart from Gongleshanks who is perfectly happy being the Megastar that he is! ??<\/p>\n

Anything is possible? If you\u2019ve got the beans, we\u2019ve got the means?\u2026..<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If I\u2019ve got the beans?? Blimey Lee, no wonder I get you mixed up with James Bacon!<\/p>\n

Now for another musical interlude:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Is Asa real or is he a figment of your imagination? It just seems that you do all the interviews and talking on Twitter. Is he your imaginary friend?\u00a0 Maybe \u2018Rab\u2019 is also your imaginary friend and you forged that note!<\/div>\n

That would make things easier wouldn\u2019t it?\u2026can we ponder that thought? \u00a0No.. Asa just has more sense than me and keeps an eye on other things behind the scenes\u2026while I dance like a monkey out front of shop\u2026essentially the same arrangement live too\u2026and yes, as unlikely as it sounds\u2026Rabbit is very real. I\u2019m still not quite sure how we managed to pull that off but he is most certainly our \u2018Gem\u2019. We\u2019re incredibly fortunate to have him and to be able to work with a musician of his calibre.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes I imagine you felt like the cat that got the cream when the rabbit hopped on board!<\/p>\n

Are you planning to write any happy songs any time soon?<\/p>\n

You never know?! We only really write from personal experience and try to deliver that as honestly as we can. Echoes Across The Cruel Sea was a very intimate, personal collection of songs and we went to a lot of effort to present them in as intimate and direct a way as possible. Personally I\u2019ve always found writing happy songs to be quite a shallow well and not as challenging or creatively fulfilling. For me, more complex, darker emotions push and stretch me more as a writer and also as a musician and performer\u2026..but you never know?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re currently working on the second album and while we don\u2019t want to give away too much\u2026I will say that it will be a slight departure from Echoes Across The Cruel Sea but we\u2019re pretty sure you\u2019ll still know it\u2019s us when you hear it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Can\u2019t wait Lee!\u00a0 Shall we \u2018paws\u2019 for another song now:<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s all folks but, if you have time listen to this interview with Lee, it\u2019s very interesting!:If you have time listen to this interview with Lee, it\u2019s very interesting:<\/div>\n
At 1. 16 in the interview when the Runner asks Lee how he pronounces his surname I creased up because I honestly thought he was going to say \u2018Pugh, Pugh, Barney, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb\u2019 (Reference to \u2018Trumpton\u2019 for all you young kittens out there, GOOGLE it!)<\/div>\n

Finally, Thank you Lee for all the fun AND the great music! Visit the links below to find out more about the Puss Puss band and PLEASE support them by buying their CD\u2019s<\/p>\n

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thepusspussband.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter:\u00a0@puss_band<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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