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Last Updated: 12/20/2009

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Status: Single
City: Staffordshire/West Midlands
Country: UK
Signup Date: 8/15/2004

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 
(pls)WELCOME

Si the guy!!

^ he's our new bassist


Pazz bottled it - however he is still very dear to us
Monday, May 07, 2007 
June 2003 – October 2003
MATTHEW LEAK (Guitar & Vocals)
LEE DEVEY (Guitar & Vocals)
MIKE THATCHER (Bass)
JAMES BROTHERTON (Drums)

November 2003 – May 2004
MATTHEW LEAK (Guitar & Vocals)
LEE DEVEY (Guitar & Vocals)
MARTIN BAKER (Bass)
JAMES BROTHERTON (Drums)

June 2004 – September 2005
MATTHEW LEAK (Guitar & Vocals)
LEE DEVEY (Guitar & Vocals)
DAN JONES (Bass & Vocals)
JOE APPERLEY (Drums)

September 2008 - May 2009
MATTHEW LEAK (Guitar & Vocals)
LEE DEVEY (Guitar & Vocals)
TOM PARROTT (Bass)
DAN JONES (Drums)

June 2009 - July 2009 (2 shows only)
MATTHEW LEAK (Guitar & Vocals)
LEE DEVEY (Bass & Vocals)
DAN JONES (Drums)

August 2009 -
MATTHEW LEAK (Guitar & Vocals)
LEE DEVEY (Guitar & Vocals)
SIMON GRIFFITHS (Bass)
DAN JONES (Drums)
Monday, May 07, 2007 

12th November 2005

After a few weeks thinking about, Joe has decided to part ways with Caught Off Guard. Things have been getting progressively slower, especially as G is soon to leave for Australia in February. This meant the band probably would have had to be put on hold for a while then anyway. Joe started college earlier this year so he's now got other commitments and has made the decision to not be tied up with any bands.


19th September 2005

Well the summer's pretty much over, it's all back to college and stuff now. There's not been a lot happening lately with COG. Lee's been on holiday, Leak's going away for 3 weeks soon, even though we're still going to try and practice it'll be a bit different. I think we're hopefully gonna to take this time to work on some new material and probably get a brand new set for us to play.


23rd July 2005

Last night we played a pretty cool gig at the Astor Room at the Royal Hotel in Walsall. It was all good really except Leak's amp blowing-up on us - it's all fixed and taken care of now though. Except for that we been having some good stuff going on with us recently. The new CD has meant more gigs, Joe's got some new cool cymbals. We have another gig coming up soon at the Little Civic, there's five bands on from 7:30 till curfew at 11:00! Get down there it's £4 and it's that posh you can even buy tickets online from the box office! Get clicking the gigs section now!


19th June 2005

I got the CD! Listen at www.myspace.com/caughtoffguard or www.purevolume.com/caughtoffguarduk let us know what you think.


11th June 2005

COG has another new website! My hard-drive broke and I lost everything so I decided just to make a new one. If you're using Windows XP Service Pack 2 you need to click on "Allow Blocked Content" in the bar above, it is defiantly all safe so don't worry. If you see any little mistakes let us know. I'm expecting the master CD of our recording soon so that'll be the next major follow up. It'll be online ASAP!


21st May 2005

We've finished recording this new demo, it's been mixed but just needs a couple more tweaks to get it mastered. There'll be more on that as soon as I know myself. Considering I said it might be done for Easter, it's a little late.

 

4th March 2005

Thanks to everyone who came to see us last night at Cardinal Griffin High School, even though most of us (everyone except Joe) didn't know most of you, you were all great. The best crowd I (Lee) think we've ever had. I'm guessing you like a bit of Green Day? I think I remember seeing a camera going, if anyone has any photos could you please send them in? See the contact page, any address will do... Thanks again!


7th February 2005

We're working on the audio section and hoping to make that a lot better than what it was before. The MP3's of our demo CD have also been removed. We're working well with our new songs, hopefully a demo should be released at about Easter time.


15th January 2005

Happy new year! That's a little late but who's counting and who cares?! We had a gig last night - Eddie's No.8 in Birmingham what can I say?... It was good? Thanks to all that came, hope you had a good night.


21st November 2004

Last week we played our first real gig (with bands, tickets etc.) in front of about two hundred people. It was good - more planned so keep watching the gigs section! Checkout myspace.com/caughtoffguard.


23rd October 2004

Well basically we all felt like it had been ages since we updated this site, so I had a go sorted some stuff out. Check out the gigs section. Tickets are available now, so get them quickly before we sell out.


7th August 2004

If you live in the UK you will of known that lately we've been having a lot of lightning storms. On Thursday the power went off at the studio because of it, and we were left sitting around in the dark for about two and a half hours - unlucky.


1st August 2004

Last night was our first ever live performance! It was at a private party at Chasetown Football Club. We had positive feedback from the people watching, it's good to think that everyone enjoyed it, especially us, we thought in general it went really well. We'd just like to thank Enthused for letting us borrow their amps, drums etc. and Phil for doing a great job with the PA hire and helping us set-up.


27th July 2004

This is gonna be the last website update in the next two weeks because our webmaster is going away on holiday. Everyone bid him farewell.


25th July 2004

punkbands.com has made a link to caughtoffguard.co.uk. That's fantastic news.


16th July 2004

Website update! We've registered our band at PureVolume and we're approved have a look at www.purevolume.com/caughtoffguarduk. Wanna be on the Caught Off Guard mailing list? If ya do then have a look in the contact section. Our first ever gig is getting pretty close, we were in the studio yesterday having a practice trying to get ready for it. Lee's been on holiday for two weeks and Joe's been on work experience so we ain't been playing as much as we'd of liked.


29th May 2004

caughtoffguard.co.uk version 2 is here! We're back, we're bigger and we're better than ever! The website has had a lovely new make-over and had some new sections added like gigs, photos and audio. All of the old sections are updated, be sure to check it out and praise webmaster Bean for it all. A new vBulletin forum is up, which means basically it's better than the last one. And that's not all… We've added a discography section where you can listen to that lovely demo I've not shut up about for about the last four months. Also the band has a new line-up! More details on that in the members section.


15th May 2004

Caught Off Guard has a gig planned! It'll take place at Avon Hall in Cannock. Even though the band's going through a hard time right now, the gig's not till November so we got time. Oh and yes there's other bands playing there too!


24th March 2004

The band has been on a break since we recorded the demo, Leak's kitted himself up with some new kickass gear for when we get back on track. You can check that in the members section in his profile.


25th January 2004

We've got a demo! Last week we recorded… it took us almost a whole day. We got the master CD though now, it's been mixed and everything, and it'll be on sale soon to friends and family. Anyone else who wants a copy will have to get in contact.


18th November 2003

The band has a website at last! Thanks to the webmaster Bean who made it for us. If you're having any problems with this site you'll have to contact him, or anyone else who cares… Have a nice day.

Monday, May 07, 2007 
Catnip
Locked inside with memories
Forgetting how it used to be
Keep your head up above the water
Bite your lip and take the pain

Spend your life half asleep
Dreaming of isolation
Exposed to silence in these four walls
Mind explosion watch the fall

Open your eyes take a look around
No love lost or still to be found
Pictures paint a thousand words
Poetry in motion broken down
The key found rotting fatal sin
Open door locked within
Trapped inside this horror story
Lost the fight escaped the glory 

Spend your life half asleep
Dreaming of isolation
Exposed to silence in these four walls
Mind explosion watch the fall
Mind explosion watch the fall

(Repeat)


Stop The Starting
Here I am in muted silence
A lonely thought with no more lies
The thoughts I'm left with have no reason
They keep spinning around my mind
Why you loved me why you left me
Why I need you I'm all alone
Stop the starting wires keep crossing
But crossed wires lead to no where at all


Out of your head faded away
Thoughts pass by at the speed of light
Nothing's there everything's gone
Our shattered dreams all out of sight
Out of your head faded away
Thoughts pass by at the speed of light
Nothing's there everything's gone
Ejected love what went wrong


Deserted island I am stranded
Leave me here I'm all alone
The thoughts I'm left with have no reason
Regretting is done by someone else
Stop this starting wires need crossing
But crossed wires lead to nowhere
Nothing quite like self destruction
Push the button and watch it blow


Out of your head faded away
Thoughts pass by at the speed of light
Nothing's there everything's gone
Our shattered dreams all out of sight
Out of your head faded away
Thoughts pass by at the speed of light
Nothing's there everything's gone
Ejected love what went wrong


(Repeat)

3 Line Story
Your time will come you'll come undone
The world will break around you there's nothing you can do

Just forget everything let yourself go and then just stop your god damn whining
Some things in life you just can't get right you'll just never know

Just stop looking you'll never find
There's some things to bear in mind
Just look up and then you'll see
We're all slaves and we're not free

You think you're real you're just fake
You don't need fate all you need is a mate

Just stop looking you'll never find
There's some things to bear in mind
Just look up and then you'll see
We're all slaves and we're not free

(Repeat)

I Want Your Time
Sometimes I feel so sad
'Cause you're not part of me and
I want you with me all the time
I want you to be mine

This is the feelin' that I get
When you're with me and I want
You with me all the time
Need you there by my side
I need you
I need you

I hate this feelin' that I get
Feels just like neglect
But now I know I've got your smile
Even though it's just for a while

This is the feelin' that I get
When you're with me and I want
You with me all the time
Need you there by my side
I need you
I need you

Death By Fairy Tale
I met this girl today she took my breath away
I don't know why but it made me want to die
We talked of puberty masturbation and finally
I thought to myself she could be the one for me

What would I do if I didn't know you
How would I know which way to go
What would I do if I'd never met you
It's just like a fairytale
Everyone lives happily after all

She wore a thong you see
I got to know her personally
She meant more to me
Than I can ever tell thee

Oh it's true
She turned the screw
In my heart
It tore apart
It fell away
Now I know
You're all the same anyway

What would I do if I didn't know you
How would I know which way to go
What would I do if I'd never met you
It's just like a fairytale
Everyone lives happily after all
And on and on and on