To all our America mates,

We're still stying to get our album available stateside, but it's taking a bit of time. If you can't wait you, can buy it on import from amazon.com here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001D7NTTI/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1222336989&sr=8-1

Cheers and Woo Hoo

We've got another video for you! And it's BRILLIANT! It's for My Car, a happy bouncy song which takes something of a turn.....

http://rathergood.com/my_car/

Yays! Isn't it BRILLIANT! It's been months in the making, but it's really been worth it, I honestly think it's one of the best things we've ever done!

Woohoo! This was put together by Cap'n Pat and Ben Westaway, so massive props to them!

And that's it really! Except to say thanks to everyone who has ordered our album, Danger Is Dangerous, and to say if you haven't, you should get it RIGHT NOW!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001D7NTTI/rathergoodcom-21

The American store on Amazon sold out immediately, though they will have more stock in soon I'm told. In the meantime, US customers can get it via the Amazon merchants thingy here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001D7NTTI/ref=dp_olp_2

I hope you're having a truly wonderful time! I am absolutely blissfully happy today, and I am sending you positive karma as hard as I can using the power of my brain - and that's pretty DAMN HARD!

YEAH!

Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeya

Joel

Well, let's cut to the chase with the new stuff shall we? We've got a corker for you today! Tremble in horror at the fearsome brutality of MZUNGU!

http://rathergood.com/mzungu/

Fear him! Mzungu will revel in your evisceration!

I expect you'll agree that this is the single best thing EVER EVER EVER in the history of EVERYTHING!

And look! It doesn't stop there! Defying Darwin have produced this thoroughly spiffy video for One More (Or Ten) featuring a little me dude on a rollercoaster:

http://rathergood.com/one_more/

How about that? Fantastic or what?

Both of these tracks are, of course, on the album, Danger Is Dangerous.

Hooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! This is all very exciting isn't it? Thanks to all of you who have already ordered your copies of the album - we dominated the ska chart at number 1 and got up to 99 in all music overall chart, which is fantastic. If you haven't ordered your copy yet, you should probably order it now because it will bless you with positive karma and a golden sparkling aura that will attract good-catured pixies who will protect you from evil.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... goodcom-21

I think that's about it for today really. We've got LOADS of FANTASTIC stuff in the pipeline which I'm sure will make you weep with joy when you see it, but that stuff is secret at the moment so I can't tell you about it even though I'm so very very excited.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

(that was me roaring. Good eh?)

I hope you are having a truly wonderful day, and I want you to know that I love you very much

Well, we have MASSIVE news today! YEAH! Our debut album, "Danger Is Dangerous" is FINALLY up on Amazon! YEAH! HOORAY! We know you have been wating for literally years for this moment. Believe me, so have we. But it was worth the wait! It's FANTASTIC! Get it here, NOW!:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001D7NTTI/rathergoodcom-21

For people living stateside it'll be on amazon.com soon. We'll let you know when.

The album was produced by Ska Legend Gaz Mayall, who is wonderful and brilliant, and crafted our performances into the mayhem-inducing glory of perfection this album represents. It is definitely, and without any shadow of a doubt, the most important album release of this millenium to date. It will go down in history. In 50 years, you will remember where you were when you first heard this news. Hoooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Seriously it's brilliant and you should get it. The artwork that comes with the CD is a thing of beauty too. It's lovely. Yay! It's released on 1st September but you can put your order in RIGHT NOW.

DELVE into the unknown underworld of London nightlife with our newly remixed and itune-released  singles 'LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO' and 'NINJA'!!!

 

You can view the BRAND SPANKING NEW video for 'LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO' - filmed on location in London's jauntiest nocturnal haunts -  here:

 

http://7secondsoflove.com/love/ 

 

Isn't it great? It is, isn't it. Want the tunes with you, wherever you go?? Both tracks are exclusively available for download on itunes, follow link below:

 

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=260138691&id=260138683&s=143441

 

(you will need to have itunes installed already)

 

Hope you like them! More coming soon this autumn with raucous beer-fuelled tomfoolery 'DANGER OF DEATH'  in conjunction with our favourite luxury ale, LUXUS!

 

With (7 Seconds of) Love,

 

7 Seconds of Love

 

YES - ladies and gentlemen, to all our beloved fans around the world, here is a video of us playing 'My Car' based on our recent gig in Cargo, London.

And, we've lobbed in a sub plot with some some thrilly, cutting-edge CGI dinosaur special effects in the style of Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic Park... as you will see. Speilburgh Schmeilburg!

Actually, it was the stunt scenes in the truck that took the longest, really.

And the gigantic, ten times size department store set cost a fortune. Guess what, the whole thing was anchored off LA, and it sank, so we spent another fortune on a new one, and then that burnt down and then sank, so we bought ANOTHER, and that one stayed up. And here it is!

http://7secondsoflove.com/my_car/

The critics say:

***ASTOUNDING - you simply have to see it*** (Robert Koehler, Variety.com)
 
***SEE IT. IT'S SO GOOD I JUST SHAT MY PANTS!!!*** - (Tom Brooks, Talking Movies, BBC World)

***A TRIUMPH. SO GREAT I SHAT IN TOM BROOKS' PANTS*** (Robert Koehler, Variety.com)
 
***No you didn't, they weren't mine, and anyway last night I put your toothbrush up my bum before you used it, so there.*** (Tom Brooks, Talking Movies, BBC World)

***....*** (Robert Koehler, Variety.com)

*** That happened to me once. Oh... nothing. ha ha.*** (Barry Norman, Sky TV.)

***Here, Tom, want some chewing gum?*** (Robert Koehler, Variety.com)

***Thanks. Urrgh!!!... what flavour was that?*** (Tom Brooks, Talking Movies, BBC World)

*** HAHAHAHA!!! Earwax flavour you idiot! HAHAHAHA!!!!*** (Robert Koehler, Variety.com)

***Actually, I like to eat my own earwax.***(Barry Norman, Sky TV.)

***...Barry?*** (Tom Brooks, Talking Movies, BBC World)

***Yes?***(Barry Norman, Sky TV.)

***...Go home.*** (Tom Brooks, Talking Movies, BBC World)

***I... Ok. ***(Barry Norman, Sky TV.)

***He's wierd.*** (Tom Brooks, Talking Movies, BBC World)

***Yeah...stupid freako.*** (Robert Koehler, Variety.com)

It was a very cold day in January indeed when we all packed up the day after the (absolutely f*cking brilliant) Moles gig in Bath on the 27th and set off in a convoy to Cap't Pat's aunt's house in darkest Somerset.

We arrived (hungover, of course) at a large set of gateposts, with a long gravel drive leading to what looked like a Stately home set in green rolling English countryside.

Did we have the wrong address? No, we had finally arrived at the ancestral residence of the Cap't Family, and we filed through the stately rooms and corridors in hushed tones, jaws agape. Were we seeing the very same grand staircase the young Cap't would have slid down on a Persian carpet? Which blunderbuss would the nipper have tugged out into the field to bag his first flock of unsuspecting pigeons?

After being greeted by the Lady of the House, we went to scout out our location. On a rather shit, cloudy English day, not many places were going to look like a beach on 'a sunny day in July'. Thankfully all good country houses come with a swimming pool, and kind of spiky palm tree like bush, and it was clear that we could plonk Stallion down there with 'a beer and book' to enjoy his pork pie, and bit of editing and forgiveness in the eye of the beholder would manage the rest.

After a tour of the rest of frankly one of the most amazing residences I have ever seen, we set down to business. This involved making a large pot of tea and dressing in women's clothing.

Whilst Capt, Skanks, Stallion and Bass Cadet departed to get the set all ready, Chaynsaw and I got all hot and bothered putting on dresses wigs and make up. As well you can imagine, we looked REALLY sexy.

I got worried that Janine had glued my eyes shut with fake eyelash adhesive but thankfully, two minutes later, my eye lids parted and the world was still there. Loo roll makes great tits, by the way, no wonder you girls get through so much of the stuff!

Cap't had written out a shot list and we set to work. It was absolutely frickin freezing in barefeet, but the video is all about summer, so summer it was. Filming has lots of stops and starts so there was plenty of time to think of  things to add in. We grabbed some umbrellas and bashed out a little dance. Chaynsaw grabbed some hula hoops and shook his hot womanly form around. We all perfected our Booty Dance, and skipping like ladies.

Stallion got to work practicing saying 'I'd love to play twister with you' whilst regurgitating bits of pork pie (more difficult than it looks- you have to project the masticated food matter so it is visible without losing enunciation).

Needless to say our expertise in these matters is clearly demonstrated by the clock-work choreography so evident in the final video.

Several of us tried to copy Cap'n's cartwheel, and fell on our heads. Thankfully, however, cartwheels are for girls, and you won't catch me making a fool out of myself ponceing around!

With the final shot of Stallion and myself skipping joyously away (presumably to go and have sex somewhere) in the bag, it was time to shiver, get dressed, have a beer and let the post-traumatic shock of writhing around on a twister matt dressed as a woman on top of Stallion sink in.

Oh well, at least we're not sticking it on the internet, are we guys? Right guys?

Guys? Hello?

****

 

Check out TWISTER our spanking brand new fantabbytastic video directed by our very own CAPT PAT right HERE!!! If it doesn't brighten your day, you're probably dead!!

 

Coca-Cola de Argentina and unsigned British ska band 7 Seconds of Love reach arrangement

Coke: The Real Thing?

World's biggest brand appears to have borrowed from unsigned London ska band for TV ad

London , 3 January 2007

In what's been billed as a David and Goliath battle by Sky News this morning, unsigned London-based ska band 7 Seconds of Love could be set for a bitter plagiarism row, after web 2.0 unearthed what looks like a clear case of copyright infringement by the world's biggest brand, Coca Cola.

The video and soundtrack of their popular online track, Ninja, have a surprisingly similar cousin advertising Coca Cola light in Argentina , and broadcast worldwide via the internet.

The band became aware of the Coke campaign after being emailed by fans in South America asking if its use had been authorised, and that the video and music were "pretty much the same".

Although the band has never charted, online it enjoys considerable success, particularly via cult website Rathergood.com, which is authored by the band's lead singer, Joel Veitch.

Popular worldwide for its punk rock kittens, the site, which was launched in 2000, receives around 100, 000 hits a day, and incorporates an active forum where fans chat directly to Joel and the band.

Ninja is an original copyright work, authored by the band, and with an accompanying film created by Veitch.

"We'd heard about a Ninja-style Coke TV ad from fans in Argentina , but when they put the campaign online, and we saw it for the first time, we just couldn't believe the resemblance," says Veitch.

"It's not just the music, but the visual style too – our collective jaws dropped. So whereas you could potentially get away with a sound-alike of the audio, or a look-alike of the video, in combining the two, you then have something which is passing itself off as our work. But don't take our word for it – click on the links and see for yourself…"

The original Ninja track by 7 Seconds of Love:

http://www.7secondsoflove.com/ninja/. 

The Coca Cola Light ad in Argentina and online:

http://www.coca-cola.com.ar/cocalight/home.htm

"We've been in touch with Coke," adds Veitch, "but so far, their response has been that 'both the advertising agency and the jingle creator guaranteed the originality of each of the works contained in the advertisement, so we are really surprised by the terms of your claim.'"

7 Seconds of Love is considering its position. The message from the South American fans: "Find a lawyer, a good one; someone is becoming rich off your back".

Ends.

 

 

For further information, contact Jacqui on jacqui@rathergood.com or 07796 487538.

 

Links:

• 7-piece ska-band 7 Seconds of Love formed three years ago, and gigs around the UK circuit and in Amsterdam . More on at: http://www.7secondsoflove.com  and http://www.myspace.com/7secondsoflove
• Joel Veitch is a musician and animator, who launched cult website Rathergood in 2000. More of his content at: http://www.rathergood.com/   
• Joel Veitch's bio at: http://www.joelveitch.com/

It's gone global! The story of our protest over a Coca Cola advert's close similarity to our 'Ninja' song and video was first taken up by Sky News on Wednesday (3rd Jan) with Joel and Pat live on Sky for a five minute feature.

Since then a number of other UK TV stations have run it, including Channel 4 News and Channel 5. But then our press release was taken up by the Associated Press, and WELL, that's another story! At last count there were over 100 stories world wide, from BBC Online:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6228635.stm

To The Sun:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007000344,00.html

To the Times:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2529810,00.html

To the Metro:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=31408&in_page_id=34

To CNN international:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/03/britain.coke.ap/

(This one features an ancient photo of the band in "wife beater" vests, a very ill-advised fashion choice we do agree, but funny)

To the San Franciso Herald

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/03/entertainment/e140018S22.DTL

to the Washington Post,

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010301262.html

heck even the Akron Farm Report ran the story in Nebraska!

http://www.onelocalnews.com/akronfarmreport/ViewArticle.aspx?id=39593&source=2

I could put the links here but there's just too many, go and check out the google news page:

http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&ncl=1112409537&filter=0

Thanks to everyone for their support!

FIGHT THE POWER!

love

7SOL