Hm.
It being that we have done about 45 gigs in 52 weeks - some of which didn't appear on our listings because it cannot be known that we are still performing lacy burlesque routines for an aging but virile Adolf Hitler in a dung-clotted dug-out somewhere south of Cocking (oh, I went there) - its hard to chose the daddy of these many occasions so I'm just going to post particularly memorable ones:

Winning 'Best Rock/Metal Band Of 2008' at Alton's Lounge Bar with 80% of the vote!

The Onionfest generator debacle - probably one of the most bile-filled performances Carpark ever gave (its run by lovely folk I must add). When the PA went down the mic-less vocals were competing with the full backline. For vocalists out there it was a puking-blood night.
P.S. Whoever posted a video from then with the sun shining, cheers guys and gals but its Alzir, not us, and its about 7 hours early!

Several George (Petersfield) gigs - Breaking the door. A sea of smashed glasses and headbangers. Hot shit you mothers.

Queens Hall in Nuneaton - getting absolutely battered with Geezer Steve of POGO fame. Getting a black eye from the crazy fuck and Jerry saving my life by stopping me drowning in vomit. The image of walking in on Steve fighting Strongbow-induced constipation will haunt me for ever. As will the scented candles. Cheers for that amazing weekend Steve and thanks for saving my life Jerry!

Moles Club's (local) Battle Of The Bands - cheeky Carpark. Could have ooooowned but 3rd place all the same. Love that fucking venue. Its like coming home. A very abusive home that charges for booze but doesn't mind you freaking out in a dingy corner and rolling around nearly naked in broken glass during a solo SIMON BAILEY you grubby tart. Go get a blood test or don't come into my house.

Butserfest - seeing everybody come down off the hill for us and then rucking like troopers. Thank you everyone. You weren't even put off by the over-the-top security (*ahem!* Crown & Cushion and certain others). Carpark tips its hat.

The aaaaawesome Oak - MENTAL crowd surfing, blood and footprints on the ceiling. Guy getting bloodened. Stu Alzir stepping in on bass duties...a memorable occasion sir, I'm sure you'll agree... Our Stoo clocking a drunken squaddie fellow offstage with the bass. Hilarious stuff. Angry, angry man that.

...Day Of Rockening - cheers to the 'Endings chaps for an amazing bit of gig promotion! Carpark acoustic drinking songs in 3 inches mud. Serenading cooking apples and soaked punters with bloody huge pythons and ale only metres away. Hell yes.

Alton Commie BLOODSTOCK Final Gig - Soooo we didn't get to play Bloodstock but cheers for getting us as far as we got everybody. Dudes hanging off the cieling, bundling bodies (Cat - where is that video?!)! Absolutely, far and away the BEST moment of the night and we got to orchestrate it.

Having the awesome Komatoze dudes down from Glasgow. No one biffed in the fireplace but Claire and Harrison's drunken brawling has fast become the stuff of sexy legend!

Can't think of any more right now but I'll ask the dudes.
If you can please post them under this blog. We'd love to recall in tandem.

To all our friends and the bands we have been honoured to rock with this year THANK YOU - here are just a few names of many - if you aren't on it blame the booze
(Nervous Endings, Alzir, Sinuism, Maeia, Raze, Komatoze, Sons Of Merrick, Your Deadline, Bloodshot Dawn, Belligerence, Vallenbrosa, Hurtcore, Breed Apart, Black Skies Dawn, Bucephallus, Saxon Black, Dred, The Spoons/As Gods, I Am Jack, Devil's Blues, Malefice, Tesseract and many, many more)

Happy Christmas peasants,

Mark Carpark