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I have signed up to the premium version of Spotfiy and its great when you get bored of Thrash Metal, they have all sorts on there, so thought I would make a Shed song list
Personal favourites is The Shed by John Williamson, in me shed by the Punks Not dad (of course), and Man in a shed by nick Drake.
if you know any other songs for me to add to my chill out shed songs list then let me know.
I am very please to announce that Punks not Dad are the official band of Shed Week 2009, ok it’s the first time we had such a thing, but after their wonderful song about sheds “IN ME SHED” it would be wrong not to get them involved…
STOP PRESS: IN ME SHED Will be released on Xfist/inmeshed records for Shed Week 2009, you should be able to get it on itunes or somewhere, so buy it when it’s out and get the Dads in the charts!
PUNKS NOT DAD – IN ME SHED – just press the play button…
Remember you can also Star in the IN ME SHED Video, more info here.
ABOUT PUNKS NOT DAD
Punks not Dad are middle-aged masters of anarchy and destruction who nevertheless pay careful adherence to the printed manual during the construction of Ikea furniture. They are the only band that truly speaks for a generation.
Their Album We Are The Dads contains songs about pottering in outhouses (In Me Shed), the ignorance of the medical profession and females in general (Man Flu), The lack of an adequate stock replenishment process in the local Tesco (Sell out) and curry related indigestion (Burn Burn Burn) amongst other important contemporary topics. The track Gaye Advert’s Eyes, an homage to the bass playing 70s punk pin up, has already been described as ‘genius’ by TV Smith and was played on Tom Robinson’s BBC introducing show at some daft hour in the early morning.
Meanwhile, ‘In Me Shed’ has been chosen as official theme song for the ‘Shed of the Year 2009’ awards and proved a big hit on boingboing (whatever new fangled nonsense that is). It is to be released as a single in July.
Punks Not Dad are carefully dismantling the music scene and storing the pieces somewhere safe. After all – as they say themselves – “you never know when it might come in handy”.
So if you are a miserable old scrote and feel disempowered by the bland youth orientated culture served up by the current callow pretenders, remember that – as PND sing in their eponymous album closer – “We’re the baby boomers and there’s more of us!”.
Rally behind them as they issue their battle cry to dads in living rooms everywhere, “reclaim the seats” and join the New Dad’s Army!
They need help and there’s no point in asking those useless lumps they call their sons, so set the radiogram to a reasonable volume, play their music, give them reviews and generally help them become so famous they can insist on the pink bits being taken out of their daily helping of battenburg cake.
You know it makes sense
Bernie MacLaren (manager) Punks Not Dad.
History of PND
Sid Life Crisis (vocals) and Joe Strimmer (bass) knew each other from years of barbecues and Quiz Nights in the local. They wanted to be in a punk band so they approached Johnny Cardigan(guitar) who was Sid’s Brother-in-law because they knew he played guitar in his bedroom. Despite scouring high and low (under the sofa and behind the telly) they couldn’t find a drummer who was also a dad or a dad who was also a drummer until Sid got talking to Adrian Viles in the school playground one day and discovered that not only was his daughter in Sid’s sons class but also that he had a kit somewhere that wasn’t airfix.
It was just in time as they had already foolishly booked a gig the following weekend.
Punks Not Dad met for the first time in January 2008 in Sid’s Shed and though it was tight squeeze they managed to learn a couple of songs and pretend they had learned a few more. They played a gig in Clwb Ifor Bach that very evening. During this first, now legendary, first show Johnny Cardigan found a shield beetle climbing up the neck of his guitar during a particularly tricky solo and Sid discovered he was still wearing gardening gloves a motif he has maintained since in the sadly all too true belief it makes him look like a freakish cross between Michael Jackson and Alvin Stardust.
After a diverse bunch of follow up gigs including a joy riders funeral that turned into a riot and a support to the Sex Pistols Experience Tribute band PND decided they were ready to make an album. In homage to the true D-I-Y spirit of punk they recorded this in another shed (offshore Studios on Albany Rd) on a weekend when they were supposed to be putting down some decking ( still unfinished) and painting some coving in the back bedroom (still unfinished). They however manage to complete their album and the result is We Are The dads (an xfist/in me shed records joint release) out on May 11th.
After the great In Me Shed Punk song last week, it got me thinking I know there are quite a few songs that mention sheds including, Man in a Shed – Nick Drake, Burning Down the Shed, Ain’t no love in the heart of the shed (ok I made the last two up)
also bands Shed 7 took their name from a shed at York railway station, and Irish band theshed are great from their shed.
but how many LP/CD covers have sheds on them?
I could only find a few!
can you help me find some more?
Thanks to Dave for Shack one…
You can view the Official Video for the Official Song official for shed Week here.
Cardiff based punk band Punks Not Dad have written a little ditty about their shed and what they get up to in it, the majority of the lyrics would ring true to many a sheddie and the tune will be a hit with sheddies of a certain age, I am more of a prod rock fan myself, but any songs that’s about sheds I will listen to. So get your ripped readersheds TShirt on and start pogoing. 
PUNKS NOT DAD – IN ME SHED – just press the play button…
In Me Shed
There’s a place where I wanna go be on my own when I’m feeling low Only place that I wanna be – ONLY PLACE WHERE A DAD CAN BE FREE! If you want me – you know where to find me If you need me – you’ll know where to look – I’ll be… In me shed – reading the paper In me shed – stirring up some paint In me shed – sorting out me jam jars In me shed in me shed In me shed – fixing a puncture In me shed – oiling the lawnmower In me shed – having a quiet fag In me shed in me shed in me shed Theres a place where I wanna be – get away from the family Where a bloke can be a bloke put me feet up have a smoke If you want me – you know where to find me If you need me – you’ll know where to look… In me shed – varnishing a picture frame In me shed – mending a toaster In me shed – doing the sudoku In me shed in me shed In me shed – listening to the cricket In me shed – sampling me homebrew In me shed – cleaning a sparkplug In me shed in me shed I’LL BE IN ME SHED! In me shed – looking for the Duraglit In me shed – repotting me tomatoes In me shed – having a quiet nap In me shed in me shed In me shed – got a paraffin heater In me shed – got an old leather sofa In me shed – got a nice bit of carpet In me shed in me shed In me shed – got a Razzle and a Mayfair In me shed – got a handy little workbench In me shed – got a transistor radio In me shed in me shed In me shed – I’ll be readin’ the paper In me shed – and stirrin’ up some paint In me shed – sortin’ out me jam jars In me shed In me shed In me shed In me shed In me shed In me shed IN ME SHED!
Thanks to Cory over at Boing Boing for picking up the shed punk love
One of the sheds guitar hero’s JohnMartyn died today.. in his day had the sweetest voice around, and the from the heart lyrics just added to his bloody great Guitar playing, but a nutter (by all accounts,just finished his autobiography I had for chrimbo) as most people with his addictive passions are.
I was listening to SolidAir this morning, weird and this track kept jumping, maybe as I have listened to it so many times, or maybe something else….. 
of course you can listen to samples of the great man below…..
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