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\"\"<\/a>\u201cWell we used to say to our mother when she asked how long can you keep doing this? We always just said five years we reckon and then we\u2019ll do something else, forty years later *laughs* what else are we gonna do?\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: It has been a huge start to 2018 for The Angels. They kicked off the year with a series of sell-out shows on the coveted Red Hot Summer Tour, and are currently in the middle of a highly anticipated national tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal album Face To Face. Now, by popular demand, The Angels are announcing the Face II Face tour \u2013 a second run of dates in the latter half of the year. To mark these tours, they have completely re-recorded a 2018 version of the album, both studio and live, including an extended version of Take A Long Line.<\/p>\n

At home in Tassie, we gave Rick Brewster a call to talk about The Angels hitting the road again celebrating the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of \u2018Face To Face\u2019, re-recording the album, the album connecting the way it did, the future, and so much more\u2026.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re out on the road again in support of the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of \u2018Face to Face\u2019, how have these shows been shaping up so far and are you changing it up a little for the second run?<\/strong>
\nNo not really, I mean it remains to be seen we may do some different songs in the second set but the whole thing is about playing the \u2018Face To Face\u2019 album is that takes up the whole first set, then we take a break and come back on with some more.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve also released a re-recorded version of it, what was it like going back into the studio and putting these tracks down again?<\/strong>
\nFantastic, in the studio it took us two days to do the whole album, it was a bit different from forty years ago when we originally did it, we took the best part of a year but this time there were no arguments, we had all the arguments forty years ago.<\/p>\n

Were there any tricks you used first time around that you used once again when recording it forty years later?<\/strong>
\nNot really, no, we just really we just played it in the studio the same way we play it live and obviously over forty years there are going to be a few changes that happen naturally just as songs evolve, you play something one night that\u2019s a bit different from the original and everyone says that sounds good let\u2019s keep it in and there are a few of those little changes, \u2018Take A Long Line\u2019 we extended the middle section and repeated the solo at the end, that\u2019s probably the most obvious change.<\/p>\n

What do you think it is about that album that just connected with people and became so big for the band?<\/strong>
\nA lot of thing, I mean John and I have said for years it\u2019s all about the songs, it\u2019s not the band, the line-up, really it\u2019s the songs that\u2019s what people go away with and play in their homes or their backyard barbeques and whatever, and they\u2019re the things that have stood the test of time, we just happen to be the guys that are still out there playing them.<\/p>\n

Especially when you have a song like \u2018Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again\u2019, it\u2019s become almost like an Aussie anthem\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, we have to play that song these days or they\u2019ll kill us *laughs*<\/p>\n

Obviously Dave has been in the band for a long time now, what did he bring to the recording of the album, was it fun making this album with him?<\/strong>
\nYeah it\u2019s great, we\u2019ve done a couple of studio albums with Dave over the last five years which have been great fun, he\u2019s gotten right in there and involved with lyric writing as well, but doing the \u2018Face To Face\u2019 album it was so easy I mean he did his vocals I think in two hours the whole album, just bang, bang, bang and thanks very much gotta go, see ya! *laughs*<\/p>\n

It seems like you\u2019re busier now more than ever, how is it being in The Angels in 2018?
\n<\/strong>I\u2019m loving it, it\u2019s as good or better than it ever was. It\u2019s like not we\u2019re married to it, we don\u2019t play seven night a week like we used to, we don\u2019t go on tour for two months and mot see our families, it\u2019s a good life we go out on usually a Friday and Saturday night, come home and get into what we do there. I\u2019m building my first guitar at the moment, and as far as playing goes it\u2019s just like it always was, playing those songs we never get sick of it.<\/p>\n

Tell us more about the guitar, is this for you or for a series?
\n<\/strong>No its for me, yeah something I\u2019ve always wanted to do but this this year I decided I would actually tackle it, I\u2019ve had some really good help from a couple of guitar builders who just tell me where I\u2019m going wrong, where I\u2019m going right, what I should do. YouTube these days is fantastic for anyone who wants to do anything, you can just look it up on a tutorial and so I\u2019ve studied those but I\u2019m building a guitar I want to play on stage. I\u2019d be amazed if it\u2019s not happened by the next tour, I\u2019m about three quarters of the way through building it, all the wood work is done, just gotta do the lacquering now and assemble it.<\/p>\n

Your book has been out now a year, how has everything been since its release?<\/strong>
\nOh good, it got a really good response I think Bob Yates did a fantastic good job writing it, he\u2019s been a friend since the late 70\u2019s we came across him he was managing Mi-Sex at the time and so he was around for a lot of the early days and he\u2019s kept in touch over the years, he was the ideal person to write that book. It\u2019s interesting there\u2019s stuff in it I didn\u2019t know, Bob\u2019s researched it, he\u2019s got in touch with old roadies, people in record companies, agents and promoters and got their stories which are always completely different from the band stories.<\/p>\n

Over the years it\u2019s easy to say what\u2019s changed but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same about The Angels after all this time?
\n<\/strong>I still stand still *laughs* I still hide behind my dark glasses *laughs*.<\/p>\n

Did you ever think after forty four years you\u2019d still be out there rockin\u2019?
\n<\/strong>Well we used to say to our mother when she asked how long can you keep doing this? We always just said five years we reckon and then we\u2019ll do something else, forty years later *laughs* what else are we gonna do?<\/p>\n

What\u2019s in the pipeline for the band?
\n<\/strong>Well we\u2019ve got Red Hot Summer tour early next year, next February with a line-up of six or seven acts, they\u2019re really good days. We\u2019re doing pretty much the same line-up that we did early this year but going to different places with Suzi Quatro and Baby Animals and Screaming Jets which is interesting to see Dave in Screaming Jets then he puts on the shirt and tie to play with us *laughs*. We\u2019ve just done a show in Adelaide with the Adelaide symphony orchestra and a forty piece choir which was an amazing show, we filmed it and recorded it and we\u2019re really hoping to do that again somewhere else next year, and we\u2019re looking at doing the same thing with the \u2018No Exit\u2019 album which is the one after \u2018Face To Face\u2019 and it was released forty years ago next year. So we may do the same thing.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me by the end of 2018 The Angels want to?
\n<\/strong>The Angels will be ready for a Christmas break before we start, this is hard, I need to think about this, The Angels will take a break, recollect our thoughts and get ready for recording both a new album and the \u2018No Exit\u2019 album. Actually we\u2019re half way through recording a new album and we\u2019re hoping to release that next year as well. It\u2019s a gradual process these days we just chip away at it in our own time and when we\u2019re all in one place we get in a studio and do some recording. It\u2019s going to be a big year for us next year.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t miss The Angels Face II Face 40 Years On \u2013 Take A Long Line \u2013 Recharged in 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n

Friday 5th October 2018<\/strong> Aussie World, PALMVIEW QLD www.aussieworld.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 6th October 2018<\/strong> Beach House Hotel, HERVEY BAY QLD www.beachhousehotel.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 12th October 2018<\/strong> Gosnells Hotel, PERTH WA www.gosnellshotel.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 19th October 2018<\/strong> Calamvale Hotel, CALAMVALE QLD www.thecalamvalehotel.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 20th October 2018<\/strong> Alexandra Hills Hotel, ALEXANDRA HILLS QLD www.alexandrahillshotel.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 26th October 2018<\/strong> Commercial Hotel, SOUTH MORANG VIC www.commercialsouthmorang.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 27th October 2018<\/strong> Macs Hotel, MELTON VIC www.macshotel.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 2nd November 2018<\/strong> RSL Southport, SOUTHPORT QLD www.rslclubsouthport.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 3rd November 2018<\/strong> Norths Leagues, KALLANGUR QLD www.northsleagues.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 9th November 2018<\/strong> Dee Why RSL, DEE WHY NSW www.deewhyrsl.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 10th November 2018<\/strong> Wenty Leagues, WENTWORTHVILLE NSW www.wentyleagues.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 16th November 2018<\/strong> The Gov, HINDMARSH SA www.thegov.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 17th November 2018<\/strong> The Gov, HINDMARSH SA www.thegov.com.au<\/a>
\nFriday 23rd November 2018<\/strong> Country Club Hotel, SHOAL BAY NSW www.shoalbaycountryclub.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 24th November 2018<\/strong> Doyalson RSL, DOYALSON NSW www.doylo.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Australia<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong> Rick Brewster – lead guitar, vocals, John Brewster – rhythm guitar, vocals, Dave Gleeson – lead vocals, Nick Norton – drums, vocals, Sam Brewster – bass<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.theangels.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> Face To Face Recharged (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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