Tobe has announced and confirmed the following warm-up gigs

• Tuesday 17th January - Vivaz, Scarborough
• Thursday 19th January - Fibbers, York

Note that the Fibbers gig was originally scheduled for 18th January, the correct date is 19th January.

Check out www.tobyjepson.com for more details

It is with great pleasure that I am talking to the stage again. I know I sounded so final at the end of the last tour, but I burnt out and becoming jaded by the business AGAIN! I have not stopped writing though, and have continued to seek ways to re invent myself although it has proven to be very difficult. It has taken this to re charge my batteries and I have to say that the most unexpected things are often the best things that ever happen to you. I am so thrilled that THUNDER have seen fit to include me in their thoughts when considering bands for support. I will be eternally grateful to Danny and the boys for that, and I hope my re entry can give me a chance to repay them someday. I have always said that the fans, you lot, are the reason that I keep going and it is never truer than now. Your continued words of encouragement even when I was silent have helped keep the fires burning and give me the courage to get back out there and I fully intend to deliver the finest set I can and not disappoint. I will be delighted to see you all on the tour. My very best wishes and deepest thanks.

Tobe Jepson, Scarborough Nov 05

Tobe has just been confirmed as a special guest on the forthcoming Thunder tour in January.

Seems like only yesterday, huh?

Jim Rastell reminisces on the notice board "11 years ago today, July 2nd 1994, still remember everything about the gig, the trip on the coach down to "The Albert" and getting my ear pierced!!! Angels still live on!"

See BBW | Bootlegs for more information on how to get hold of a copy of a bootleg of The Royal Albert Hall farewell gig.

• Live At York Barbican
• Live At Albert Hall
• Live At Corn Exchange
• Little B's
• Live At Nottingham Rock City

Some of you will have noticed that BBW was unavailable from around midnight last night to 1100 this morning, this was as a result of the server platform on which it was being hosted being upgraded.  This means I have some new features available to me to play with, but above all I have over 10 x the amount of space I had before.

So.. I have now uploaded the complete Little Angels - Live At Scarborough Opera House bootleg.

Two more tracks have been uploaded from the Scarborough Opera House 1987 gig for you to dowload, as well as the album art for use by Windows Media Player.  Enjoy!

I know I've been promising this section for a while, but finally it's here. 

By popular demand - see earlier HOTP announcements - the featured bootleg is the earliest live recording of Little Angels that I know to be available, recorded at Scarborough Opera House in 1987.  Three tracks are now available for download in the bootlegs section - ENJOY!

I'd like to also take this opportunity to wish all Little Angels and Toby Jepson fans a very Happy Christmas and 2005.

Best Wishes,

It's been a while since I gave the site any real attention, and so over the next few weeks I intend to get round to making some much needed improvements.  I'll let you know what has changed here, please feel free to send me any ideas you have for improvements or additions, and also let me know what you think of the improvements.

First on my list of frustrations was the way the notice board worked.  Hopefully you like the changes, you can now view messages by month.

Check out the notice board here

Next on the list is to add a proper bootlegs page...

Iain

Download track one "Livin' Up" here. 

Remember to send your feedback! 

Over the next few months I will be uploading a track a week from the Little Angels bootleg that was recorded back in 1987 (yes over 17 years ago!!) at Scarborough Opera House.  The quality varies across the bootleg but is average, you can generally make out the lyrics pretty clearly, it just sounds a bit "harsh".

I have had lots of requests to make this available and have lost count of the number of CD's I've burned for people.

So, what better way to share it than via the website.  And over time I hope to make available all the live bootlegs I've got, I just need to clear some storage space on the web server!

All I ask in return is that you feedback your comments via the notice board.  Ultimately I will be creating a separate section of BBW with bootlegs, bootleg reviews, and feedback.

If anyone has a Little Angels (or related) bootlegs please let me know.  I have no doubt that there are some out there I haven't got or even heard of, and I'd love to trade!

So... onto the Scarborough Opera House bootleg...

Track Listing:

Download track one "Better Than The Rest" here. 

Remember to send your feedback! 

But most of all, enjoy!

Toby Jepson will be performing for the first time since H2002:beached on Sat 11th December 2004 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough at Mojos Music Cafe Night & will be performing new material.

Tickets are priced at #6.50 (with 3 supports all acoustic)and can be bought from the SJT box office (01723) 370540.

Please note that this is an all acoustic show & has very limited tickets (only 100!) & it's a very intimate gig so hurry! over half have sold already.

Any queries to dicko@beached.net

Just a quick note to let everyone know that Lisa gave birth to Alexandra Lauren on Friday 30th July, weighing in at 8lb 4.5 oz.  Both doing really well, and back at home now!

So.. bear with us as Notice Board updates may be delayed by a day or two for a few weeks!!

Iain

Hasn't time flown?

is on tour with Thin Lizzy.  Just thought you might all be interested!

More news and some links to follow... but meanwhile...

Thin Lizzy 2004 are obviously not the same band they once were. Vocals are now taken care of by latter day Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, who handled them surprisingly well (Phil Lynott died in the mid-‘80s). Their 10 songs had the ferocity of a band half their age, with Sykes alternating lead licks with guitarist Scott Gorham — the only member to record most of the songs played during the course of the evening. New recruit Michael Lee was on drums and the former Echo And The Bunnymen/Page And Plant drummer was the deciding factor turning this performance from average to remarkable. And he was remarkable. Lee’s pounding on the skins really upped the intensity level on "Emerald" and "Bad Reputation."  Closing off with a rousing "The Boys Are Back In Town," the quartet exceeded my expectations.

It dawned on me this morning (sat on a train stuck at Woking station if you're interested) that it's been a while since I checked the site over to make sure everything was still current and valid. 

As a result, a number of pages have been updated to reflect the latest news I have.

If you do spot any errors, please let me know!

Iain

Thanks to Nige for sending me an MP3 of my "stage debut" with Toby in Manchester back in March 2002.  Was it really that long ago?

For those who haven't visited Nige's site, check out http://www.jepfans.com

Learning to Rock and Roll... In an interview with the BBC, Bruce Dickinson describes The Little Angels, as "like The Darkness, but without the irony" The BBC journalist goes on to say "He and his friends were signed by a major label at the age of 18. By the time he was 25, however, fashions had changed and it was all over. " Check out the article by clicking here

Source: Thanks to Stu for making me aware of this article via the Noticeboard

Toby's latest album is released via Universal Music Operations Limited in record stores throughout the UK today.

Nice one, Tobe.

In a letter to investors in Jepsongs, Toby eluded that he may be "flexing his creative bone" in the near future.  We can't wait....

Happy Christmas from Iain and Lisa at www.bigbadworld.net

Thanks to everyone who keeps visiting the site, and staying in touch.  It is a constant source of inspiration for me to keep the site going when I hear from you all.  For as long as the interest remains, I'll keep this site going.  We can only hope that one day Toby comes back out of retirement, and who knows the Little Angels get back together if only for one gig!  Hell, every other 80's band is doing it!  Stranger things have happened...

It constantly amazes me how the site goes from strength to strength and serves around 1000 pages per week.  Now, whilst I can't pinpoint exactly how many individual visitors come to the site, if you assume that the average visit by an individual accesses 5 pages (site home page, LA home page, hot off the press, notice board, one other page) then I reckon BBW gets about 200 visits per week.

So.. THANK YOU!

I do still have some material that hasn't made it to the site, and I know there are still pages that say "under construction".  I WILL get round to updating the site.  Since the re-design last year, I still like the current format so I have no plans to change it.

Certainly in 2004 I will be making available a BOOTLEGS page and am currently looking for an easy means of making the bootlegs I have available on-line for download.  If anyone has any ideas (apart from Kazaa) please let me know.

Thanks again for visiting, I hope you'll keep coming back.

Have a great Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.

Buy from www.townsend-records.co.uk and check out http://www.tobyjepson.com

has been updated for the first time in a while, so don't forget to check it out!  From what I can see there is an Update under The Voice, and also some additional information including Toby's personal appraisal of the forthcoming Twisted Rhapsodies release under Music.

Check out http://www.tobyjepson.com

CD1 Twisted Rhapsodies

1 When Love Has Gone

2 Inside Out

3 Viewfinder

4 Cutting Me Down To Size

5 Twisted Rhapsody

6 Million 2 1

7 Crush

8 Weight Of The World

9 Pure

10 Beautiful Mistake

11 Fools Gold

12 Paper Thin

13 When Will We Learn?

14 If My Heart Was Free
 

CD2 - Live At Rock City

1 Breakdown

2 Kicking Up Dust

3 Equal (Some People Are More Equal Than Others)

4 Young Gods

5 Inside Out

6 Forgiveness

7 Don't Prey For Me

8 Radical Your Lover

9 Too Much Too Young

10 Harder All The Time

11 Way That I Live

CD2 - Live In The Studio

12 Sugar Spiderman

13 Get Your Feet On The Ground

14 Firefly

Pre-order from www.townsend-records.co.uk

I've just found this site and It's been a real blast reading all the stuff everyone's contributed.

Reminds me of all those drunken meet and greets that were such a good laugh.

I'm still in touch everyone although I haven't spoken to Toby for a while. I did catch him at Rock City though and thought he was just as good as ever!

Oh well,

When's the reunion tour then?

Grant.

The latest info I have on the release of Toby's final album - recorded live at Rock City, Nottingham - is that it should be out for Christmas.

BBC2 at 10pm on Sunday 21st September

Source: Reported by Nige Crooks on tobyjepsoninfo

Thanks to http://clare_bailey.blogspot.com/ for the clip.  Worth checking this "diary" site out, the owner is clearly an LA fan.  Claire, hope you don't mind me linking to these photos.
 

At long last BBW can announce the imminent release of Toby's final album. The release will be a double album, one CD will be a full live album recorded at Nottingham's Rock City Venue on the tour this time last year, and the second CD will be 14 tracks from various stages in Toby's career post Angels, illustrating his eclectic writing style. There is something for everyone, with many styles of recording demonstrated and we are sure it will enthral, delight and surprise in equal measure. There are also 3 tracks included on the live album recorded absolutely live in the studio, rough mixes only, but chosen by Toby to bookend the two albums.

The album will be called: 'Twisted Rhapsodies' and is the debut release from the newly created record company arm of Townsend Records and will be available through the web site via www.townsendrecords.co.uk  and typing in Toby Jepson in the songwriters search section.
 

Post-Production on the live album is complete now.  No word on a release date but it surely can't be long!

Source: Reported by Nige Crooks on tobyjepsoninfo

Some BBW notice board contributors may have received an email earlier this week from a Mr Purdie complaining that parts of BBW are a rip-off of his own site.  In his own words he says he leached (and will continue to do so) the email addresses from the notice board, well I think leach is an appropriate word.  And the email is nothing more than Spam!

Sadly, this means I've had to spend half of my Sunday morning removing email addresses from the notice board area of BBW, to prevent Purdie spamming more of you.

Of course, I categorically deny that ANY part of BBW is ripped, and would like to think that I acknowledge and credit all contributions made by other fans and publications.  If I have made any oversights in this respect, then please accept my apologies, let me know, and I'll rectify any genuine oversights.

A lot of blood, sweat, and Guinness has gone into the making of BBW, and so it was particularly sad to receive this email from Purdie.  I think Purdie is after some free advertising, so here is a link to his site:

http://www.aopy71.dsl.pipex.com/MusicPage/angels.html

I'll leave you all to judge for yourself who might have ripped what from who!

"TOO BLOODY GOOD TO LAST"

Toby posted the following announcement on www.tobyjepson.com today.

It is with a heavy heart that I announce my immediate withdrawal from the music industry. This may come as a shock to you but I am afraid I have no option. I will try to explain.

As you may have read in the press over the last few months, the industry is under enormous strain, with large and small operators unable to function and going out of business due to the changing landscape.
I have been involved in the music business for almost 16 years and have never seen such a change and it simply means that, with all the best of intentions, someone like me operating at such a low level, cannot find the support within the industry base necessary to sustain a company intent on trying to achieve the things we set out to achieve.

I went into the re-start of my music career with both eyes open, fully aware of the risks and all guns blazing ready to take on the world. Two tours, one EP and a reasonably successful web site later, I find that I am no nearer even the first step to getting to where I need to be. The problems are many, most of it centred on the cost of touring and paying the personnel to do the necessary duties. The crux of the problem is that I have simply not sold enough records to keep the company afloat.
There are many reasons for this, lack of exposure due to the cost of advertising, slow uptake due to the time it took to let the fans know I was back, poor radio/magazine coverage etc, but the fact is that I simply cannot MAKE people buy into me or my stuff.

Our plan after the EP was to seek out a partner to help finance the making of an album, it is a catch 22 situation; without an album my agent won’t put me out on tour as there is nothing to promote and so stimulate interest from the fans, but touring is the only real way I have to generate that interest.
From the very beginning of this project I have scoured every country and virtually every indie and major record label on the planet, in an attempt to find such a partner, but to no avail.

I have always tried to remain level headed and realistic about my position. The fact is that I do know the mechanisms of this business and most of it is hidden from view. The music business is dense and wide reaching, as well as very politically motivated. It takes a variety if things to all come together to stimulate any kind of momentum and I have simply not set those fires alight this time. It would also be naïve to assume that I can do this totally independent of outside help, even though it was always my intention to remain as independent as possible. Even the most independent companies have great distribution, large investment usually from major companies, and a string of other artists to help keep the company coffers turning.

I have championed you the fans and you have been tremendous, coming to the gigs and being so unbelievably supportive, it is something I and the boys in the band will never forget and it is what makes this decision so hard for me.

As a final departing shot, I intend to release a double album of all the tracks that have never seen the light of day, finished masters, demo's etc and also the live stuff from Rock City in July last year, it will be released through Townsend records on-line site, details will be forwarded to you in due course should you feel compelled to buy.

All that remains for me to say is an enormous ‘thank you’ and a heavy hearted ‘we tried’
I sincerely hope you can understand the problems we have had to face and realise what a hard decision it has been for me to take.

Take care,

Toby

On 28th January 2003, Toby told investors in Jepsongs and told of his intentions to cease the pursuit of his solo career via Jepsongs Ltd.  He says "I went into the re-start of my music career with both eyes open, fully aware of the risks and all guns blazing ready to take on the world.  Two tours, one EP, and a successful web site later, I find that I am no nearer even the first step to getting to where I need to be"

Tobe describes the fans as tremendous, and the music industry as fickle.  He still intends to release the live album as promised, as well as the possibility of an album of all the songs he has recorded that have never seen the light of day.  If the latter comes to fruition it will truly be a collectors item.

There will be a general statement on www.tobyjepson.com explaining all sometime during the next few days.

Tobe, on behalf of myself, Lisa, and all visitors to BBW, we wish you the best of luck,

Toby says the following about the forthcoming Live Album "the thing is, we tried to putout an official live album in the Angels days but never really found the right moment, there was the live Bonus material with 'JAM' but it was hastily put together and, I felt, not substantial enough, so this gives me an opportunity to present some live material albeit not with the same band, for the fans.  The show was a real high point on the tour in July and I think every body that was there could see, hear and feel that we were really switched on that night so it was perhaps a little bit of spiritual, karmic circumstance that made us raise our game and get it right on tape.  It shall remain a classic show for ever in my life right up there with Wembley and all the great gigs. I really mean that."

The album will contain around 15 tracks and will be out early 2003.

No more live shows this year though, the acoustic shows that were tentatively scheduled have had to be cancelled due to Mr. Jepson err. falling off a ladder and breaking a finger. 

SITE UPDATES

A couple of the biography pages have been updated and some broken links have been repaired.  Here's a summary of what the band members are up to now.

• Toby Jepson - Managing Director of Jepsongs Limited, solo artist, check out www.tobyjepson.com
• Michael Lee - drummer for Page & Plant (it's been a while since I've heard anything about Mickey)
• Mark "Rich" Richardson - drummer for Feeder
• Mark Plunkett - Ronan Keating's personal manager (it's been a while since I've heard anything about Mark)
• Bruce Dickinson - Managing Director of The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
• Jimmy Dickinson - Keyboard Player in The One Hit Wonders

The Xmas issue of Classic Rock magazine contains a small piece on Bruce Dickinson in a "where is he now?" article.  Bruce tells the magazine he is happy seeing the fruits of his teaching labours appear in bands and on TV.

Oh well.

Out today!

I think everyone is aware that Mark Richardson is now an integral part of Feeder, and the following picture was taken at the recent Q awards.  The guy has changed - if you don't recognise him, Mark is the one on the right!

Toby is still working on the release of live material recorded at Nottingham Rock City on the last tour, and is hard at work behind the scenes.  It was about a year ago to the day that news started breaking here on BBW that the main man was getting back into the music scene ago.  See how the story unfolded here.

WHAT CAN I SAY to all those of you who keep coming back to this site other than thank-you!

Having finally got over the anti-climax of getting back from holiday, I got two ticks earlier this evening to look through the log files for the number of hits, visitors, etc and it looks like BBW has been busy whilst I've been away!!

Here's my highlights...

• Week beginning 28th July, there were 942 page requests recorded!
• Week beginning 18th August there were 4,199 hits recorded!

Cheers!

Toby Jepson "Some People Are More Equal Than Others" on compilation CD

Hard rock musicians from the New Jersey and New York area, recently joined forces to record a song called Bridge Of Faith for a charity CD in aid of 9/11th called "United - We All Come Together" which has been put together in England by journalist Nicky Baldrian.  Bridge Of Faith was written by Jim Santos, guitarist for New Jersey melodic rock band Norway.

Joining Jim are fellow Norway members Glenn Pierson, Marty Brasington, and Joe Slattery, Tradia vocalist Dave Baldwin, solo artists Phil Vincent, Laura Diamond, John Taglieri, Johnny Lima,  Atello's Larry Atello and Paul D'ani, October Baby's Lisa Bouchelle,  Silent Witness' Anthony Fontayne and Glenn Taylor from The Kootz.
 
The CD's which will be released in a series of volumes will feature over a 100 artists from all over the world including James Kottak (Scorpions), Jason Becker (ex David Lee Roth/solo), Brian May (Queen), Mike Chlasiak (Halford), Marty Friedman (ex Megadeth/solo),  Toby Jepson (ex Little Angels), Mikkey Dee ({Motorhead), Kee Marcello  (ex Europe), Doug Aldrich (Dio/Bad Moon Rising/Burning Rain), Mike Matijevic (Steelheart), Jeff Pilson (Dokken), Barry Sparks (Dokken), Yngwie Malmsteen, Andy Curran (ex Coney Hatch) Starz, Ken Tamplin, Carmine Appice (Blue Murder/King Kobra), Mark Boals (Yngwie), Tony O'Hara (Praying Mantis), Andi Deris (Helloween), Doro Pesch, Demon rive, Uli Jon Roth, Pontus Norgren (Talisman),Legs Diamond, Jaime St. James (Black 'N' Blue), Lizzy Borden, Tracy G (Dio), Melodica  (Ted Poley), Mother's Army (Jeff Watson - Nightranger),  Frederiksen/Phillips, Derek St.Holmes (Ted Nugent), Henry Small (Prism) Stormwind, Robin McAuley (MSG), Jaime Kyle, Fiona Flanagan, Stan Bush, Jean Beauvoir (Crown Of Thorns) Lenny Wolf  (Kingdom Come), John Verity, Tony Franklin (Blue Murder/David Coverdale), Jason Hook (Bulletboys), Bobby Messano, Donna Cristy, Tommy Denander (Toto/Radioactive), Phil Nario (24K), WIld Horses, Lynn Allen, Rob Lamothe (Riverdogs), Mark Free (King Kobra/Signal/Unruly Child), Flesh And Blood (Danny Vaughn & Mark Mangold), Paul Nelson (Liege Lord) and many more artists. 

The CD will also include an instrumental piano version of Scorpions mega hit Wind Of Change, a violin version of Journey's mega hit Open Arms, and classic versions of songs orginally performed by David Coverdale (Whitesnake), Poison, Queensryche, Ben E. King, Abba, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Who and Heart.   United will be released in September 2002 through Frontiers/Now &Then Records.

Source: www.nowandthen.co.uk, and also reported by Nige Crooks on tobyjepsoninfo

Mark Richardson News!!

Feeder will release their fourth full album on 21st October 2002 on the Echo Label. 'Comfort In Sound' is the result of prolific work in the studio this year and is regarded by those lucky enough to have heard it as Feeder's best album yet.

'Comfort In Sound' will feature eleven all-new Feeder songs including the first single 'Come Back Around' - released on September 30th. 'Come Back Around' is up-tempo, upbeat and definitely 'rock'. Despite some starkly emotional lyrics that hint at the band's state of mind at the beginning of the year, 'Come Back Around' is an emphatic address: a statement of intent.

Other track titles include 'Forget About Tomorrow', 'Helium', 'Find The Colour', 'Just The Way I'm Feeling', 'Godzilla' and 'Child In You'. A full track listing will be announced shortly. 'Comfort In Sound' was recorded in London this year and produced by Grant Nicholas and Gil Norton, who also worked with Feeder on 'Echo Park'.

Feeder will play their first - and only - shows of 2002 in August. They headline Evening Session stage at The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds and Glasgow Gig On The Green and warm up for these dates in Portsmouth on the 20th August. Full dates follow:

August

Tuesday 20th                Portsmouth Wedgwood Rooms

Friday 23rd                   Carling Weekend: Reading Festival     

Saturday 24th               Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival

Sunday 25th                 Glasgow Gig On The Green

Of the decision to carry on after the January suicide of drummer Jon Lee, singer Grant Nicholas said in Kerrang! (Cover dated 27 July 2002): 'We're carrying on because I think it's what Jon would have wanted.'

'We've come too far, we've got too many fans out there, and there's too many people that have really stuck by us over the years. It just seems tragic to give up now. We're a good band, but we've got a lot more left in us before we call it a day.' Feeder's first major interview of the year appears in full in this week's issue Kerrang!

Mark Richardson, ex-Skunk Anansie, has drummed on the album, and will join Grant and bassist Taka Hirose to play the August dates. He is not, at present a fully-fledged member of Feeder.

Thanks to Richard Evans via tobyjepsoninfo for this news.

Watch this space for news over the next few days as I catch up with what's been going on...

Toby says "It is the beach that has attracted so many people to Scarborough over the years, and it is ultimately the attraction of the H2002 festival.  Where else would symbolise the true meaning of this town? Where else could the modern idea of an event like this somehow seamlessly merge with its surroundings as if it was been 'meant to be' all along? "

Check out http://www.beached.net

Enjoy!

Have you signed up for the Toby Jepson MP3 club yet?  If not... I thoroughly recomend you do. 

Two tracks have been released so far.  The first track was a demo verion of "Inside Out" a track which got the thumbs up on Toby's March 2002 tour.  And the second track a different version of Foregiveness.

Check out http://www.tobyjepson.com for more details

Well, the May 2002 poll results are in and counted, and all I can reveal at the moment is that only 7% of you are correct.

So what does Mr Jepson have to say about The Voice...

Where the rumour came from that I am 'The Voice' I don't know. And you are all miles off with Scott! The identity of the correspondent as a 'secret' was not intended to cause such intrigue, but now there is speculation , I rather like it! This person is, a close friend of mine, in fact known most of my life.

Looks like the identity of The Voice is going to remain a mystery... at least for now!

Goodies include:

• Bootlegs Page (both Little Angels and Toby Jepson) including How to Get Hold of Them!
• An MP3 per quarter - the first track will be a bootleg version of an EXTREMELY early Little Angels track

Watch this space!

If not, here they are:

• 17th Scarborough Murray's Bar
• 18th Bradford Pennington's 2
• 19th Dudley JB's
• 21st Peterborough Metropolis Lounge
• 22nd Bristol Fleece
• 23rd Ashton-Under-Lyne Witchwood
• 25th London Camden Underworld
• 26th Oxford Zodiac
• 27th Nottingham Rock City.

Here's the latest news from my sources in Jepson-ville

• At least two new songs will be debuted on the July tour, one called "Crush"
• Ricky Warwick will be the support act for all the gigs on the tour
• The TBA is likely to be on the south coast, but could change

Suffice to say that the Toby pages are back under development to make way for the news and gig reviews for the July tour as it happens!

Without a shadow of a doubt, I'll be at a couple of the gigs, come and say hello!  I'll let you know which ones later...

Hope you're all enjoying the heat wave we're having today!

Excellent take up so far of this months poll.  At the mid-way point of the month, 54 people had voted, and out in the lead for the man behind The Voice is Scott.  Then Toby.  And then someone else...

Not sure what The Voice is?  Well, shame on you!  Check out Toby's official site at http://www.tobyjepson.com and all will be revealed...

Summer Tour Dates will be announced this Friday.

Thanks to Sheryl from the Toby Jepson chat room for the inspiration for the first poll of 2002. Vote here

A new look for Bruce and Mark - Short hair all round!

A couple of the biography pages have been updated following a good old fashioned trawl through the search engines of the web.  google.com came up trumps with absolute confirmation of previously reported news and - for the first time - some 2002 photos.

For completeness, here's a summary of what the band members are up to now.

• Toby Jepson - Managing Director of Jepsongs Limited, solo artist, just completed first solo tour, check out www.tobyjepson.com
• Michael Lee - drummer for Page & Plant
• Mark "Rich" Richardson - drummer for Feeder
• Mark Plunkett - Ronan Keating's personal manager
• Bruce Dickinson - Managing Director of The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
• Jimmy Dickinson - Keyboard Player in The One Hit Wonders, currently on tour around the UK

Check out the biography pages for full details.

Photo credits: www.bimm.co.uk for the picture of Bruce Dickinson and http://feeder.freeshell.org/index.shtml for the picture of Mark Richardson.

Rumours are breaking that Toby's summer tour will be over the last couple of weeks in July into August...same-ish venues with a couple of exceptions...nothing ROCK solid

According to feederweb, "The band are currently rehearsing material for the new album and recording should commence in the next month or so. Feederweb can report that there is a new vibe but keeping the distinctive Feeder sound... do also look in the Feeder Central area which is full of interviews, web casts and audio streams.."

• Little Angels | Band Profile | Mark Richardson updated!

Source: feederweb and The BBC

Check out One Hit Wonders here.

Source: Nige Crooks

Check out www.ebay.co.uk and search for "Little Angels"

Also, new on BBW today is a link to Richard Evans MSN community that contains a fair few photo's taken from Toby's Nottingham Rock City gig.  Check out Little Angels | Links

Watch this space.

bigbadworld.net presents images from Toby's first tour for over 7 years.

For your copy please send a cheque for £3.00 (to cover costs) or TRADE to me at:

55 Cotswold Close, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9ET

The CD contains a special edition version of bigbadworld.net, and over 100 photo's taken at York, Manchester and Liverpool.

New content added

• bigbadworld.net | Toby Jepson | On Tour updated with photo's from Liverpool

• bigbadworld.net | Toby Jepson | On Tour updated

Gossip from last night:

• Expect another tour to start around about the end of June
• Some time back in Scarborough now for Toby, amongst other things penning some lyrics.

See you all in Liverpool on Sunday!

Gossip from last night:

• Expect another tour in June!

Write up and photos to follow.

For all those interested, please find below some details of radio shows on which Toby will be appearing over the coming week or so:

• Wednesday 27 March @ 11.00am - live phoner on totalrock.com  
• Friday 29 March (Good Friday) 2-3pm interview / acoustic performance on BBC Wiltshire Sound (Swindon).
• Monday 1 April 10pm-1am The Rock Show on Star FM Bristol - interview and acoustic performance.
• The Beat on BBC Midlands - interview and session. Being recorded on Saturday 30 March, broadcast date TBC.

Source: www.tobyjepson.com 

Check out http://www.heavenevents.com/OneHitWonders.htm or listen to a sample of their music  here

Good luck Jimmy!

Source: Nige Crooks

• Added Hot off the Press link to bigbadworld.net | Toby Jepson
• Added Noticeboard link on bigbadworld.net | Toby Jepson
• Picture of VIP pass added to bigbadworld.net | Toby Jepson
• Picture of Little Angels Fan Club membership card added to Hot off the Press page (thanks to Steve a.k.a. Wibbler)

New content added!

• Toby's biography updated on bigbadworld.net |Toby Jepson | About Toby
• Refreshed page updated on bigbadworld.net |Toby Jepson | Refreshed!
• Manchester and York write up's and photo's now online at bigbadworld.net |Toby Jepson | On Tour!

Liverpool Lomax gig re-scheduled due to Toby contracting Laryngitis.

Unfortunately due to illness within the band, we have had to re-schedule the gig for Liverpool from Saturday 16th March to the end of the tour, on Sunday 31st March. Many, many apologies to anyone who has tickets, but of course they will be valid for the new date. We hope this has not caused too much inconvenience to anyone and hope to see you all on the 31st March.

Thanks Tobe for dragging me on stage with you during Too Much Too Young.  Whilst I wouldn't have wished my singing voice on my worst enemy, it was a blast and 5 minutes of my life I won't be forgetting!

Write up and photos to follow as soon as I get home (probably Sunday!)

Gossip from last night:

• More pub & club tours through 2002
• Exciting plans for Christmas, maybe a City Hall tour...

Plus, Mr & Mrs Jepson, and the rest of the Jepson clan, it was a real pleasure meeting you all, and thank-you all for your kind words.  See you again soon!

Write up and photos to follow.

Check out bigbadworld.net | Toby Jepson | Refreshed!

Toby & The Whole Truth page on the Toby Jepson sub-site updated with new images and narrative.

I can remember the first time I came across this site, we were living down south at the time, and a friend of my wife's called to say she had discovered an Angels site, and I should have a look. I wasn't active musically at the time, but was intrigued, so I logged on. I expected to be greeted by an average looking fan site that contained all the basic information. I was wrong! Here was a site that not only looked great and was easy to navigate, but that had obviously been designed by a fan who epitomised the attitude that ALL Angels fans had, DEDICATION!

It is always strange looking at your life laid out in front of you, specifically when it has been interpreted by a stranger, but I was struck by the careful and respectful way Iain had crafted the information, deliberate but cautious, factual but containing just the right amount of 'Fan attitude' and above all it was a tribute that obviously came from the heart.

I liked the way the message board acted as a TRUE fan forum, with not only messages and questions included but also it was a place for those who wanted to trade stuff...I have to say, I have been influenced by this on my own site.

Now we see a new version of bigbadworld, and I'm sure Iain will continue to go from strength to strength. I consider Iain and BBW as one of the direct driving forces that helped me get back on the road, if it hadn't been for this site, maybe I wouldn't have seen just how much I missed the excitement and unbelievable commitment of those who were truly affected by our band and vice versa.

It gives me great pleasure to be associated with BBW and I hope we can work in partnership with each other as a new chapter in this story starts to unfold...

The very best of things BIGBADWORLD and all who visit...

TOBY JEPSON

Scarborough, Feb 2002