27/11/09
NEWS UPDATE!!
WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO TELL YOU WE HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN BOTH BACK STREET HEROES AND ALSO IN 100% BIKER MAGAZINES THIS MONTH....BOTH PAGES HAVE BEEN SCANNED AND WE HAVE PLACED THE FILES ON OUR MYSPACE SITE...THANKS TO SHAGGY FROM 100% BIKER AND BARABARA ROSSA FROM BACK STREET HEROES WE HAVE BEEN BUSY BOOKING DATES FOR 2010 AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RALLIES BOOKED FOR NEXT YEAR WITH SOME MORE TO BE CONFIRMED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS...IF THERE IS ANYWHERE YOU THINK WE SHOULD PLAY THEN PLEASE LET US OR THE VENUE KNOW AND WE WILL DO OUR UTMOST TO GET THERE RALLIES 2009 (PART TWO) RBLR MUDBATH RALLY THIS IS THE FIRST RALLY WE HAD DONE FOR THE RIDERS BRANCH SO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT....IT WAS A LOCAL RALLY TO US SO THAT WAS A GOOD START...ONCE WE GOT THERE WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A VERY WELL PLANNED OUT RALLY AND WITH THE WEATHER TURNING OUT TO BE EXCELLENT WE LOOKED FORWARD TO PLAYING..... WE WERE FED WELL BY THE RIDERS BRANCH AND TOOK THE STAGE AT ABOUT 9 O CLOCK....STARTED THE SET AND WERE REALLY ENJOYING THE ATMOSPHERE.... WE KICKED INTO AC/DC'S LET THERE BE ROCK AND JUST AS EDDIE GOT TO THE LINE LET THERE BE LIGHT THERE WAS NONE!!!....THE GENERATOR HAD CUT OUT...LUCKILY IT WAS A MINOR ISSUE AND AS SOON AS MARK HAD PUT SOME PETROL IN WE KICKED BACK OFF AND HAD A PARTY!!!...IT GENUINELY WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO US!!!! RBLR NW WE'VE NOT FORGOTTEN RALLY AND SO TO OUR SECOND RALLY FOR THE LEGION....THIS WAS ORGANISED BY OUR GOOD MATE IDDY...WE TRAVELLED UP TO CHORLEY IN LANCASHIRE TO THE LOCAL RUGBY CLUB AND SET UP READY FOR OUR SET.....THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT DATE FOR US TO PLAY AS IT WAS ON THE 6TH OF JUNE...65 YEARS TO THE DAY FROM D-DAY....SO IT REALLY WAS AN HONOUR TO PLAY FOR THESE GUYS.....THE RALLY WAS A STORMER AND OF COURSE FREEBIRD WAS DEDICATED TO EVERYONE WHO HAD SERVED IN THE FORCES BUT ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO HAD NEVER COME BACK....WE WILL NEVER FORGET! M.A.G. FARMYARD PARTY WE WERE BOOKED TO PLAY HERE BY RICK HULSE (NABD CHAIRMAN), THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS WE HAD PLAYED AND WE WERE BOOKED IN THE 100% BIKER MARQUEE....HOWEVER WHEN WE GOT THERE WE FOUND OUT THE MARQUEE HAD BLOWN DOWN DURING THE NIGHT BUT WITH INNOVATION AND SHEER DETERMINATION A REPLACEMENT HAD BEEN ERECTED WHICH WAS A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE ORIGINAL AND WAS THEREFORE DUBBED THE 65% BIKER TENT!!!.....WE WERE OBVIOUSLY A BIT NERVOUS BEFORE GOING ON BUT ONCE WE WERE UP THERE WE GAVE IT ALL WE HAD, A FRIEND OF OURS SAID WE SEEMED TO STEP UP A GEAR THAT NIGHT, THE SIGHT OF LOOKING OUT AND SEEING THE WHOLE MARQUEE CONTAINING 2500 BIKERS DANCING, JUMPING AND SINGING ALONG ALL THE WAY TO THE PEOPLE ON TABLES AT THE BACK WAS ONE I'LL NEVER FORGET...IN FACT RICK TOLD US THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE DANCING OUTSIDE THE MARQUEE THAT COULDN'T GET IN!!!.....WE ARE BACK THERE AND 2010 AND PERSONALLY I CAN'T WAIT!!!! PART 3 TO FOLLOW -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9/10/09
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION EVENT
WE ARE PLAYING THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION IN QUINTON ON OCTOBER THE 16TH....THIS WILL BE A GIG IN SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH LEGION AND ALSO A PERCENTAGE OF THE NIGHTS TAKINGS WILL GO TOWARDS A CONTRIBUTION TO SELLY OAK HOSPITAL....THIS IS WHERE ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL WHO ARE INJURED OR WOUNDED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ARE BROUGHT FOR TREATMENT....THE CONTRIBUTION WILL GO TOWARDS WELCOME HOME PACKS WHICH INCLUDE TOILETRIES ETC.....THAT THEY WILL NEED DURING THEIR TIME AT THE HOSPITAL...... WE ALL SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE... SO PLEASE COME ALONG TO THE BRITISH LEGION ON THIS NIGHT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.... THANK YOU
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WELL WE'RE GETTING BUSIER BY THE DAY, WITH WAY TOO MANY GIGS TO COMMENT ON. ( IF YOU DO WANT ANY ARCHIVED NEWS , JUST CONTACT US AND I'LL PUT THE PIECES ON FOR YOU.)
WE WILL PUT OUR NEXT GIG INFO ON OUR HOME PAGE AND WILL HIGHLIGHT IT IN GIG GUIDE, BUT OUR NEWS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS OR ITEMS OF INTEREST. THIS INFORMATION WILL ALWAYS BE ADDED TO THE NEWS PAGE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
RUBICON WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN SINCE THE START OF US GIGGING WITH OUR NEW LINE UP IN AUGUST2008 ( ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE COME SUCH A LONG WAY IN A SHORT TIME) AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT OUR NEXT GIG.
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9/10/09
WE ARE HONOURED TO BE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PLAY THE 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION RIDERS BRANCH WHICH IS TAKING PLACE ON THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER.....KNOWING HOW THESE GUYS LIKE TO PARTY IT SHOULD BE A CRACKING NIGHT AND A REPORT AND PICS WILL APPEAR ON HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE
AT AUTUMN NABDNESS THE GUITAR WE STARTED RAFFLING AT YOU'VE BEEN NABD WAS FINALLY CLAIMED!!! THIS WAS THE THIRD RAFFLE IT HAD BEEN IN AND RAISED AN EXTRA £650 FOR THIS WORTHY CAUSE...AT THIS EVENT WE ALSO GOT TO MEET CREATURE FAMED FOR HIS DEJA VU ROADSHOW AND ANY SPARE CHANGE RALLY WHICH WE ARE PROUD TO BE PLAYING IN MAY 2010....WE ALSO FINALLY GOT TO SEE STEVIE PLAY AND WHAT ONE BLOKE AND HIS MANDOLIN CAN DO IS HONESTLY JAW DROPPING.
WE ALSO THIS SUMMER GOT PLAY AT POSSIBLY OUR FAVOURITE RALLY FOR THE TRIUMPH OWNERS (BEACONS),
AND ALSO THE WANDERERS WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE RALLY....FULL REPORTS ON THESE TO FOLLOW AND WE ARE LOOKIN FORWARD TO ROCKING THESE AGAIN IN 2010!!!
A BIG THANK YOU MUST ALSO GO OUT TO TANGO AND RUTH AND THE REST OF THE UNWANTED MCC (WHO SEEM TO BE AT VIRTUALLY EVERY RALLY WE PLAY!!!) FOR ALL THEIR HELP IN THE ORGANISATION OF THE HOP AND BARLEY RALLY (NOT FORGETTING THE MAIN MAN DAVID SILBURN OF COURSE). THE ROCK BAR IS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE BEST VENUES WE'VE PLAYED AND MAKES THIS RALLY AN UNMISSABLE EVENT WHICH THIS YEAR RAISED £3000 FOR THE NABD....ALSO THANKS GO OUT TO OUR MATE 2 DAYS NOTICE WHO DID A GREAT SET AND FROM THAT GOT BOOKED BACK FOR 2010 AND ALSO BOOKED FOR A RBLR IN CHORLEY IN 2010!!!!
9/10/09
RALLIES 2009( PART ONE)
WE STARTED OUR RALLY SEASON DOWN IN NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE WHERE WE HEADLINED THE 3B'S 8TH LAST STAND RALLY, WHAT A GREAT BUNCH....FISH ( FISHTAIL PROMOTIONS ) AND GOOD FRIEND ANNIE PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS AND HELPED MAKE THIS A STONKING WEEKEND ENJOYED BY ALL..THE BANDS WERE PLAYING IN A BARN WITH A VERY WELL STOCKED BAR!!!...THE BAND ON BEFORE US WAS A BAND CALLED SPIRAL DIVE....KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THESE GUYS, THEY DO THEIR OWN STUFF AND WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THEIR MATERIAL. WE WENT ON ABOUT 10 AND STRAIGHT AWAY WE HAD THEM UP AND BOUNCING ABOUT (JUST AS WELL CAUSE IT WAS BLOODY FREEZING BY THIS POINT).....AND THEY STAYED UP UNTIL THE VERY LAST SONG.....HAVE TO SAY THE BEST DANCER HAD TO BE RUSS PAGE (ROCK DJ) WHO WAS BOPPING AROUND IN HIS WHEELCHAIR......WE ARE BOOKED BACK FOR THIS ONE IN 2010 SO COME ALONG AND PARTY WITH THE 3B'S AND OF COURSE US!!!!!
THE NEXT RALLY WAS THE BBAT RALLY IN MID WALES.....THIS ONE IS ORGANISED BY A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS ANDY (MAGPIE).....WE WERE HEADLINING THIS ONE TOO AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES THERE....WENT ON ABOUT 10 AND WE ROCKED THE PLACE.....BARRY GWILLIAM WAS STANDING IN FOR THIS ONE AND AS ALWAYS HE PLAYED HIS SOCKS OFF.....PLAYED FOR AROUND 2 HOURS AND WAS THEN APPROACHED BY SHAGGY FROM 100% BIKER MAGAZINE TO PLAY AT A RALLY HE HAD ORGANISED...MORE ON THAT LATER!!!...WE ARE ALSO BOOKED BACK FOR THIS ONE IN 2010....SEE YOU THERE!!!!
THEN BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALL READY FOR THE FIRST OF THE N.A.B.D. RALLIES FOR 2009...THE NATIONAL!!!....WE WERE BOOKED TO HEADLINE THE FAMILY TENT ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT.....FIRST BAND ON STAGE WERE CALLED BLUE ORIGIN...A TALENTED GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS WHO DESPITE THE LOSS OF A GUITARIST THE WEEK BEFORE PLAYED THEY'RE HEARTS OUT AND WON THE CROWD OVER.....NEXT ON WERE STEAMING ON STELLA, A QUALITY PUNK COVERS BAND FROM STOKE....THEY REALLY HAD THE MARQUEE BOUNCING AND GAVE US SOMETHING TO FOLLOW!!!!.....WE CAM E ON (ONCE AGAIN WITH BARRY), AND KICKED INTO TOP GEAR FROM THE OFF.....AT ONE POINT WHEN I LOOKED UP THERE WERE 2,500 PEOPLE DANCING FROM THE FRONT TO THE PEOPLE ON TABLES AT THE BACK!!!...A SIGHT I WILL NEVER FORGET!!!....WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US THERE NEXT YEAR!!!
PART TWO COMING SOON
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24/9/09
APOLOGIES FOR LACK OF UPDATES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BUT BE ASSURED WE ARE NOW BACK ON IT.
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7/06/09
JUST GOT BACK FROM THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION RIDERS NW RALLY IN LANCASHIRE , WHAT A CRACKING RALLY AND OBVIOUSLY TO PLAY TO THESE PEOPLE ON THE 6TH OF JUNE WAS AN HONOUR FOR THE BAND. EVERY ONE OF THESE IS A HERO AND SHOULD GET ALL THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE FOR WHAT THEY DID WHILST IN SERVICE AND ALSO FOR THEIR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES SINCE. RUBICON ARE PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ORGANISATION AND WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT RALLY WITH THEM IN SEPTEMBER----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6/06/09
AFTER AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WE HAVE OUR NEW DRUMMER....WE HOPE YOU GIVE A BIG WELCOME TO MIKE YORKE, MIKE HAS PLAYED WITH THE BAND BEFORE AS A STAND IN ON A FEW GIGS BUT NOW THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR HIM TO JOIN THE BAND ON A FULL TIME BASIS. HIS FIRST GIG WITH US WAS AT THE BUGSPLATZ RALLY IN SHROPSHIRE AT THE END OF MAY AND AFTER ONLY ONE REHEARSAL WITH HIM HE DID US PROUD AND WE PLAYED A VIRTUALLY FULL SET. MIKE IS AN INCREDIBLE DRUMMER AND WITH HIM IN PLACE WE HOPE TO TAKE RUBICON TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS!!
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02/05/09 WE HAVE JUST PLAYED THE B.B.A.T. RALLY, MID WALES.... AND WHAT CAN WE SAY.... IT WAS A CRACKING NIGHT, OUT IN A BARN, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AS LOUD AS YOU LIKE, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE... THE SOUND IN THAT BARN WAS AMAZING.. AND THE CROWD WERE GREAT, WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU LIKED WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU ANDY FOR ASKING US TO PLAY, WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK THERE IN SEPTEMBER....
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24/04/09
DUE
TO TRANSPORT ISSUES, RUBICON HAS HAD TO BID FAREWELL TO AUSTEN.
BUT
NEVER FEAR, A CAPED CRUSADER IN THE FORM OF BARRY GWILLIAM CAME
TO
OUR RESCUE, HELPING OUT WHILST WE BRING RUBICON'S DRUMMER UP TO SPEED.
BARRY IS A LEGEND LOCALLY, AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
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12/04/09
AS
YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE'VE JUST COMPLETED THE N.A.B.D
FUNDRAISER AT "THE RAILWAY" LYE. IT WAS A STAGGERING SUCCESS.
THE
TWO OTHER BANDS, " 2 DAYS NOTICE" AND "FIRST OFFENCE" WERE
BRILLIANT. THE N.A.B.D. REPS WORKED THEIR SOCKS OFF. AND SHANE AND
MO
AND THE REST OF THE STAFF NEVER STOPPED ALL DAY....
RESULTING IN A MASSIVE £502.89 BEING RAISED FOR N.A.B.D.....THANK YOU
ALL
FOR LETTING US TAKE PART IN SUCH A GREAT DAY.
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12/04/09
WE'VE JUST COME BACK FROM THE 3B'S RALLY NEWBURY.... WHAT A NIGHT... BIG
THANKS GO TO
ANNIE AND FISH AND THE REST OF THE TEAM THERE FOR A FANTASTICALLY ORGANISED
EVENT... WE HAD
A
BALL. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS BOUNCING ABOUT DURING OUR SET. IT'S
GOOD TO HEAR THAT
YOU
ALL ENJOYED IT.
RESPECTS TO YOU ALL.....RIDE SAFE... AND SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR.....
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14/03/09
WE'VE JUST PLAYED THE SHOBNAL CLUB FOR "UNWANTED MCC" AND HAD A BALL.
CHEERS TO TANGO, RUTH AND THE CREW FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY. THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR
A
GREAT NIGHT AS ALWAYS. WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS.
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WE KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING!!! HOW DO
THESE GUYS MANAGE TO STAY SO YOUNG LOOKING,
ENERGETIC, ATTRACTIVE, SMART AND
HUMOROUS, WITH SUCH A BUSY GIG GUIDE? WE GIVE YOU THE
ANSWER IN 2 NAMES
AND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19/10/08 THE BIG ONE WAS THE ROADHOUSE N.A.B.D. FUNDRAISER AT THE ROADHOUSE ON THE 19TH OCTOBER 2008. AND WHAT CAN WE SAY. THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE ROADHOUSE VENUE, THE BORING OLD FARTS MCC AND THE N.A.B.D. REPS. A TOTAL OF £380 WAS RAISED ON THE NIGHT. YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY FOR THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE IS COMMENDABLE. RUBICON
CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH.
