By BOBSLAYER
About Bob Slayer
COMEDIAN – PROMOTER – TOUR MANAGER – IDIOT
In the summer of 2008 I went to Edinburgh Fringe telling stories about touring the world with Rock & Roll bands… It went rather well and I have been back every year since, even picking up one or two awards along the way…
Highlights:
• Malcolm Hardee Award Winner @ Edinburgh Fringe (Nominated 2010 & 2011 for Comic Originality).
• Metro Pick of The Fringe (Edinburgh 2010). Bizarre Magazine Top 10 Must-see-shows Edinburgh 2011.
• Sonisphere Festival on 5000 capacity comedy stage.
• Other festivals include Download, Bestival, Offset, Beached, Rosrock(NL) etc
• Performed all over UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Australia…
including The Royal Festival Hall with Stewart Lee, Up The Creek’s 20th Birthday with The Greatest Show on Legs, Bloomsbury Theatre, Leicester Square Theatre etc
• UK Tours with Phil Kay, Jason Rouse, Simon Donald (Viz), Steve O (Jackass) etc
• I grew up in Hereford where I was a Jockey until I got too fat. I went on to be a stunt rider and medieval knight.
• I manage Japanese Rock & Roll band Electric Eel Shock and have toured all over the world with them. Also King of the Chavs MC Devvo.
• I have also toured with acts such as Snoop Dogg, The Bloodhound Gang, Iggy & The Stooges etc. Bruce Dickinson once called me a pervert.
LINKEDIN PROFILE:
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bobslayer
HISTORY / HOW BOB FIRST WENT TO EDINBURGH in 2008:
I used to be a Jockey and then I broke my back… and got fat… It was time to move on
So instead I carved out a career tour managing rock bands around the world…
I became the manager of Japanese Rock band Electric Eel Shock a relationship that is approaching 10 years
I also look after king of the chavs and internet phenomenon MC Devvo
In 2007 I was touring with The Bloodhound Gang, they didn’t like the smoking ban and so they decided to go for a mid gig cigarette break. They thrust me on the stage, with the parting words: “Feel Free to throw stuff at our Tour Manager…” and 2000 Bloodhound Gang fans rained cups, cans and beer at me while I danced around on stage. I could even tell when they were running out of beer because the rain started to taste of wee. After a few gigs I found that the magic words of control: “Do you want to hear what w*nkers the Bloodhound Gang are?”. And they did. That was my first lesson in stand up “make sure you are more entertaining than throwing stuff at a fat bloke”.
In the summer of 2008 I went to Edinburgh Fringe with a show about touring around the world with idiots… It went rather well and I have been back every year since, even picking up one or two awards along the way…
My preparation for Edinburgh Fringe included reading the autobiography of the late great Malcolm Hardee, the godfather of Alternative comedy, I was fascinated by his wayward background prior to comedy…
On October 1st 2009 at the 20th Birthday of Up The Creek, I was asked by Malcolm’s old mate Martin Soan to get naked and join him in the Balloon Dance playing the part of Malcolm Hardee to celebrate 20 years of the club he had started. It was indeed an honour and the comedy equivalent of being asked to stand in for Joey Ramone… Knob Out!
Edinburgh Fringe 2009 I went up with more stories. I found a skanky little Welshman called Miles Lloyd climbing into a skip as he didn’t have anywhere else to sleep. He had gone to Edinburgh on the megabus with £10 and his guitar hoping to find his fortune. He did move in with a stripper and stay in Edinburgh for the next year. So in 2010 I invited the same little Welshman into my show and bullied him on stage for an hour – Surprisingly this got rave reviews and was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality…
Edinburgh Fringe 2011 I took over booking acts at the Hive on Niddry Street under the label Alternative Fringe. We had Phil Kay Kunt & The Gang, John Robertson, Frank Sanazi etc
We caused a bit of a stir with some willy stickers aka “Cockgate” had had an amazing time, including a bunch of 4 and 5 star reviews as well as 3 x award nominees and 2 x award winners (Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt), we will be back bigger in 2012.
Contact Bob: akabobs@gmail.com
PRESS QUOTES FOR BOB SLAYER:
2011
“His brand of insane merriment perfectly encapsulates the Edinburgh mood….” The Spectator
“Almost guaranteed to give you a memorable disaster to add to your Fringe memorabilia, Bob Slayer is the ultimate Off-Off-Fringe performer… He is loveably genial and irresistibly friendly… Slayer is dedicated to entertaining you, his audience. Crazy, shambolic but great fun, shows like this are, for me, a vital part of the Fringe experience. Go on, buy the man a Jaegermeister and have a giggle.” The Scotsman
“Nomination for Comic Originality for going beyond OTT into uncharted areas of comedy excess.” Malcolm Hardee Award
“Hilarious impromptu audience interactions promising a new experience each time… unscripted calamity with plenty of lunacy to keep the audience entertained…” Three Weeks
2010
“I LOVED this show… good-natured bad behaviour by a very funny man who downs pints in a way that makes Jim Jefferies look like Gyles Brandreth.” Kate Copstick in The Scotsman
“An act clearly more drunk than the audience…” Three Weeks
“Anarchic, edgy and incredibly watchable…” The Latest
“Bob Slayer’s gobsmackingly anarchic Punk Rock Chat Show is the pure unadulterated spirit of the true Fringe…” Whatsonstage
“Bob Slayer worked through his paying guests with amazing skill, incredibly rude comedy, outrageous stories and scenes which left us emotionally scarred, yet in fits of laughter…” Three Weeks
“Go and see Fringe stalwart Stewart Lee, rising star Andrew Lawrence and exciting fringe newcomer Bob Slayer…” The Metro Pick of The Fringe
“This is what happens when real rock, comedy and a lot of drink mix together, and it should never be any other way.” Three Weeks
“If you are clinically insane, and by that I mean that you wake up one morning and think that you are actually an onion, then go and see Bob Slayer live…” Jeremy Clarkson
2009
“Full of energy and daring, eager to get amongst the audience…” The New Current
“The Wild Man of Comedy, like Keith Moon” The Malcolm Hardee Awards
“Spontaneous, shocking and purile” Racing Post
““Bob Slayer doesn’t use a safety net. A man too large to have ever been a jockey, walked on stage with seemingly little idea of what he was going to do, fortunately for us a quick chat with the audience inspired a hilarious if somewhat shocking opening rant. The relentless pace of banter, games and off the cuff stories did not let up throughout the 50 minutes and unfettered by a rigid set he could have perhaps gone on for hours? But he suddenly announced that happy hour was about to start in Whistle Binkies up the road and we needed an ending. He asked a man in the front row to punch him in the face, but when the man stood up and towered 6 foot 6 inches he wisely changed his mind and instead attempted to pick up all 22 stone of him in a fireman’s lift. When that turned into a heap on the floor Bob Slayer pulled them both up and rode his new Giant friend around the room to much cheers and happiness. Seeing Bob Slayer is like watching the Sex Pistols only without the guitars. Drinking with him afterwards is a full on after party that confirms there is no off switch for his wonderful madness.” The Student
2008
“Bob Slayer marched all over the line that should not be crossed like a drunken Henry Rollins with tourettes…” Brighton Argus
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