Bob Slayer in Edinburgh 2009

Bob Slayer & Guests – The most chaotic show in Edinburgh
Unplanned Rock & Roll Banter, Stories & Mayhem…
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Bob’s Stand Up in Hong Kong, France & UK

Debauchery in Disneyland (Published In The Fix Mag)

Bob Slayer’s Debauchery in Disneyland
Harry knows that I tour around the world with Japanese rock band Electric Eel Shock and so he set me the task of listing my top 5 most debauched after shows but, like the sixties, if you remember them then you were not really there! So instead here are 5 chronological debauched happenings at one randomly selected gig:

The Bloodhound Gang at The House of Blues in Disneyland, LA.
1. Mickey Mouse Police: Security stopped us on the way into Disneyland and turned the Tour Bus and Truck upside down looking for drugs. Of course there were lots of drugs on board, but they were well out of the reach of sniffer dogs, gaffer taped to the roof! Read more »

Comedy in the Snow – Alpe D’Huez France

Bob Slayer’s Punk Rock Chat Show

I am Bob Slayer – I used to be a Jockey – Then I broke my back – And got fat
I have toured all over the world with Rock Bands such as Electric Eel Shock
I am now touring with Bob Slayer’s Punk Rock Chat Show

I rescued two drunken Slovakian lesbians last night

LESBIANS
Last night on my way home I met two drunken Slovakian lesbians at Bank tube station – They were trying to get back to their hotel in Borough but it being London no one would help them… well it could also have been something to do with the fact that one of them was barking like a dog and snarling at anyone who got near to them… which was a little off putting for most potential providers of assistance… But not for Bob Slayer… Read more »

The C Word
The Unmentionable Swear

Recently I was pontificating upon why we find certain words offensive…
Take for example the unmentionable swear…
If you delve into the origins of the C Word you will find that it’s utterance has not always had such a Taboo attached to it…

It is thought that the C word derives from the old Norse Kunta and the Latin cunnus – meaning both mysterious and wedge – hardly an offensive origin is it? Quite Sweet really. Whereas the more accepted term: Vagina derives from the Latin for a place to sheath one’s sword or ‘Gaping wound’… neither very nice or PC at all…

In olde English the word was as inoffensive as say “Front Bottom” or the beautifully phrased “lady garden” Read more »

My 10 year Journey from Consternation to Inspiration
Or how I will make Daniel Kitson my Wife

The Bride – Bob Slayer

Roughly ten years ago I did my first open-mic comedy gig in my then local pub on Haven Lane in Ealing (for those that are familiar with Ealing, or are of a pedantry nature, I am afraid that I do not recall the name of the pub, but it was the one that didn’t do lock-ins). On the same bill that night was a then newish comic with glasses and a stutter… he was so amazingly good and left such an impression upon me that whilst chatting with him at the bar after the gig I decided ‘what is the fucking point…’ and didn’t do another gig for 9 years. The comic was Daniel Kitson, who at the time had yet to win the Perrier Award and I believe was just making the transfer from open mics to paid gigs.

So I didn’t become a comic and I continued with my job of tour managing rock bands… Now this often involves having to pop onto the stage in order to make the odd announcement. After I fleetingly lost my comedy virginity I increasingly found reasons to get on stage and share with the audience some such ‘important’ piece of information about the evening. After a while I began to announce the acts while I was up there and before long I was regularly acting as MC for gigs all around the world. Read more »

Bob Slayer – You Bastard @ Edinburgh Fringe

Lovin’ You – Electric Eel Shock featuring Joleen Grunberg