you know youre addicted to TLE when...

[TLEROCK_07]

a thread to list causes of TLE addiction
eg you know youre addicted to TLE when family/freinds are sick of it

[Caity]

You know you're addicted to TLE when ...
... your mum emails you in the middle of the day to tell you when TLE are on ...
... your mum emails you when you're across the other side of the world to tell you about TLE being interviewed on the local radio station ...
(okay that's sounding like my mum is obsessed - also true)
... (speaking for a few people here) you fly to another city / state / country to see the boys play ...
... your friends roll their eyes when you ask if you can put TLE on the CD player / iPod ...
... your friends and family are trained to tell you when they see something relating to TLE ...

... more to come!

[Colezy]

When people at your work sing White Noise/other TLE song just cos they know it'll make you smile.

When you have a whole shelf/box/room dedicated to the band.

When you somehow manage to relate a normal, non-music or band related conversation to TLE or at least throw the band name into the sentence and still manage to make a valid point.



I think of more later.

[Ben reed]

when you're on the tram on the way to the city for school at 7:30 am and your mum calls you to say that tle are on sunrise and asked how im gonna be able to watch it
:)

[TLEROCK_07]

or when your 3 1/2 year old cousin comes up to you saying "riot riot" meaning they want you to put on West End Riot

[mel_bound]

when you have... refer to signature for amount of pictures.

Need to go get some from recent, I've been lazeyyyyyyy!

[Ben reed]

holy shat!

[Kristen]

When you mention TLE in a job interview.

(I got that job BTW)

[Colezy]

I once mentioned TLE in my resume. I wish I could remember what it said!

[mattheal]

when you can play nearly every song that they have released on guitar.

when they make up the largest portion of your music collection,

when you have 28+ versions of the same song, and that doesn bother you in the slightest

[TLEROCK_07]

when you beg your parent/s to let you use ebay to buy a single

[Caity]

... when 1/4 of your music collection is TLE ...
... when most of your online shopping is done on their online store / Fist2Face ...
... when you have 8 & counting TLE shirts ...
... when your friends call you to ask some random piece of information about the band ...
... when the band & manager know you by name ...

[mattheal]

when you will happily buy multiple copies of the same album for one extra track

[Deadcat Kaye]

when you travel...by any means... to a different state just to see the band play a 40 minute set of the same songs

[Colezy]

You know you're addicted to TLE when you can think of things to post in this thread :p

[Ben reed]

haha smart one;)

[Mogle]

When you can name every TLE song within the first 5 seconds of the song

[Amur]

When you can name every TLE song within the first 5 seconds of the song
even within first 1,4 seconds! that's how I answered on facebook test :laugh:
pity it had non-tle songs (by the band called the same) so I screwed up on 10th :sleep:

[Amur]

+ when deciding what to put on the cupboard - amp+turntable or huge framed TLE poster you're choosing frame, leaving all other shit on the floor.
(that's not how I did but I'm still wondering what to do with my lovely poster when I'll buy amp!!!)

[isabele6120]

...

when you have 28+ versions of the same song, and that doesn bother you in the slightest

that one, aaand the other four things you've said haha

everything i was thinking



:)

[isabele6120]

when your mum acknowledges herself, that they mean everything to you, and gets you a fake ID so you can go to their 18+ gigs

[Fritz]

when you search youtube and flickr every single day for new stuff..

[Amur]

when you search youtube and flickr every single day for new stuff..
and when you search google once a week going all the time through these dick cheney pics :blink:

[Neo]

when the forum is your home page :p

[Sarah]

...you recognise the item photos of the gay movie, the football movie with the guy from Serenity, the book by Lisa Sampson and that freaking torg thing on Ebay as "irrelevant" instantly.

...your boyfriends friends send you messages to remind you when TLE are on the radio/tv.

...not having the day off for a TLE show isn't an option even if it costs you your job.

...2 out of your 3 Myspace pages are on the band

...you have to sign into the forums every day

[Kacky]

when your mum acknowledges herself, that they mean everything to you, and gets you a fake ID so you can go to their 18+ gigs

My mom was going to do that for me for the G'Day Toronto gig in February 2007, but a snow storm ruined my/our plans. :angry:

[TLEROCK_07]

boooo you know your addicted to TLE when... all your CDs get scratched from overplaying

[mattheal]

when your parents will actually sit through an album/song of TLE just to shut you up for a while, even though they hate modern music and everything that goes with it

[Neo]

when they show up in your dreams!

[Kacky]

Haha, has happened to me plenty of times.

[Colezy]

You know you're addicted when you post a new thread about the Raise The Alarm video, even though you know you're late to a funeral. And then you go and post about it in this thread, making you even more late :rolleyes:

:p

[Jonnno]

thats the most heartless thing i've ever read

[paulvroc]

You know you're addicted when you post a new thread about the Raise The Alarm video, even though you know you're late to a funeral. And then you go and post about it in this thread, making you even more late :rolleyes:

:p

hahahaha kudos!
lifes about doing what makes you happy, not about going to depressing ceremonies for people who no longer have one.
not saying you did the right thing, but i respect the choice :)

you know you're addicted to TLE when 3 different people ask you if you'd turn for Chris Cheney....

[The Dying Start]

When you've met half the regs on the forums in real lyfe, and other non-regs come up to you and say "OMG! You're from the internet!!!"

[WHITE FALCON]

when they show up in your dreams!

hahah i played cricket with Chris, Scott and Andy last night :p:happy:

[Colezy]

Just for the record, I was on time for the funeral, just late meeting two friends before it.

[Neo]

hahah i played cricket with Chris, Scott and Andy last night :p:happy:

how is that possible, they were at my house last night! :laugh: and I joined them on stage for a few songs LAWL how random :ermm:

[All_torn_down16]

When you read this whole thread and discover most of it applies to you!

When you see an article/photo of TLE and instantly think, I must put that on the forum (which reminds me I have an article to scan and put on here haha).

[Big J.G]

When you have burnt CD's for your friends and chucked half a dozen TLE songs in the mix.
When you buy TLE songs on iTunes dozens of times just so it can get a good chart rating (it failed with Moment In The Sun).

[Craigels]

When you know all the lyrics to all their songs.
When you can't go more that 24 hours without doing something TLE related.

[TLEROCK_07]

or when you turn it up full blast with your bedroom door open.

[Sarah]

When you buy TLE songs on iTunes dozens of times just so it can get a good chart rating (it failed with Moment In The Sun).

haha, yeah, or when you pre-order a whole box of one single :p



...when you're driving home from work and you misread one of the lines the big 'coming soon' sign at the DEC as TLE and nearly crash the car (hehe)

[Colezy]

Haha, when was that Sarah?



When you drive around Melbourne and can make out TLE references with the number plates on other peoples cars by holding your hand in front of you so that it blocks part of the letters/numbers.

That wont make any sense to the people not involved/don't know about it!

[Colezy]

Oh and when you do what we did after a certain gig in a certain state one particular night.

Again - that's not going to make any sense to the people are not involved/don't know about it!

[Sarah]

haha, that was today on the way home...it says Living, but not TLE :p My brain was like 'The Living End, yep cool they're here for MS, wait, that's not at the DEC, awesome they're doing a headline show down here...and at the DEC (which is huge for those who don't know)!!!!...oh road....oh, it's not TLE...bugger'

[Colezy]

Hahaha :p Sounds like something I'd do!

[Neo]

when you freak out every time you see a show on tv called the living edens in the tv guide and even though you know what it is, you double check every time. :laugh:

[Caity]

ME TOO!!

Bahahaha.

[paulvroc]

[QUOTE=Big J.G;213543]When you have burnt CD's for your friends and chucked half a dozen TLE songs in the mix.
QUOTE]

haha
i refuse
and make them buy the albums :)

[Big J.G]

dude, you have no idea how much my friends would laugh if you told them to buy the album.

They don't have any respect for any musician.

But if you chuck tle songs in the mix of a burnt cd, they ask "Who sings this song? I like it!"

And that makes me feel like I've accomplished something.

[Amur]

dude, you have no idea how much my friends would laugh if you told them to buy the album.

They don't have any respect for any musician.

But if you chuck tle songs in the mix of a burnt cd, they ask "Who sings this song? I like it!"
And that makes me feel like I've accomplished something.
but what usually happens after? when I reply, they say "ahh, TLE. oh well, not that bad then. I don't really like them, though." :wassat:
most people refuse to admit that they liked band that I'm obsessed with! :sleep:
even my boyfried talks about them less than before(when we were so glad we're both TLE fans!), just because it excites me too much and I can't stop conversation =)

[Big J.G]

But if they like the song, thats going somewhere.

I made a burnt CD for work, and I chucked in Waiting For The Silence on it, a Co Worker took that CD and put the song on his iPod. He's like "Whats that Living End song on your CD? I like it!".

[Deadcat Kaye]

When you can see yourself on video in a TLE moshpit.

I think i'm in 3 or 4 clips now.

[drifta_21]

-The mp3 you won because of TLE makes up 1/4th of its space with songs and videos from one band
-You're bothered enough to listen to the radio for 4 hours straight to win tickets
-You force a friend to pay $65 for an unsigned wall poster and swap it with a signed A2 poster by an American band
-You shamlessly admit on TV that you want one of their babies
-You're willing to save up $130 to buy a polo just because Chris wore one (I fail big time on this one, and someone better know what I'm talking about)

[Amur]

-You're willing to save up $130 to buy a polo just because Chris wore one (I fail big time on this one, and someone better know what I'm talking about)
if you're talking about fred perry ones then my bf found 3 different polos in second hand shop for less than 2$ :p I haven't ever visited second hand but it's pretty good find! as well as heaps of ben sherman shirts etc :pinch:

[Sarah]

-You're willing to save up $130 to buy a polo just because Chris wore one (I fail big time on this one, and someone better know what I'm talking about)

have you had a look on ebay for one?

*you acurately dress up as Chris, Scott and Trav (with matching cardboard instruments) to win a trip to one of their shows.

[Erin]

oh, RE looking like TLE...i wanna know where i can get chris' neck scarf, the skull one :)

*When you enter competitions for other band merch...you mention TLE.

i got a kisschasy DVD for it :D

*Everyone you know knows about your obsession, and encourages it
*You run out of space on your wall for posters + articles, so you start filling the inside of your wardrobe
*Willing to write a poem from scratch in order to get a TLE poster from someone
*when you buy a TLE CD with money that was only given to you for buying clothes.
*When teachers know about your obsession with them and tell stories about them (well, one so far...though another one is a big fan :))

[drifta_21]

have you had a look on ebay for one?

Yep, saw em there but I don't know anyone right now who has a Paypal account lol, but my dad's gonna get one soon. I bought a money tin just for the top, and right now there's $6.20 inside. Still haven't decided which colour though.

P.S. Yana - NOO!!!!!!!! I tried looking for one at a 2nd hand store, but to no avail.

[Big J.G]

*Everyone you know knows about your obsession, and are sick of it

that would be a more clearer picture in my case. I had a friend of mine hook me up with someone who likes the living end very much, but I out shined them and even they were freaked of my obsession.

[strahanie]

When their manager sends you an email meant for the band :D

[Ben reed]

THATS SO COOL
what did it say?

[drifta_21]

Wait wha?
Awesome. That is some random and crazy shiz.

[strahanie]

Well my surname is very simmilar to Andys, so it was a slip when adding names to email :p

[drifta_21]

Ahh touche. Well played, but yes...announcing it means that she'll do her best to not make the same mistake twice.

[strahanie]

Im nice enough that i let her know

[drifta_21]

Good sport. For this, you win an E-cookie. lol

[Ben reed]

i still wanna know what the email said
please tell?

[strahanie]

Well thank you kind sir, i knew the good deed wouldnt go unrewarded :p

[Kacky]

Ah, some of you are so nosy. >_<

[The Dying Start]

It was probably a nothing email. "Andy, I picked you up a 3pack cotton briefs from target, gimme the $10 at practice on Tuesday. Cheers."

[Big J.G]

An email just for that? Wow.

[Kacky]

Haha, Glenn, you make me laugh.

[strahanie]

Everyone likes new underpants, specially after that fourth wear :laugh:

[Neo]

...when people you don't even know, know how much you love them hahaha :p

[Kacky]

...when your mom wants to see them live with you again, and bring them beer. :p

[wizard_23]

when people call you up really excited because they see a TLE gig (that you already know about of course!) advertised! It's still nice that they let you know though!

[Big J.G]

When you told your religious father that TLE are your religion.

[The Dying Start]

Boobies are my religion.

[Kacky]

Glenn oh Glenn, why aren't we surprised?

[Colezy]

Glenn is my religion :p

[Kacky]

Nicole is my religion. Right Nicole? I wish upon you for goods that I can't get in Canada. :p

[MODERNART.illery]

tried ebay..?

[Colezy]

So true, so true! :p

ebay wont provide what I can for her :p

[MODERNART.illery]

yeah..there's heaps of random tle stuff on there. :p

[Kacky]

ebay wont provide what I can for her :p

Exactly! I wouldn't have obtained some certain goods if it weren't for you!

[MODERNART.illery]

oh, yeahhhh..


-herpes
-ghonnorhea
-genital warts...

[Big J.G]

Don't forget the Aids.

[Big J.G]

When your pin code for work is TLE

[Absolution]

Lol, I had my school network login as the runawayboys for a while last year. :laugh:

[Big J.G]

I had many, many TLE refferences for my school password. I changed it often, the longest one was staringatthelight3000

[The Dying Start]

When you're going to the BDO in 42+ degree weather to see the bastards play.

...and when you're driving 4 hours in the car in 41+ degree weather in order to even get to the BDO!

[All_torn_down16]

I thought 39 was going to be a bad temp. for the BDO, but now 42, argh! At least we're proving we'll go through a lot to see them!

[Deadcat Kaye]

It's hats off to the band/s that play too....playing in that heat...fark
I wouldn't be surprised if a few bands cut their sets short.

That's gonna be a hella tough day for every single person a BDO.

GOOD LUCK

[The Dying Start]

I might buy a portable personal shower!

[All_torn_down16]

Yeah, the bands are going to have to do it tough as well, but let's hope they won't need to cut their sets short! As for the audience, I have a feeling no one's really going to be up for moshing heaps, so that will be an interesting sight, imagine everyone just standing there too exhausted even to jump!

[Neo]

apparently one band canceled their set at sydney cos it was too hot, and other band members were fainting. ah the joys of an outdoor festival in the summer time :D

[mel_bound]

so that will be an interesting sight, imagine everyone just standing there too exhausted even to jump!

surely there'll be dickheads on uppers cutting sick and slam dancing into other people, urgh. I hate festivals in general, why do they all have to be in summer? spring or autum = less than 30 degree days. psh.

[Deadcat Kaye]

WINTER TIME FESTIVALS:
Rain
+
Electricity
=
ZAP
Solution: Bands cancel set...shows get cancelled

SUMMER TIME FESTIVALS:
Heat
+
Electricity
=
No Zapgenerally
Solution: Band keeps well hydrated...the show goes on!

I choose heat over pissing down rain anytime

[All_torn_down16]

surely there'll be dickheads on uppers cutting sick and slam dancing into other people, urgh. I hate festivals in general, why do they all have to be in summer? spring or autum = less than 30 degree days. psh.

Okay, they can be the minority who don't feel the heat!

[Yvonne]

....when you get someone draw up an awesome TLE design for you and get it tattooed on 70% of your upper arm. :wub:

[mel_bound]

I choose heat over pissing down rain anytime

Please note. I didn NOT mention Winter in my post, I said autumn and spring :p
Also, it can be real stormy in Summer too, most thunder storms happen in summer as far as I know, I guess not very often though, and I see your point, I just don't really notice it raining more in any particular season because melbourne weather... well, you know.

and I hate summerrrrrrrrrrrrr
why can't it be moderately cool all the damn time

WHINGE.

[Big J.G]

Just be sure you's bring lots of water and ice. 42 is too hot to even stand outside.

Perth is gonna be 35, not as hot as adelaide, but still pretty bad.

[All_torn_down16]

Yep, I've got my water, hat, sunscreen etc. organised to get me through the day, but still it will be a bit of a challenge.

[Big J.G]

At least it will be obvious that the band members will strip off.

Will we see chris shirtless for the first time?

The light wouldn't really bother me, a hat and sunscreen is just like any day. But yeah, try to cool off in those first Aid rooms or something between the acts you're seeing.

It'd be like moshing in a sauna, except you'll be wearing shoes. The sauna at the gym burnt my bro's feet once, he couldn't walk properly for a couple of days.

[Amur]

you're addicted to TLE...
when you're buying another SOE vinyl because adeline pressing is shit but australian one rules :p
I listen to SOE now, on our new speakers, and it sounds worse than any other vinyl we have! :ermm:

[NickyG]

When your Uncle harry is always pissing in the bath

[The Dying Start]

Yep, I've got my water, hat, sunscreen etc. organised to get me through the day, but still it will be a bit of a challenge.

It wasn't too bad, ay? TLE were on once some of the sting had gone out of the sun, and the shadow from the grandstand was over by 1/2 way through the set. Plus i got barrelled with water every two seconds.

Anyway, my sacrifice beats everyone else now, the drive down for BDO it was 46 degrees, got stuck behind a truck one hour into the 4 hour drive and boiled my poor car. The rest of the trip was without air conditioning, and at 80-90km/h in order to keep the revs low enough that it wouldn't overheat til the next town. It took 7 hours to make the trip on this occasion, i lost 3 kilos due to sweating it out in the car *(which was up around 60 degrees inside), and i felt crook for the rest of the night while i tried to rehydrate...then of course i got up the next day to go to BDO. I'm still not too flash!

[All_torn_down16]

Yeah, when they came on it was definitely a nicer temperature and there was a lot more shade.
I know, how much water did they have to tip on us?! I mean it was hot, but what happened to water restrictions haha?! Where abouts were you in the D?

Sounds like a tough trip Glenn, hope you feel better soon.

[The Dying Start]

I wasn't in the D this year. I was on the outside barrier of the D directly in front, best view, best audio quality. Great!

[Kacky]

You got recordage? It's way too early, so it's probably a stupid question.

[All_torn_down16]

Or do you just mean you thought it sounded great from there? Now I'm curious.

[Big J.G]

you know your addicted to TLE when you are on this website frequently.

When How Do We Know is the most played song on your guitar. (Thats right, I've gotten better thanks to being fucked to be able to learn).

[The Dying Start]

It just sounded great from their you plonkers.

ALTHOUGH, i didn't get patted down this year, so i could have smuggled a camcorder in!

[Caity]

... when you write a whole drama production around one song by the boys :p

[Amur]

... when you write a whole drama production around one song by the boys :p
and what song it is?:)

[The Dying Start]

Closing In.

[BennyD]

that would definitely would be a challenge!

[Big J.G]

Closing In would actually be easy.

Just make some walls go closer together continuously.

[Caity]

and what song it is?:)

One Step Behind.
Year 12 drama, we had to write & perform our own 20 min production. I can't remember the criteria, but mine was along the lines of someone who'd committed a crime & was on the run - pretty standard and close to the lyrics, but it was fun nonetheless.

[Madtwins]

:woot: Ha-ha-ha! What a super funny thread! We loughet so hard! Excellent sentences about your moms! That trick is ompossible for our mom.

So some our "you know youre addicted" from our life:

...when you is TLE fan if you live in country where their CDs not selling in shops, songs not airing on the radio, and actually nobody knows about this band except rockabilly guys.
... when you start to talking about TLE first when you met someone from Aussie.
... when you made your custom TLE t-shirt because you can't buy it in shop
... when you buy a TLE CD which costs 10 times more than CDs in local stores
... when you watching a non interesting movie because someone told you it have TLE song
... when you can't concentrate to do anything else when new TLE album playing
... when you listening TLE song in stereo meeting the New Year
... wneh you turn on some TLE extra tracks to your friend and asking him: "Who's playing?" he said : "Only two guys can play guitar like this - Chris Cheney or Brian Setzer."
... when your Aussie friend calling you on mobile phone from TLE gig to let you hear some new songs (thank you very much Luke!)
... when you start to looking for bands which Chris mentioned in interview and start to like them too
... when you start to making cartoons about TLE instead of making some other band cartoon video for money
... when you spending alot more money then you earn for getting to TLE gig in other country

[Madtwins]

Also about youngest ukrainian TLE fan here. It's a Danny - 4 years old son of Vadim Krasnooky - ukrainian billy band Mad Heads and punk-ska folk band Mad Heads XL frontman. His son listened alot of rockabilly, punk, ska bands at home but last thing about him was put us in transe! He's became a fan of White Noise, ask his father burn a copy for him, watching live at AC/DC lane video and then put his finger on Chris and say: "That's me" and then to other guys: "That's my band". Then he start to pretending that hi's from Australia. So his father interested him in AC/DC only througt telling him that this Aussie band too. What would be next?

[The Dying Start]

Hahahaha, Danny so cuuuuute!