"Charismatic
singer Johnny had Paul Weller's vocal nuances down to a tee, especially
when ripping through a pre-interval set of Jam classics before moving
on to his Style Council and solo material." Harlow Star 2009
John's
vocals have received high praise indeed, in the words of Bad Manners'
Buster Bloodvessel: "blimey, shut your eyes and you'd think
you were hearing Paul Weller himself sing." Peterborough Telegraph 2008
"Awesome.
I closed my eyes and I was back there in 1979 at a sweaty Jam gig" Maidenhead Advertiser 2006
Look Out, Look Out theres a new website about!!!!
Well, there will be.
The Wellalive website will be getting a make over in 2010 with more information about the band, more photos, more stories and there will also be plenty more stuff dedicated to the man himself Mr Paul Weller.
Mark
August 26th 2009 05:24:30 PM
July 1st 2009 11:18:55 AM
Johnny has just been on Radio 2 talking to Ken Bruce. (10:30 01/07/09) Awesome!! Great plug for the MoTM Website.
Mark
May 16th 2009 08:25:06 PM
Wow. Check out the March of The Mods website. Over 1000 hits in a month. Great
I have just heard the shocking news about John Weller, who passed away this morning. I am sure that without him Paul would never have been as successful as he is. I would like to send heart felt condolences to the Weller family on their very sad loss.
Well, it looks like Johnny's found his voice again, or maybe he has stolen one from someone else. Looks like the gig is back on.
Mark
February 28th 2009 10:00:51 AM
Johnny has lost his voice. If you have seen it then please catch it in a clean jar (Please be carefull it BITES), and then leave your contact details on the Guestbook.
Thanks
Mark
December 16th 2008 08:11:36 AM
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to All. The boys are having another few weeks off too enjoy themselves over the new year and will be back at the end of Jan with a **NEW** Stage Show. See you all in 2009
Mark
November 11th 2008 12:56:56 PM
Really looking forward to gigging again. Gig at Ash FC this week after having 2 month off
Mark
September 24th 2008 08:05:42 AM
We are taking a break during October. Hopefully there may be a few new songs when we get back on the road later this year.
Mark
August 11th 2008 08:20:22 PM
Gret New's Johnny's Daughter and Wellalive backing vocalist Georgia and her amazing gospel choir are through to the final 5 on BBC's Last Choir Standing Please support them and vote for the ACM to win win win !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi all a slight change to our guilfest line up sadly Graham Prior can't make it so the one and only Moggy has come through to help the lads they will be on stage in the unison tent at 7.40 pm on friday at guilfest playing over a dozen classic tracks hope to see ou there
John
June 25th 2008 04:19:55 PM
Hi all its all confirmed Johnny along with Matteo, Graham Prior and Neil Samuels will be doing an acoustic set in the Unison tet at Guilfest on the 4th of July around 7pm
so if you are at the festy pop in for a listen Thanks
John
June 7th 2008 01:41:53 PM
After last weekend two sell out gigs at the boom boom and the fletton club it seems a bit low key to be sitting at home oing nothing but i deserve the rest (not).
Anyway next weekend we are doing a gig in acton and then down to the lovely county of dorset for a gig at the thomas tripp see you all there
John
May 31st 2008 09:57:55 AM
Thanks to everyone who turned up at the Boom Boom club last night. Hope you will all agree a fantastic night.
Neil
April 18th 2008 07:24:13 PM
Hope to see a good turn out in Basingstoke tomorrow night and at the rest of our gigs over the next week.
Neil
April 4th 2008 09:58:22 PM
I have made some changes to the Website Code and hopefully there will be a massive reduction in the level of Spam being sent to the Guest Book and Contact Form.
Mark
March 23rd 2008 03:20:59 PM
Thought it was my duty seeing I was in town yesterday, to come along and support you last night. Good gig lads. Roll on Wednesday and Thursday for the Wolverhampton and Fleet gigs.
Paul
March 21st 2008 02:56:17 PM
Queens Head this Sat - hope to see everyone down the local boozer for a great night.
Neil
March 13th 2008 08:58:27 PM
Well the gigs are flying in and all seems to be going just great when your guitarists tell you they cant do every gig
so this is a shout out to anyone who thinks they can cut the mustard on the axe with the wellalive band please contact me Johnny Mason on 07976 978214 for an informal audition thanks
John
March 7th 2008 10:42:21 PM
Good Luck for tommorow night guys
Mark
March 6th 2008 10:57:13 AM
Looking forward to Saturday boys and my first back to back gig at the Actonians following the Yates gig. Thoroughly enjoyed Sunday night. Well up for the weekend.
Paul
February 23rd 2008 01:12:41 PM
Looking forward to this coming weeks gigs at the Winton arms Basingstoke and Yates at Aldershot gonna have a cracking couple of gigs with a full line up so all you wellalive fans dont miss out
cheers
JM
John
February 20th 2008 02:35:44 PM
Great news for all the band and all you isle of wight rally goers
We have been booked for the 4th year running at the Railway tavern pub ryde for August the 23rd playing the afternoon with bbq and beer lovely.
Last year we saw Tad Rutherford from the hiwatts and Steve keane from the cool jerks on stage with Johnny Mason knocking out thew tunes so dont miss this great gig put it in your diaries
Cheers
the wellalive boys
John
February 18th 2008 12:07:48 PM
Thanks for those who took time out to see us play at the baggy lea club .
Sadly at the end of the night Toby lost his wallet containing around £200 in cash and all his cards please if found can you hand in at the baggy lea club with or without the cash thanks JM
John
February 16th 2008 12:31:23 PM
Rhino here hello boys looking forward for tonight allways a good crowd at the baggy lea club see you all later
Rhino
February 15th 2008 08:00:45 PM
Just about finished mastering the Riga tracks and they will be available to have a listen on our MySpace site. Keep checking over the next few days www.myspace.com/wellaliveband
Neil
February 14th 2008 01:49:06 PM
Well the live recording is here and being mastered ready for the wellalive fans to take home and play to their heart content. It will be around 12 tracks recorded live at the riga bar southend and sounding really great see you all saturday
John
February 13th 2008 07:14:00 PM
Here I am them, the new boy! I set myself a high benchmark by saying what I said to John at Guilfest, but I only said what I know! Joking Bruce. Your bass lines are the finest ever. That's why I love playing them so much. Looking forward to Saturday. I feel part of the gang now. Can I add a special thanks to Moggy for the lifts home from rehearsals. That'll do for now. See you all Saturday.
Paul
February 12th 2008 07:25:49 PM
Looking forward to this weekend (Sat 16th feb) it sees the return of wellalive to the baggy lea club which always promises to be a good evening and with the addition of Georgia and James it is certainly going to be one not to miss. Thanks to everone for all the support (Keep the Faith).
Phil
February 12th 2008 12:57:10 PM
Looking forward to this sats gig at the baggy lea club the evenings enrtainment will begin with support from Nurture the flame (James Craise Vocal and James Duff Guitar) playin original acousitc numbers and a few covers
then the biggest band line up we have seen in ages with
vocals from Johnny Mason and Georgia Mason a full band line up with mark austin and the new member Paul Pomeroy sharing the bass lines The rock solid Phil Austin on the drums Moggy and Toby on lead and rythmn guitars and the tones of Neil Brett on keys also with a guest sax played on a some of the numbers can wait see you all there
John
February 6th 2008 09:47:50 PM
I would like to welcome Mr Paul Pomeroy to the band
we met last year at guilfest and now paul is marks full time dep bass player first to be seen at the baggy lea club on the 16th good luck Paul from me and all the boys
cheers Johnny Mason
John
February 3rd 2008 10:22:33 PM
What a busy weekend that was and a big big thankyou to all who came to see us play at both venues over the weekend.
We will be returning to bar riga in the near future so keep an eye out on our gig list or join our mailing list for regular updates as gigs are flying in at the moment
John
February 3rd 2008 12:33:15 PM
A big thankyou to everyone who turned up to see us Fri and Sat night in Southend. Two good gigs and great crowds at both venues.
Neil
February 1st 2008 12:21:58 PM
Just got off the phone from Matt from the Small Fakers who played the Riga Bar las week adhad a decent turnout o around 150 and loved steves sound work
so as its our third visit im hopeful for a similar ammount i have been promoting both gis hard for the past month so lets go and show em wo the best weller tribute is see you all in sunny southend Johnny M
John
February 1st 2008 11:24:46 AM
Gigging in Southend this weekend. Not long now. We are leaving straight after work. Im driving to Aldershot and then jumping into the 'Band Bus' with everyone else. I didnt want to chance driving my van to Southend because it probably wouldnt make it back again.
I think we are all very excited about going back to the Riga Bar as the sound is great. Not sure about the other venue though as we have never been there before. I am a bit worried that everyone will come along to todays gig and not bother with tommorows, with anyluck they will be at opposite ends of Southend (If thats possible, HOW BIG IS SOUTHEND??)
Mark
January 24th 2008 09:57:21 PM
This is the new Wellalive Blog. Keep checking here for new entries. Thanks