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Norbert - Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keys
Daz - Vocals, Spoons, Washboard |
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It's not often that a song is released and becomes an instant classic. It's even rarer when the song is one released by The Fingolstones Firemen.
It's fair to say that throughout their long and (un)distinguished career that the Fingolstones have not exactly set the world on fire. Their tunes have been described as "dull", "derivative", "dreadfuL", "tuneless" and mostly as "shite". However occasionally, very occasionally they'll poop out of their creative backsides a song that captures all that they are and all that they represent and so it was with "We All Love Chez Vegas". "We All Love Chez Vegas" is a love letter to the lads home town. It is their "London Calling", "Viva Las Vegas", "Detroit Rock City" and "New York New York" all rolled into a juicy ball of nostalgia and warm fuzzy feelings of a time gone by. There's the memories of the places that shaped their youth such as "The Bradbury Club", "Moulin Rouge" and "Aquarius". All nightclubs famous across the land (of North East Derbyshire). There's the characters that shaped friendships "Bunny", "Bentley Boy", "Chippie", "Bucko", "Nessie" and many more. There are tales of notable events and adventures, Lawsons car crash and Daz Jolleys own goals being two prime examples. There's even romance in there "Jonah filling Beefs hole". It is to the Fingolstones what the Iliad was to Homer (Simpson), the Saga was to the Vikings (not the holidays Foxy goes on) an epic tale to be passed down through the centuries so that the generations to come could know what life was like back in the 1980's and 90's. It gained a cult following and proved quite popular amongst the local Glitterati. Uber fan Paul "Goffy" Gofton was corned inside Ladbrokes after placing his regular Saturday 10 match accumulator and had this to say. "Won't you people just leave me alone, can't you see I'm trying to decide whether Barnsley will score 2 or more goals against Luton. Oh Ok yes I suppose We All Love Chez Vegas is OK, but that's like saying Stalin was OK compared to Hitler. Now sod off before I shove this little pen up your nose" 
Chez Vegas by night. A glorious sight.
Due to the immense popularity of the song the band released a video which debuted on MTV in January 2011. It was voted 1,236,359th most popular video of 2011. Click on the picture above and see why. |
Booga Benson, Dobba Dawson
Goffy Gofton, Johnny Lawson Kaneys tache, Ash the Bash Chippies bald head Ruby Slippers Brown Top Lawsons faytin on the Kop 8 pints, Bradbury Club Bunny’s getting fed Bentley Boy, Egg on legs Darren Bonson shouting megs Daz Jolley own goal Jonah filling Beefs hole Lanzarote Tenerife Bucko’s cords, Foxys teeth Deep blue, meat and two Nessie hasn’t got a clue Chorus We all love Chez Vegas It’s the greatest town so don’t put it down We all love Chez Vegas No we’d never leave it so you’d best believe it Paul Priestly, Matt Booth Jonah thinks he’s really smooth Pizza Hut, Bunny’s gut Bulgie is a slut Crooked Spire, Market Place Beef is sat on Jonahs face Engerland, where’s your lads Charmers club foot Marcus Bentley, Mastercard Johnny Lawson thinks he’s hard Johnny Clark, Big Tone Bunny weighs 30 stone Mojo’s, Zanzibar Jonah pissed, crashed his car Dirty whores, bouncer wars Trouble in the Spires Chorus Blue Bell, Golden Fleece Greg Harrison, Rachel Treece Clay Cross, Birdholme St Augustines Jonahs home Hamstring, twisted knee Foxys got an injury Queens Park, 5 a side Bunny’s a Thalidomide Oh oh oh oh oh Ice wash, Mr Men Shieldsy’s on the bench again B2Net, Saltergate Jonahs worried, Beef is late Cobden Road in for the kill Jonahs got Beef on the pill Manchester turned too late Lawsons car is in a state Chorus Moulin Rouge, Aquarius Away matches, Bagshaws Bus Ballarse, Git Gob Shieldsy’s lost another job Bryan Donkins, Trebor Sweets Simon Hamptons two left feet Steve Kendal, Bob Newton Jamie Hewitt, John Duncan Beach Bar, Salty Club Charmers always in the pub Dean Wagstaffe, Dean Plumb Both have had the Deaf and Dumb Chorus Geoff Millar, Ernie Moss Sheffield Wednesday load of toss Wetherspoons, safe tunes Drinking in the afternoon Polish bar, feeling fine Shieldsy’s running on the line Charmer is a complete spaz Jonahs locker in Doncatraz Gills Jeans, A Hat Bunting is extremely fat Ger on this, feeling pissed Open net, Bucko’s missed Bucko’s Barnet is piss poor Charmers pulled a dirty whore Half a Foster, Pint of Stones We are The Fingolstones Chorus |
