NEWS / BLOGS
High Voltage, etc...
26th
July 2010
Had a great week in London with the
continued recording on Natalia’s record.
Working in an SSL studio in Rupert Street in
the heart of the west end afforded me the
opportunity to roam about a bit...The studio
was owned and operated by the son of Una
Stubbs whom those of a certain age played
the character of ‘aunt sally’ in the amazing
kids show ‘Wurzel Gummidge’ he’s now a
composer for film....
I happened to be walking past Leicester
Square Odeon on Thursday at the moment Tom
Cruise and Cameron emerged onto the balcony
to promote their new film ‘Knight and
Day’...it was mayhem!
Went to the High Voltage festival on
Saturday and met so many people I haven’t
spoken to in a long while and saw some very
cool performances. Gary Moore was fantastic,
‘Empty rooms’ was just stunningly good and I
had forgotten how good his voice was.
Foreigner were very good, they’re one of
those bands that have so many hits that you
forget how many until they start playing
them all!!
Saxon were the bee’s knees again, biff is
still a massive powerhouse of a vocalist and
the band just killed it! They deserve this
resurgence and long may it continue. ZZ Top
were the band of the weekend though,
effortlessly cool and a back catalogue of
songs to die for. Not just the obvious
‘sharp dressed man’ but ‘cheap sunglasses’,
‘gimme all your lovin’ etc etc it was a
supreme gig from a band that just know who
they are and do exactly what you want from
them...
Anyway, im back in the studio again this
week, im around one month away from
completing my part in Natalia’s record and
then onto pastures new...
Talk to you all soon

Scarborough
July 2010
More Free Downloads Coming Soon...
25th
July 2010
Hi all
I've got Steve Harris mixing a couple of
tracks for me this coming week, so a slight
hold up for the next free downloads.
They should be available by Friday-ish.
Thanks

Things I've Learnt This Week...
20th
July 2010
I type on the train to London, once more
into the breach...
Recording Natalia this week and working with
a fellow song writer Simon Ellis so should
be a fun week. Heading down to the High
Voltage fest in Victoria park on Saturday,
so also looking forward to that! If you're
going I may see you there...
Things I've learnt this week:
Don't take anything for granted. Might be an
obvious one to state but we must all take
stock from time to time and right now I am
learning how to recognise this stuff more
than ever before...another is to try to SLOW
down a bit! I am always rushing and
pushing!!! It works most of the time but not
always and I hope my new found vigour
doesn't rush me headlong into things that
aren't right...so I'm taking steps to
re-evaluate decisions and hope to be able to
see the right path...
Very positive at the moment and wish to pay
it forward...
Regards to all

Scarborough
July 2010
NEW SONGS + EP 3 NEWS!
16th
July 2010
I am currently talking to various people
about completing the 3rd EP for GUITAR, BASS
and DRUMS. I have decided to go back to the
basic format and start from scratch on this.
I had quite a lot of material in the works
but feel that now I have the time and a
renewed sense of purpose about creating new
music, it has to be exactly what it should
be.
As you may now know, I have made available
two new songs for
free download,
and expect to see more over the coming
weeks. It's time to have a 'clear-out' and
establish a new path, and I hope you will
feel compelled to check it out!
I will be announcing who I am working with
on this very soon and hopefully some news of
shows to accompany the release.
You'll notice that there is also a new
selection of songs on the site's Jukebox. As
well as the 2 new tracks (The Chosen One
and Hurts) as mentioned above,
there is also the following featured :
Motivated from 'Guitar, Bass and
Drums' EP 1
Fools Gold and Viewfinder both
taken from the 'Twisted Rhapsodies' album.
Better Off Without Me taken from the
Toby & The Whole Truth album 'Ignorance Is
Bliss'
and finally 2 rare, hard to find, Little
Angels tracks:
Hard Times which appeared on the 'Ten
Miles High' single and as a bonus track on
the Japanese Edition of the 'Jam' album
Schizophrenia Blues taken from the
'Womankind' single
Speak to you all soon

Scarborough
July 2010
TOBY TO BE SPECIAL GUEST ON SKIN
FAREWELLTOUR, DECEMBER 2010
14th
July 2010
I am pleased to announce that I have been
asked to appear as special guest to SKIN on
there December Tour. It will be their
farewell tour after re-emerging last year at
Download.
I will be playing a set of Little Angels and
solo material.
For dates and ticket info please
click here!
Hopefully see you there!

Scarborough
July 2010
NEW TOBY BLOG
12th
July 2010
Ok, so I’m trying to do a short blog once a
week from now on...i was aiming for Fridays
but was enormously sidetracked on Friday, so
here it is on overcast Monday morning.
Hopefully it will distract you all a little
from the beginning of another week...
So why what was my Friday? Well, last week I
had Matt E, my long time drummer and close
mate up at my studio for the week working on
drum tracking for Natalia’s record. We had
two new tracks to complete the rhythm tracks
on and also a number of new ideas to explore
so it was quite a work load. Studio work is
always, in equal measure, exciting and
pressurising!!! Friday was a bit of a dash
as we needed to complete some work before
Matt had to break the gear down. Anyway it
went on longer than expected....no change
there then...!
This week is more of the same, although I am
on my own this week carrying on with vocal
edits, more programming and a bit of work on
new tunes...
I’m on a countdown for Chris Nolan’s new
movie ‘INCEPTION’ and only 4 days to
go...for all those who perhaps don’t know
his work (I’d be surprised if you
don’t...Batman Begins, The dark Knight,
memento, Insomnia, The Prestige...). I urge
you all to go see...
What has been obsessing me this week passed?
I was shocked and dismayed about the whole
Raoul Moat incident that came to a terrible
conclusion this week. I know the guy was
clearly disturbed and there is no excuse for
what he did, but the nature of how the media
circus yet again intervened to ramp up the
expectation, fear and loathing was quite
simply disgraceful. When will we as a nation
start to come down from our voyeuristic soap
boxes? It’s so easy to judge whilst watching
these macabre situations roll out as part of
our daily entertainment...I mean, there was
a SKY TV helicopter hovering near the scene,
reporters combing the area and interviewing
everyone they could get their sticky hands
on...meanwhile there is one dead victim, two
injured and a suicide! 4 lives changed
forever and hundreds more effected...long
after our appetites have been sated and his
image has faded from our screens. You cannot
tell me this doesn’t have a huge affect on
us all, least of all the dulling of our
rational senses. I find it so disturbing...
Till next time have a great week....

Scarborough 2010
A MESSAGE FROM THE DESK OF TOBY JEPSON...
2nd
July 2010
I've made it! Another Friday, the end of
another week and I'm OK...just!! Why you may
ask? Well, currently I am spending around 12
hours a day locked in my studio trawling
through piles of vocal takes trying to make
sense of the acres of recorded lead and
backing vocals that were completed a couple
of weeks ago at The Chapel studios in
Wimbledon. What for? well, for the past
three months or so, I have been, along side
my long time mate and collaborator David
Laudat, writing for and producing an album
for a Russian pop princess who goes
(currently) under the moniker of Nat Sav...It
has been a very long development process and
right now we are into the vocals and this is
where the time goes...Its a record for fans
of Pink, Katy Perry but with a dash of
Blondie, a smidgen of The Black eyed Peas
and a healthy ladle of The Foo Fighters!!!!
Anyway, its shaping up really well and I
think the album should be completed around
the end of August, ill keep you posted...
So by now most will know that I'm no longer
in GUN. Like I have indicated my decision
was due, in part, to increasing writing and
production commitments. It was a very
difficult decision for me to take; I have
loved being in the band and we had some
great times and played some great shows.
Joolz and Dante and Paul have been nothing
but gents, class acts the whole way and I
believe we will continue to work with each
other in the years to come, and at the very
least remain great friends.
Too all the fans of the band; my sincere
thanks and appreciation for the commitment
and dedication you have shown over the last
couple of years. It was a pleasure to meet
you all and feel the love you have for those
great songs and for the acceptance of me and
the new music we made together. I am very
proud of what we achieved and hope you can
continue to support Joolz and Dan in
whatever they choose to do next with GUN.
So what now?
Well, I'm taking a little time to re group,
but my focus is on a number of projects.
Firstly, I have to complete Nats album. Then
I will most likely be getting involved as
producer with potentially 2 maybe 3 new
projects, nothing concrete just meetings at
the moment...then I shall finish EP3 and
have already begun talking to my agent about
supporting that release with some dates.
Don't know exactly when but I feel duty
bound, and I have to say EXCITED, about the
idea of finally completing the long running
saga of the 'Guitar, Bass and Drums'
collection...I can only apologise to all
those who have that lonely space in the
package. I PROMISE its coming and hopefully
by the end of the year...
I am also being offered quite a bit of work
as an acoustic artist, specifically there
are offers to open for other bands/artists.
Nothing confirmed yet but shouldn't be long
before I can make some announcements. It is
also likely that I will be the singer in
Fastway for a couple of shows this year,
just waiting for that to firm up.
Quite a lot going on really!
Like I have said in past; this business is a
strange animal, but I have learnt over the
years to keep smiling, follow my instincts
as they are rarely wrong in terms of
satisfying my soul and keep moving forward.
One door closes another opens...
Thanks for the great continued support and I
will be seeing you all very soon.
Have a great weekend

Scarborough
July 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT
28th June
2010
Hi there
Due to increasing writing and production
commitments for other artists, I have
decided to leave GUN as the singer. I have
had a fantastic time working with Jools and
Dante and consider the music we have created
together as being amongst the best I have
been involved in throughout my career . I
wish them well and sincerely hope that we
will work together again in some capacity in
the future. I stress that that I am in no
way leaving the world of live music, far
from it, it is simply that at the moment I
cannot commit 100% to future GUN plans and
would not want to stand in the way of the
bands potential further development . I
fully intend to resurface as a rock singer
in one way or another in the near future so
watch this space...

Scarborough
June 2010
AN UPDATE
FROM TOBY
18th
June 2010
Hi there
Just wanted to re-connect with all those out
there who visit my site and have continued
to show amazing support and loyalty over the
last few years, specifically since I began
releasing the Guitar, Bass and Drums EP's.
As I'm sure most of you know, I have been
working with Joolz and Dante Gizzi in GUN
for the last couple of years and because of
that union have had to withdraw, for the
moment, from my solo projects because of the
commitment needed. However, I have always
had the intention of completing the 3 EP set
at some point as I know there are many who
have contacted me wanting to know where it
is! Let me say; I don't blame you! I know
how this stuff can enrage and frustrate the
fans! I truly do, I'm a fan of music just
like you and recognise that it can come
across as arrogant and flippant. Believe me
nothing could be further from the truth. For
the situation I've caused I apologise. I am
currently working towards completing the
last EP right now. I don't know how long it
will take and when the release will happen
but I PROMISE you all it will arrive.
Rest assured, I get email or a text from
Nige every week prompting me...
In the meantime I have decided to remove the
forum boards for a while as we were hacked
last week which has resulted in all the data
being lost or corrupted so it seems sensible
to me to bottom out the problem and start
again at a later date. I'm very sorry for
any inconvenience and I know some will be
annoyed but we have little choice. I
sincerely hope you all feel compelled to
rejoin. There is no one more angry about it
than me. We are attempting to recover the
data but it is proving to be difficult so
until this issue is resolved I'm afraid it
is all we can do.
While I'm talking here, I'd like everyone to
know, once again, how much I appreciate the
efforts made by all to support and encourage
me and the projects I have been and am
involved in. I does mean so much to me. I
also know that I spend very little time on
the site and that it may seem strange given
that I was so involved at the beginning of
my re-birth. I have no excuse apart from to
say that my life is incredibly active and
busy, not only because of GUN but I have
also become heavily involved in producing
and writing with other artists so I barely
get time to see my nearest and dearest
between my working periods, let alone spend
time doing other things, so I had to take
the decision when GUN kicked off to
concentrate on the music first and foremost
and to give others the responsibility of
administration of the site. It may not be
very busy but rest assured, Nige and Thinny
keep me up to speed with everything that
goes on and I do my level best to respond
whenever anything is asked of me. I hope you
understand and hope you can forgive my
absence, its for no other reasons than the
ones given. Here's hoping we meet again very
soon. In the meantime, please contact Thinny
or Nige with any inquiries.
Many thanks once again
Kindest regards

Scarborough
June 2010
SKIN TOUR SETLIST
14th
December 2009
Many thanks to everyone that voted for the
Little Angels songs that Toby was to play
during his stint as special guest to SKIN.
The tour ended with a fantastic performance
at Nottingham's Rock City on Saturday.
A big thank you to all the loyal fans that
came out to show Toby their support. The set
list was as follows:
She's A Little Angel
Kicking Up Dust
All Roads Lead To You (Lemington Spa
only)
Boneyard (All shows except Lemington
Spa)
I Aint Gonna Cry
Don't Pray For Me
Young Gods / Won't Get Fooled Again
Too Much Too Young
Hopefully, we will have some videos from Nige in the YouTube section shortly!
The Thin Kicking Up Dust One
Toby's Webmaster
VOTE FOR TOBY'S SET LIST
ON THE SKIN TOUR!
25th
November 2009
As you all know Toby will be special guest
to SKIN on their forthcoming U.K. tour (click
here for dates).
Toby has decided that his set each night
will be a full acoustic set of Little Angels
material!!
That's where you come in...I have been asked
to ask you, Toby's fans, what you would like
to hear at these show. Toby will personally
look at the results and make sure that the ones
with the highest votes get included.
To submit your suggestions please either
email me at
webmaster@gunofficial.co.uk or
contact us through Toby's
MySpace page!
We look forward to hearing all your
suggestions!!
The Thin Deciding What To Request One
Toby's Webmaster
WELCOME TO
THE ALL NEW
OFFICIAL TOBY JEPSON WEBSITE
23rd
September 2009
A huge welcome to all looking at this; my
newly designed, re-jigged, all singing all
dancing website!
I know a lot of you have
been wondering what has been happening over
the last year, as the activity has
significantly slowed here! To say the
least!!!!! As most of you know, I have
joined GUN and have jumped head long into
that project with a view to redeveloping the
band on a long term basis. This has taken up
huge amounts of time, and resulted in this
site suffering a tad! Well, all that is set
to change with a new look, and a helping
hand from Thinny and Nige who will be now
administering everything on my behalf. Any
questions can be sent to Nige and he will
make sure I get any requests.
This site will
be exclusively about my personal activity as
not only as Toby singer, but also the other
various projects I am involved in. I have
begun producing bands and have recently
completed work on a very exciting record by
a cool new band called 'The Virgin Marys' so
I will keep you all up to speed with
developments of this and anything else that
comes my way. This site, I hope, will
continue to be the fun easy place to visit
and take part in, and so I would appreciate
any comments you may have that could improve
it.
Anyone out there wishing to contact me
regarding production, solo acoustic shows,
song writing or anything else can do here
through the management/agent/production
links.
I look forward to meeting new friends and re acquainting myself with old, so get typing and welcome!
Kindest regards

Scarborough Sept 09
VARIOUS BITS OF TOBY NEWS!!
23rd
September 2009
Toby has recently become installed as one of three managers to 'The Virgin Marys'. He will be beginning to work with the band on new music and various aspects of the bands development from early October!
Toby is currently in the studio with GUN to record the first new GUN music for 12 years!! Recording is taking place at the Chapel studios, Lincolnshire with working with Ewan Davies as engineer. Ewan is responsible for the sound of The Arctic Monkeys, The Noisettes, The Editors and Kaiser Chiefs amongst others...
Finally, Toby has been confirmed as the
opening act for reformed rockers SKIN
on their U.K. tour in December. Toby will be
performing a solo acoustic set each night
and dates can be found
here.
More soon...stay tuned to
TobyJepson.com