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  • Rough Terrain: Two Timer
    Two Timer by Rough Terrain
    Lyrics by G. Davies.
    Music by G. Davies/D. Bouget/J. Peirce/A. Richardson.
    Engineered, mixed and produced by Paul Bateman.
    Recorded at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton, summer 1988.
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
    Copyright © 1988 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1983 Explicit Music.
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson - vocals, guitar
    George Davies – guitar, vocals
    Jerry Peirce - bass, vocals
    Danny Bouget - drums, vocals
    TWO TIMER
    Low down dirty mean double crosser
    Slow down, make you scream, call a copper
    I want to give you a warning about a woman that I know
    Just when you think she’s yours you won’t be the only one
    She’ll play you around, she’ll move around
    She’ll lay you down
    Two timer two timer two timer two timer
    Two timer two timer two timer
    She’ll lay you low
    I had her for a while
    Was a very short while
    I had her, made me smile
    Was a very broad smile
    But then I found about this other guy
    And he found out about me
    She’ll play you around, she’ll move around
    She’ll lay you down
    Two timer two timer two timer two timer
    Two timer two timer two timer
    She’ll lay you low
    Black eye, don’t know why, howling on the sidewalk
    Scream, shout, sort it out, come and have a good talk
    It’s time to decide on what we must do
    And I think that I will be leaving you
    You play me around, you move around
    You lay me down
    Two timer two timer two timer two timer
    Two timer two timer two timer
    She’ll lay you low
    Fun Facts:
    George finds this song, which he wrote aged 17, makes him cringe now, partly due to the yucky words and partly due to the frighfully gratuitous use of a few notes hinting at a Cliff Richard melody on guitar.
    However, the guitars and drums sound great from a production perspective so Paul deserves credit for his part in the making of this.
    Andy played the rhythm guitar part on Nicodemus and George played the Ice Maiden.
    George was requested to use considerably less dirt on the recording than he used live which disappointed him at the time.
    The original sound and live sound for this was utterly filthy.
    When Rough Terrain played this live, if Jerry was late getting to the mic with his backing vocal in the chorus it sounded like the band were singing “I’m a two timer.”
    The key for this song is F# minor.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/daylight-demo/two-timer
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/two-timer
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Rough Terrain: Slark Lywilsbie
    Slark Lywilsbie by Rough Terrain
    Music by G. Davies.
    This arrangement by Rough Terrain.
    Engineered, mixed and produced by Paul Bateman.
    Recorded at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton, summer 1988.
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
    Copyright © 1988 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1982 Explicit Music.
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson - guitar
    George Davies – guitar
    Jerry Peirce - fretless bass
    Danny Bouget - drums, percussion
    Fun Facts:
    This is another of Rough Terrain’s quirky instrumentals.
    This one is in the key of F major.
    It was written at around the same time as Frog, which appears on Rough Terrain's Howell Road Demo and their Exit Stage Deaf compilation.
    Professor Dinboffin always referred to this tune as ‘Jack Rabbit’.
    It was first played by Now, although no recordings of it have been found as yet.
    This sounds rather unlike the live version that Rough Terrain would play.
    The live version was somewhat more raucous and heavy without any acoustic guitar or percussion.
    For this studio version, George played the in-house Fender acoustic using the softest plectrum he could find (a white Jim Dunlop) for flappous maximus.
    Danny played some of Daylight Studio’s percussion instruments as well.
    The strange little melody of the rising scales at the end was very much a part of the piece although that part was rarely played live as George would usually play the main lead guitar part.
    Andy again plays the rhythm guitar on Nicodemus.
    The name Slark Lywilsbie was derived from ‘Slark’, a utopian city in a novel George had thought up but never wrote, and ‘Lywilsbie’ was from the ands and beginnings of the names of two beautiful girls from school that George missed after he left.
    ‘Lywilsbie’ is pronounced ‘Lie-WILLS-Bee’, with the stress on the second syllable.
    Laney invented and choreographed a special and rather ridiculous dance for this tune but sadly it was only ever performed in private.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/daylight-demo/slark-lywilsbie
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/slark-lywilsbie
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    2 min
  • Rough Terrain: Won't You Come Around My Way
    Won't You Come Around My Way by Rough Terrain
    Lyrics by G. Davies.
    Music by G. Davies/D. Bouget/J. Peirce/A. Richardson.
    Engineered, mixed and produced by Paul Bateman.
    Recorded at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton, summer 1988.
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.
    Copyright © 1988 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1986 Explicit Music.
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson - vocals
    George Davies – guitars, vocals
    Jerry Peirce - fretless bass, vocals
    Danny Bouget - drums, percussion, vocals
    WON'T YOU COME AROUND MY WAY
    Well I’ve come around here and I ain’t doing much
    Just paying a visit to keep in touch
    After a while I try the upstairs flat
    There’s nothing to say when we’ve run out of chat
    Well I knock on the door of this guy I hardly know
    And he greets me
    I stay for a while then I’m wanting to go
    But this other guy’s got something on his knee
    What could that be…?!
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    There’s four of us here, we’re not saying a word
    One’s looking out of the window
    We’re sitting around and we can hear the sounds
    Of music on the stereo
    And rustling…
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    I hear a click and I see a spark so I turn around
    In the centre of a cloud of smoke
    I see a man with a big grin on his face
    And who can blame him
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Won’t you come around my way
    Fun Facts:
    Originally this song started with just the whole tone scale ascending and diminished scale descending, then went into the main riff of the song.
    The bluesy jam was invented mostly by Danny just for fun and Rough Terrain kept it.
    Jerry’s fretless bass was known as the Stretched Cat.
    The whole band contributed to the vocals of this song, with Andy and Danny singing the harmonies.
    This version sounds somewhat unlike the live version of the song that Rough Terrain performed as there was no acoustic guitar or extra percussion parts involved on stage and the sound was more raucous.
    The acoustic guitar belonged to Daylight Studios and was a Fender with seriously heavy strings.
    The ‘Oh Lord’ parts were entirely Andy’s doing on the day and never part of the original plan for the song.
    These days those parts make him cringe.
    This song can claim the gratuitous usage of a 13th chord - B13 in fact.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/daylight-demo/wont-you-come-around-my-way
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wont-you-come-around-my-way
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    6 min
  • Rough Terrain: Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Music/lyrics by G. Davies
    Recorded at The Riverside Nightclub and 32 Howell Road, Exeter by P. Bateman and G. Davies during July and August 1987
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson – vocals
    George Davies – guitars
    Jerry Peirce – bass
    Danny Bouget – drums
    DOWN AT THE ELEPHANT FAYRE
    It’s the summertime and you know what that means
    Better get your tent and your sleeping bag
    You better get out your thumb and stand by the side of the road
    You better get yourself ready for another crazy time
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Put your hip clothes on and see who’s going too
    You better suss that lift or they’ll be hitching too
    Try to find out who’s playing, not that you really care
    Better get yourself ready for another crazy time
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    There’s milk and honey of a different kind
    There’s fun and laughs, enough to blow your mind
    Anything you could need you will surely find
    Better get yourself ready for another crazy time
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Down at the Elephant Fayre
    Words by George Davies.
    Copyright (p) Explicit Music 1986, (c) Wud Records 2010.
    This song is in the key of E major and was written on 30th December 1986.
    Andy recorded his vocals for this at George’s old flat at 19 Haldon Road, Exeter, the scene of many parties.
    The two last Elephant Fayres took place in 1985 and 1986 near St Germans in Cornwall.
    They were fantastic festivals.
    The 1986 Elephant Fayre had a serious outbreak of mud.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/exit-stage-deaf
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo/down-at-the-elephant-fayre
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    3 min
  • Rough Terrain: Starlight Dream
    Music/lyrics by G. Davies
    Recorded at The Riverside Nightclub and 32 Howell Road, Exeter by P. Bateman and G. Davies during July and August 1987
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson – vocals
    George Davies – guitars
    Jerry Peirce – bass
    Danny Bouget – drums
    STARLIGHT DREAM
    Obscured by a light in the corner of an eye
    Awakening from a dream held in the sky
    Stars shine bright, galactic night
    Pathways to other worlds
    Moving through the spacelanes tonight
    The star chasers
    A shaft of light stretches dawn across the sky
    Breezes like fond memories now blow
    A cosmic flight on wings so light
    Through patterns, colours, lives
    Loving it and hoping for some more
    The dream makers
    Words by George Davies.
    Copyright (p) Explicit Music 1986, (c) Wud Records 2010.
    This song was written at around 7am on 11th July 1986 after George had been up all night making Subterraineans music with Dean and then walking home through the city of Exeter as the sun was starting to rise one beautiful summer’s day in 1986.
    A lot of people seemed to like this song and it was usually played as an encore.
    The key is Cm and Jerry’s bassline was arguably his most melodic of the entire Rough Terrain set.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/exit-stage-deaf
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo/starlight-dream
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Rough Terrain: The Warning
    Music/lyrics by G. Davies
    Recorded at The Riverside Nightclub and 32 Howell Road, Exeter by P. Bateman and G. Davies during July and August 1987
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson – vocals
    George Davies – guitars, synthesizer
    Jerry Peirce – bass
    Danny Bouget – drums
    THE WARNING
    The world’s going crazy but what can we do
    Confusion and madness all around you
    Read the signs, heed the warning
    Enemy aircraft darken the sky
    Sirens are screaming “We’re all going to die!”
    Read the signs, heed the warning
    A world that’s in trouble is no place to be
    So come from the heavens, come set us free
    Read the signs, heed the warning
    Words by George Davies.
    Copyright (p) Explicit Music 1986, (c) Wud Records 2010.
    George wrote this song on 20th September 1986, the same day that he wrote two others, which was a rare thing in those days.
    'Come from the heavens' refers to salvation from alien beings rather than angels or any religious belief.
    The key is A major and the guitar solo is recorded backwards.
    The synthesizer parts were all recorded in one long take after deciding which sounds to use.
    They all come from a Roland synth that may have belonged to either The Sicillians or Freda and had been left at Paul’s Howell Road studio.
    It had similarities to the Wasp which George owned, in that it was a digital synth with analogue controls.
    When played live this song required heavy use of the smoke machine and strobe where possible.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/exit-stage-deaf
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo/the-warning
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    8 min
  • Rough Terrain: Frog
    Lyrics by M. Drower, caused by P. Rippin
    Music by G. Davies/S. Miller/M. Greatorex
    Recorded at The Riverside Nightclub and 32 Howell Road, Exeter by P. Bateman and G. Davies during July and August 1987
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson – vocals
    George Davies – guitars, vocals
    Jerry Peirce – bass, vocals, water bucket
    Danny Bouget – drums, vocals
    FROG
    Mmm, thanks!
    Words by Mark Drower.
    Copyright (p) Explicit Music 1982, (c) Wud Records 2010.
    Originally this was a Now number.
    It was composed on 8th November 1982.
    George wrote the chords and took the tune to a Now rehearsal where Simon composed the lead guitar parts.
    The “Mmmm, thanks!” came about at a rehearsal at the King’s Grammar School, Ottery St Mary, when Pete Rippin, Now’s roadie and main man, handed Mark Drower, Now’s singer and main songwriter, a self-rolled cigarette at the precise moment there was a pause in the guitar thrashings.
    Everybody laughed upon the interjection on the cassette and the moment was thus preserved forevermore in future versions of the number.
    Each ‘verse’ is different and the 'chorus' is G-C-Bb-D.
    To make the frog noises at the beginning, everybody made strange grunting noises and Jerry sloshed some water contained in champaign bucket at The Riverside.
    Rough Terrain made four separate tracks of this on the four-track.
    The idea for the frog noises came from Marc Greatorex, Now’s drummer.
    Exactly why this piece is called Frog is no longer known.
    The lead guitar part was recorded at Howell Road on somebody’s Washburn guitar that had been left there.
    It was a beautiful instrument, natural wood finish with gorgeous grain, and the strings on it were probably 8 gauge as they were thinner than George’s 9s.
    Whoever owned the Washburn must have taken it away soon after the recording as it was never seem again by the band.
    The rhythm guitar is played by George on the Ice Maiden.
    Normally in a live gig situation Andy would play the rhythm part on Nicodemus.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/exit-stage-deaf
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo/frog
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    3 min
  • Rough Terrain: Same Old Road Again
    Music/lyrics by G. Davies
    Recorded at The Riverside Nightclub and 32 Howell Road, Exeter by P. Bateman and G. Davies during July and August 1987
    Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010
    Performers:
    Andy Richardson – vocals
    George Davies – guitars
    Jerry Peirce – bass
    Danny Bouget – drums
    SAME OLD ROAD AGAIN
    Now I know it’s hard
    The struggle and pain
    You just get up on your feet
    And you’re in trouble again
    Now I know it’s hard
    You don’t have to tell me
    But when you say: “Let’s play it again!”
    Just what do you mean?
    There’s that look in your eyes
    I think you’re telling me lies
    And we’re walking back down that same old road again
    We will come to the same old end
    The time has come to be moving on
    It’s safe to say that it’s over and done
    Nothing is easy
    Nothing in this world
    Should make us change our minds
    And get together again
    We made a good sound
    Ideas were found
    But it seems we all move
    In different ways
    Look into the eyes
    Deceitfully wise
    And we’re walking back down that same old road again
    We will come to the same old end
    The time has come to be moving on
    It’s safe to say that it’s over and done
    And we’re walking back down that same old road again
    We will come to the same old end
    The time has come to be moving on
    It’s safe to say that it’s over and done
    Words by George Davies.
    Copyright (p) Explicit Music 1986, (c) Wud Records 2010.
    This used to be Rough Terrain’s set opener.
    Sometimes they would play it immediately after their cover of Born to be Wild, joining the two songs together.
    Jerry’s bassline is mostly just the low-E on his bass, something many bassists would struggle to maintain without Jerry’s discipline.
    George wrote this on 17th May 1986 after feeling somewhat disgruntled with the demise of a previous fledgling band, The Masters of Drone.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/exit-stage-deaf
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/howell-road-demo/same-old-road-again
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    8 min
  • Band of Georges: The Man Next Door
    The Man Next Door by George.
    From Volume VII Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Composed 14th March 1986, finished 02:25 am.
    Recorded December 1986.
    Mixed April 1987.
    Lifted from cassette June 2025.
    Copyright © 1986 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    Much like a bass can be slapped, so can a guitar.
    This song features a slapped acoustic guitar.
    The Man Next Door is a song about George's neighbour.
    He was a violent thug who taught his children a lot of antisocial behaviour.
    His children spent most of the time brawling with each other, and other kids from the neighbourhood.
    The man eventually attacked his wife and broke her arm.
    The family separated, moved away, and their two cats disappeared with them.
    These two cats, a silver tabby called Suzy and a ginger tom, were best friends with George's mother's cat, William.
    William was very sad when his two friends were no longer there.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-vii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    6 min
  • Band of Georges: Come to Me
    Come to Me by George.
    From Volume VII Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Composed 7th April 1986.
    Recorded December 1986.
    Mixed April 1987.
    Lifted from cassette June 2025.
    Copyright © 1986 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    Come to Me is a song George wrote about his childhood muse.
    In 1982 she vanished from his life.
    She moved to the midlands with her parents very unexpectedly, which was brutal.
    When they were children, there was a time when they lived on opposite sides of the same street.
    There was apparently a bizarre incident involving go-karts and itching powder.
    This song was never performed by a band.
    It was never heard by anyone before it was released here.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-vii-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    4 min

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