Patrick Gosling
Patrick Gosling is a musician from South Shields. Patrick has recently decided to tackle the North East music scene solo. However, Patrick use to be the front man in Newcastle based band, 'Far Pacific'.
I’m a a singer - songwriter from South Shields in the North East of England. I’ve been playing in bands in the North East since I was about 13 but only turned into solo artist. My previous band, before going solo, were called Far Pacific and over the 5 years we were actively gigging we managed to gather a small but loyal following.
In my time playing gigs and being an active member of the North East scene I’ve made some great memories, and some embarrassingly funny ones. Like my first gig with my first band, I got hit in the face by the bass player's guitar right before we were meant to go on stage. I had to play the gig with me eye pouring of blood.
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I remember in late 2015 Far Pacific played a stripped back acoustic show at the 02 academy 2 in Newcastle. I can’t remember what the gig was in aid of but I remember it being a quality gig until it ended in injury. At the time me and the lads were heavily into The Killers first album and were covering their tune 'Smile Like You Mean It’ in the sets. Also, at the time I was convinced I was Yannis from Foals and started making a name for myself for getting in the crowd.
During The Killers cover I decided I was gonna go full Yannis and climb the barrier to the crowd. During my climb my foot slipped and I ended up getting my ankle twisted round the barrier; I reckon it defied physics. Whilst in absolute agony I continued singing the song like a good frontman would. Once I had managed to wiggle my ankle free I climbed back on the stage limping.
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"The lads in the band never let me live it down, despite the sprained ankle. "
*Photographs supplied by Isaac Newham
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