When we arrived and went to collect our guest list tickets we were given two tickets for a Buddy Guy concert in 2003! Well I guess that saves them money on printing tickets for this gig but it was disappointing as I like to keep my ticket stubs LOL.
STRAWBERRY BLONDES
These guys were very good and a great warm up band. It was a shame that there were so few people there to actually see them. Lots of trad punk style songs with plenty of bounce.
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VICE SQUAD
Punk rock legends VICE SQUAD were superb. They may well have been around for 31 years but they put on a far better show than a lot of new bands do. They all seemed to be having a real blast and really got the crowd going.
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BAD BRAINS
I was looking forward to seeing the Bad Brains as I hadn't seen them for what must be 20 years. The display tonight was slightly different from the good old days though. Frontman H.R. came on stage and proceeded to hand a loaf of brown bread to a photographer and told him to hand it out to the crowd, how odd!
H.R. didn't seem particularly comfortable doing the hardcore punk numbers and was far more at home during the reggae numbers. He doesn't leap around like he used to and was SOOOO laid back he was almost horizontal at times. That said he still delivered the vocals and the band were tight and put on a great set. You could tell there is still some tension between the guys in the band but it didn't spoil the show.
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1 comment:
please tell me you didn't eat that bread!!
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