I started off with a full English before heading off to Liverpool Street station to meet the most excellent Jamie William Spracken. We started off with a drink in The Wren in before heading off to Brixton. Thanks to the wonders of Transport For London the tubes to Brixton were buggered so we had to go to Stockwell and then walk to Brixton. We bumped into a couple of goths on the train who followed us to Brixton as we had an old school map!
Our new found friends were headed to the Duke Of Edinburgh pub so we taqgged along as we had nowhere else to go. Turned out we were gatecrashing a Fields Of The Nephilim forum meet up. When we realised this we donned our Nephilim disguises with Jamie becoming "Blue Water 52" and I was "Moonchild_1".
Here's the fabulous "Blue Water 52" Mr Spracken:
...and our new chums:
A couple of drinks (and one stolen Chocolate Bar Of The Nephilim) later and it was next stop Brixton Academy. Much hilarity was had as we enjoyed fine japes in the insanely long queue which went all the way round the building. Sadly the policy of the Academy is to put bands on early so by the time we got in things had already started. Bumped into Steve Pegrum (from Hollywood Doll). Which leads us nicely on to the bands................
GENE LOVES JEZEBEL
Oh my word, GLJ are back and sounding good. It was such a shame that most people missed the start of their set and due to time restrictions they didn't get to do a really long set. What they did play though was superb and I am very tempted to do the April 2012 Whitby Goth Weekend to see them properly.
See all the GENE LOVES JEZEBEL pics here: 221011GeneLovesJezebelBrixtonAcademy
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
Having gaterashed the pre-gig party we were definitely in the mood for Fields Of The Nephilim. Leaving aside the debate of whether this really was Fields or not, we were treated to some rousing renditions of Nephilim classics such as Moon Child, Preacher Man and Last Exit For The Lost. It was a damn fine set and so good to hear the old tunes dusted off again. Quite hard to take pics with the lighting and a constant stream of smoke but I had a go:
See all the FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM pics here: 221011FieldsOfTheNephilimBrixtonAcademy
Having seen the two bands I really wanted to see already I was a little nervous about what was to follow. I had been completely underwhelmed by Wayne Hussye's recent performance at WGW and so it was a real delight to had my worries washed away with the entrance of:
THE MISSION
Tonight was like a greatest hits package and boy did it sound good. Hussey, Adams and Hinkler all back together again! 25 years ago this all started and the songs still sound awesome today. I'll even forgive Wayne his little dig at Sisters Of Mercy as this was definitely his night and he did us all proud and was having a great time. There is talk of them touring again in 2012 and even doing more shows with Fields Of The Nephilim too which sounded promising. BIG thumbs up from me, an awesome set and great sound. We were even treated to guest appearance from Mark Gemini Thwaite (a former Mission guitarist) for a few numbers.
See all THE MISSION pics here: 221011TheMissionBrixtonAcademy
This was a fantastic night and all the bands really impressed me and left me feeling very very happy when it was time to go.
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