Salı 24 Nis 2007, 6:48
It's been a while since I've been to a gig that I wasn't one of the older people there which is a testament to the longevity of the boys from Newcastle. A good mix of young and old in the sold out venue.
The whole 'tickets on the door only' scenario was, as I predicted, stupid. As we had to queue up the road for about 20 mins just to get in we missed the first 3 or so songs from this Barnsley based 4 piece.
The last 3 songs were good enough for me to buy both of their albums from the Merch store.
The sound at The Brook is always good but this 4 piece from 'way ooop North' had an awesome phat bassy sound and some killer riffs.
Stand out track from the 3 that I caught was Amphetamine Express.
I'd definately pay to see these guys again, even if their Merch guy robbed me of a quid :P
I didn't like these much. The anorexic lead sing was too posy. The shame is, that if you took his voice out of the mix the band actually had some OKish tunes.
Very forgettable. Their only saving grace was a pretty good cover of Youth Gone Wild.
You can always count on the Geordie boys to entertain and entertain they did. As usual they kicked your face in right from the start; Vanilla Radio straight into Caffeine Bomb into TV Tan.
With only two new songs on the setlist (New Flesh and Rooting For The Bad Guy), they belted out some proper classics; Everlone, Sick Of Drugs, Stormy In The North, Karma In The South, Suckerpunch, My Baby Is A Headfuck, I Wanna Go Where The People Go.
The new tracks sounded great live, especially New Flesh and despite being around 9 mins long on the CD Rooting For The Bad Guy was great also.
They threw in three tracks from The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed, Nexus Icon, Top Of The World and Someone That Won't Let Me Go which went down well despite being from one of the weaker albums.
This is the setlist, I think. I can't remember the middle very well (:P) so suggestions welcomed.
Vanilla Radio
Caffeine Bomb
TV Tan
Someone That Won't Let Me Go
Sick Of Drugs
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Nexus Icon
Stormy In The North, Karma In The South
Suckerpunch
O.C.D
The New Flesh
Top Of The World
Everlone
My Baby Is A Headfuck
–Encore–
Rooting For The Bad Guy
I Wanna Go Where The People Go