Posts Tagged ‘Live’
It’s been a while since Thrice were on UK soil, so long in fact that the band themselves don’t remember when they were last in Scotland. But this time, Thrice’s line up is a different…
On this fine August Bank Holiday, while most of us are still suffering the after effects of Reading and Leeds festivals, some kind soul decided to keep the good-times rolling with a balls out punk rock party at Highbury and Islington’s The Garage.
There aren’t many bands which will persuade end of summer, festival weary journalists to set up camping at Reading Festival, trek back to London that night for their gig, then get the train back to said Festival only to see the band perform again on the Main Stage, but for us Deftones had earned that honour.
Blakfish and Mutiny On The Bounty – The Twist, Colchester
Thomas Rock, Richard Hollywood, Sammy Vile and Robert Fruit (these are their real names, right?) make up this Brummie quartet of beautiful chaos that like to be called Blakfish. Smoosh them into a dark cubby hole like the Twist with a bunch of Luxembourgian stallions and you know there is a chance that physiologically, you may never leave.
The Scala is filled to the rafters, the assembled masses eager for tonight’s main event. The absence of a support act and the sweltering conditions makes the crowd restless. The sight of Alice In Chains backstage through an open door sends the fans into frenzy and when the band take to the stage the crowd are engulfed in rapture.
Metallica have been gallivanting around Europe with their merry band of err bands on the Sonisphere Festival Tour. They’ve been to six countries, played to hundreds of thousands of fans but this weekend it’s our turn, as the four horsemen bring the Sonisphere to Knebworth.
You Me At Six – Kentish Town Forum
First up tonight is the newly tipped band Out of Sight, not on our radar but seemingly on everyone elses in this spacious venue as heads bop and bounce all over the pit. Their onstage banter is slightly under par, as is the vocal pitch, as they struggle to hit the notes
Testament come back to London, the Bay Area metal monsters rocking Shepherds Bush to its foundations
The Blackout – The Kentish Town Forum
The sun is shining in Kentish Town and the kids are out in force. The massive gathering, snaking around London’s HMV Forum, is here for one common cause – to witness Welsh wonders, The Blackout, tearing up the stage.
