Sorry this is so late; my Microsoft Office trial ran out. Finally worked out how to get it going again. So yeah, I’m back. Got this and one more to write in 2 days.... so this will be short.
Yeah, yeah... that guy from Busted. I feel sorry for Charlie Simpsons, not only has he gotta put up with those huge caterpillar eye brows he fashions, he has to live his life knowing that before his actually decent current band, he was a teenage girls dream boy in the sickening ‘band’ known as Busted. So many jokes all round tonight then?
Well getting past that fact, Fightstar are actually a great alternative rock band. Mixing different parts of metal, hardcore, light rock even indie at parts.
Back to gig. The first 2 bands were All Forgotten and Cars on Fire. Neither was anything to rave about. Both sounded identical. The third support band however was pretty damn good. The Xcerts, a Scottish ‘distorted rock pop’ band had so much energy, a great clear sound to them and on stage were very thankful for the attention. I was already familiar with this band due to the fact that they are signed to Xtra Mile, the same record company of Frank Turner (the greatest man alive). Their wasn’t long but sounded great. Unfortunately some idiots though it would be funny to start a pit to them.... they are not ‘mosh pit’ music. At all.
Fightstar time. Now bearing in mind this gig is in Corp in Sheffield. A small but great venue for gigs. My watering hole most Monday nights if i’m honest. The place was pretty packed. People of all ages at that too. The set was a decent enough one with a good selection of ‘hits’ and fan favourites. Including ‘The English Way’, ‘Mercury Summer’, ‘Paint Your Target’, ‘Chemical Blood’ and ‘Deathcar’. At one point all but Charlie went off stage for him to then play one song acoustic. ‘Deathcar’ was my song of the gig though, last song the band played and indeed the most manic. ‘Paint Your Target’ was the big sing-a-long though. Charlie seemed pretty happy with the crowd that turned up and even managed to plug the special edition of the album ‘Be Human’ which comes out soon. All in all, pretty fun gig.
Twisted Wheel next at Leadmill.
Peace
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