 Wolverhampton must have a curse when it comes
to me and gigs, i was on the list but no pass,
but thanks to the manager of the Wulfrun hall,
she managed to sort it out for me.
So i missed the entire opening act,The Urgency,
due to the above complications in getting into
the venue, but i managed to shoot the last song,
thanks to a geezer of a security guard. What can
i say about a band that i only managed to hear
one track,well as it happens, it was a pretty
good song they played, melodic heavy, not bad.
Hollywood Undead, it was like a horror film had
escaped on to the stage, performing there brand
of rock/rap, its was a pretty good if a bit short,
id have liked to have seen them play for a few
more songs, the tracks them selves just ooze catchyness
with every beat,which drives the songs forward
as well as the steller rapping which is split
between the group, one of the group even ended
up on top of the speaker stacks, The set was delivered
with an amazing amount of energy, bursting from
every corner of the stage while performing songs
like set opener, 'Undead', Sell Your Soul', 'City'
and set closer 'Everywhere' I Go' all delivered
with the greatest of ease and the tightness of
the group, they left the stage with hearing 'we
want more' from the crowd, cant get better than
that.
 The main support act, Silverstein, had a tough
act to follow, this screamo/post hardcore band,
its nothing original, it was catchy at times,
from this tight band, but at times, the sound
of the instruments seemed to have got lost in
the songs somewhere, every now and again it became
just loud noise, befor getting back into a song,
the singer gave a good account of himself, with
a mix of screaming and melodic singing, even if
the lyrics were of the typical emo variety. The
set seemed to have flashed by, the songs themselves
were short, it started then it was over, not too
bad in my opinion.
The Blackout, Vocalists Sean Smith and Gavin
Butle, pretty much explode all over the stage,
with there presence in the opening songs, but
right from the off all the way through, everything
was turned up far too loud, i know live music
is supposed to be played loud, but it was excessive,
perhaps im getting old, the songs played are catchy
with memorable choruses , with great solos thrown
in for good measure, they sound good, the drumming
was spot on, hardly missing a beat(pun intended)
they performed tracks like, 'Children Of The Night'
with its catchy chorus sang mostly between the
vocalists and the crowd, set opener 'ShutTheFuckUppercut'
which got the crowd nicely warmed up, two thirds
of the way through the set, Sean, asked the entire
crowd to kneel, never seen anything like it before,
then asking them to jump, when one of the songs
starts, didn't catch the name sadly. The entire
crowd was going for it, especially the first 6
rows, the set ended with 'Riot' which involved
a huge circle pit which took up the middle of
the room, fun times, for me there was too much
talking in between songs, the set may have been
shorter if they cut back on the talking and could
have played a few more songs, but it was a good
night for all involved.
The Blackout– 4/5
Silverstein – 3/5
Hollywood Undead – 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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