 There
are some great perks to shooting bands, but sometimes
the hassle you get trying to get into a venue,
when your names not down on the list and it should
be, i was treated like dirt tonight, no body seemed
that interested in trying to help me, at one point
i was told that i may not even get into the gig,
the promoter was supposed to tell security i was
there to shoot the bands, she never bothered,
i finally managed to get in and get a pass sorted
out. You go through all this hassle to do something
you love.
There were only two bands on tonight, in a rather
stuff and warm academy 2 tonight, first up was
a band from Canada called The Mission District,
a synth pop band, and from the off there wasn't
much to grab you, it seemed a bit limp, the drums
were steady only you've heard the same drum beats
a million times, the synths wasn't that good either,seemed
a bit half arsed really, they stuck in a medley
of songs, that included, just dance by lady ga
ga, billy jean by everyone's current favorite
dead king of pop, and Disturbia by Rihanna before
going back to Just Dance. They Finished off there
set with the new single So over you which is out
soon.
 Headliners were Eliot Minor, they opened with
Jessica, which had the hot and sweaty crowd singing
along, followed by Running Away and time after,
by which time, i was drenched in sweat, due to
the heat off the crowd and the stage lights, it
was a warm on tonight, the band seemed pleased
to be there, but didn't have much banter with
the crowd, they did dedicate a song to Kerrang
radio, which got a bit of a cheer from the crowd.
Also in the set they played, I believe, Solaris,
Broken Minor and before the encore Parallel Worlds,
which is probably there best known song. They
finished off the night with Electric High and
Still Figuring Out. In such a warm venue it was
good to see that the band didn't hold back as
i've seen some bands do, the crowd slopped its
way out, looking soggy but happy with what they've
just seen.
The Mission District - 3/5
Elliot Minor 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
