 Huzzah,
i think the curse has been lifted, although now
Ive said that, no doubt it will return with vengeance
at my next wolves gig. The First band i see are
Heavens Basement, the lead guitarist looks fucking
cool, in one of them hoodies that you can zip
the hood up so it covers your face, the design
has a skull on it, and the dude has got sunglasses
on, it looks stella, now to the actual band, playing
there own brand of flat out balls to the wall
hard rock, it sounds great, pretty damn good for
a support act as it happens, there set is loaded
full of great riffs and licks, the speed is neither
fast nor slow, the drumming simple, there are
great guitar solos in the right places, the singer
is lively and has a decent voice on him. The venue
at this point isnt really packed about half full,
just like when i entered it, the crowd also seems
a bit older than crowds Ive seen at other gigs
this year.
 The main support act are Dear Superstar, this
is a band ive seen grow over the last year, ive
shot them 3 times, visually they look the same,
but have defiantly grown in confidence, as the
rest of the band seem to have caught up with the
swagger of the front man, Sonically they sound
good, and seem suited to the bigger stage and
im sure over the next 12 months they should be
headlining their own gigs on the big stage.the
Band come on to the Pirates of the Caribbean theme
tune, they then open with brink of destruction,
followed by Diseased and Distraught. Now while
they sounded great while in the pit out side the
pit again sounding great and looking good giving
it there all, they don't seem to reaching far
into the crowd which is somewhat of a disappointment,
they round off there set with Raised Voices and
Confrontations, and set closer which the singer
dedicates to the rest of the band, is Brothers
In Blood, it sounds great but the crowd seem dispassionate,
perhaps its there old age.
 Buckcherry dribble out on stage, with all the
swagger you'd expect from this cock rock band,
they open with 'tired of you' which is followed
by 'next to you' and it seems that the crowd has
somewhat come to life.The band which has been
going since there reformation in 2005, seem to
be playing well, but im not sure what it is but
they don't really grab my attention, there's something
missing, which im sure fans can put me straight
on but the shows songs seems to lack catchy-ness,
its probably why Ive never really given them much
notice before and i can probably see why now,
that no one has ever said to me, 'dude, check
out this band', some songs have there moment,
with a a big stomping drum beat and one of the
guitarists pretty much doing his best Angus Young
impression on his SG song in, song out. One personal
highlight is a rendition of a deep purple song,
'highway star', but other than that, the songs
go by with out much notice, they finish off the
set with, 'crazy bitch' and a last song medley
of onset which leads into 'Whiskey in the Morning',
which brings the show to a close, the fans seem
happy enough, but in the end i was just plain
bord, cock rock just isn't for me.
Heavens Basement 4/5
Dear Superstar 4/5
Buckcherry 3/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
