Action
Item have trekked here all the way from New Jersey
for their first ever UK tour. To sum up the style
of their music, I’d say it’s pretty
standard pop with some pretty aggressive drumming
but extremely well crafted to say the least. The
band left their mark on the night oozing with
confidence and possessing amazing on stage professionalism,
a lot of crowd reaction with everyone getting
involved with them which results in a lot of fun.
The women in the room (which is around 95% of
attendees) will not stop screaming as this American
5 piece use typical pop star winking and singling
girls out in the crowd to its full advantage,
they have the audience obeying every request whether
its singing along or clapping it gets done. This
really isn’t something I’d normally
listen to but they’re just one of those
bands that have ridiculously infectious music
and you can’t help but enjoy it so for that
well done lads, not a bad first trip to good ol’
Britain for these guys.
 Decade are a British act that follow on with
much less success than the previous act. Straight
away from the very first song there are problems
with the bass guitar followed by the lead singer
introducing the wrong song which the other members
have to correct. Speaking of the lead vocalist
he really didn’t seem to know what to do
with himself, he just kept walking from one spot
to another putting his foot on the monitor and
his hand on his knee, either nerves or lack of
enthusiasm has got the better of this young man.
With regards to the music I don’t think
this band can decide whether they want to be A
Day To Remember, Four Years Strong or Funeral
For A Friend, it’s just a mash of all 3
different styles and isn’t really anything
original to go shouting about. Sorry lads either
it’s not your night or you’re just
a very disappointing British band.
 Glamour of the Kill hit the stage and now I’m
finally dealt a band I’m extremely familiar
with. By far the heaviest band on the bill which
may be why they don’t appear to go down
as well with the crowd compared with the previous
acts. There are nowhere near as many people singing
along with them or jumping around which is quite
a letdown. This probably isn’t aided by
the sound being quite poor for GOTK’s set
so when the feel good party anthem “Feeling
Alive” rings out the effect it would normally
have is a fraction of what it should be which
is a crying shame. In spite of all those faults
and problems, I think the band performs really
well with huge amounts of enthusiasm and energy,
lots of banter with the audience and a set filled
with great tunes. You couldn’t really ask
for any more from the band, maybe a better sound
from the venue and a more appreciate crowd but
I mean that’s not the bands fault.
 Forever the Sickest Kids arrive to the star struck
war cry of many young girls, its louder than the
music and it’s given me a migraine headache,
it’s that bad that between songs when lead
vocalist Jonathan Cook tries to address the crowd
he has to wait a few minutes till the girls take
a break before he can speak. This band definitely
have a lot of love for their live shows as you
can tell they are really giving it their all tonight,
Jonathannearly took 7 people out with his mic
stand and shows absolutely no fear of injuring
himself. When standing up the top of the stairs
to catch a breather, I look down upon the crowd
and sure enough front to back, side to side all
of them have their hands in the air jumping as
high as their legs allow and going absolutely
bat shit crazy. I may not be an FTSK fan but their
lighting is terrific, the atmosphere is surreal
and the play extremely well.
Action Item – 3.5/5
Decade – 2.5/5
GOTK – 4/5
FTSK – 4/5
Review By James Webb
Photos By Robert Lawrence |
