Great night.
Saw Fleagle, Shane, Gaye, Matt (Chelsea) and lots of other old friends.
'Ed Banger & The Nosebleeds' were pure punk'n' roll and high camp. They've got ex-Slaughter And The Dogs drummer Brian "Mad Muffet" Grantham. Frankly, they played Slaughter & The Dogs songs better than Slaughter & The Dogs do now. We got 'Runaway', 'Boston Babies' and (my personal favourite) 'You're A Bore'. We also got New York Dolls' 'Who Are The Mystery Girls' and the classics 'I Ain't Bin To No Music School' and 'Kinnel Tommy'. Pure entertainment. I'd certainly want to see them play again. Loved it.
TV was brilliant obviously. I don't really do complete set lists (sorry, I'm too busy listening) but he started off with 'Bring The Bull Down', 'Expensive Being Poor', 'Immortal Rich', etc. with Vom bashing the hell out of the kit that he borrowed from Nick (The Members). Then Leigh joined them on stage for a brilliant 'Arms Of My Enemy' and 'Good Times Are Back'. After a few more songs they did some Adverts songs starting with 'No Time To Be 21', 'One Chord Wonders' and 'Bored Teenagers'. Finally they were joined by Segs on bass for 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes'. Bass was a bit 'ropey' but Segs had only played it once before...in the soundcheck. Still fantastic though. A blinding set. I'm sure the others can supply the other song titles I've forgotten due to alcoholic excess.
Everyone knows I'm a Members fan and friend. They did their usual fun set of old classics mixed with newer material from the latest two albums (the latest not officially released until 28th January but available last night on 12" orange vinyl in a gatefold sleeve...old school.
). Yes, we got 'Solitary Confinement', 'Offshore Banking Business' and 'Sound Of The Suburbs'. We got cheerful banter and some awful puns from JC which is part of the way they do things these days. And having Nigel back on wild lead guitar is great. We also got a couple of songs off that new album 'One Law' including the singalong 'Chelsea Aggro' which was on the free CD with the last 'Vive Le Rock' magazine. They encored with a great extended version of Larry Wallis' 'Police Car'.
Then we hung around the bar for an hour or so and I ended up having 6 pints of ale on top of the 2 I'd had down at 'The Ship' before the soundchecks. I was a bit wobbly by the time I got home and I didn't get up 'til mid-day.
