Bands To Look Out For...
Jan. 20th, 2008 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanAnd if you see them coming... RUN!!!
Went to the Excelsior Hotel in Surry Hills last night, at the invitation of a friend of a friend, to see a few bands, one of which features the son of a member of The EasyBeats on drums. This makes 2 bands I've seen with Harry Vanda's progeny in them & as far as I can hear, you can lump both boys in with the likes of Adam Cohen, Jakob Dylan, Julian Lennon (& Sean Lennon for that matter), Deni Hines... in the crate of apples that fell a long way from the tree ~ in fact, into a completely different orchard. The Presence's set was cut short when the guitarist blew at least one valve in his Marshall amp. Up to that point, it was the return of 3-chord, 3-piece power-pub-rock which is, in itself, no really bad thing but the songs aren't quite memorable enough yet & they could do with another guitarist to introduce some dynamic & fill out their sound. No, I don't want the job.
They were followed by a rather strange outfit in even stranger outfits & an array of double-neck guitars (& bass!?!?) not seen since either your last viewing of Spinal Tap, or the last time Yes came to town called Super Florence Jam, who seemed to be the bastard children of Ween & The Alan Parsons Project raised on a drip-feed of Led Zeppelin. While all that sounds interesting on paper, it actually sounded mostly like a car-crash.
After all that, a few drinks at the GasLight pub ~ one of the last downbeat, genuine, old-school 'pubs' left anywhere near Oxford St & away...
And today??
Went to the Excelsior Hotel in Surry Hills last night, at the invitation of a friend of a friend, to see a few bands, one of which features the son of a member of The EasyBeats on drums. This makes 2 bands I've seen with Harry Vanda's progeny in them & as far as I can hear, you can lump both boys in with the likes of Adam Cohen, Jakob Dylan, Julian Lennon (& Sean Lennon for that matter), Deni Hines... in the crate of apples that fell a long way from the tree ~ in fact, into a completely different orchard. The Presence's set was cut short when the guitarist blew at least one valve in his Marshall amp. Up to that point, it was the return of 3-chord, 3-piece power-pub-rock which is, in itself, no really bad thing but the songs aren't quite memorable enough yet & they could do with another guitarist to introduce some dynamic & fill out their sound. No, I don't want the job.
They were followed by a rather strange outfit in even stranger outfits & an array of double-neck guitars (& bass!?!?) not seen since either your last viewing of Spinal Tap, or the last time Yes came to town called Super Florence Jam, who seemed to be the bastard children of Ween & The Alan Parsons Project raised on a drip-feed of Led Zeppelin. While all that sounds interesting on paper, it actually sounded mostly like a car-crash.
After all that, a few drinks at the GasLight pub ~ one of the last downbeat, genuine, old-school 'pubs' left anywhere near Oxford St & away...
And today??
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Date: 2008-01-20 02:33 am (UTC)I could have made you a really gross tasting shot!
Speaking of children of old rockers ...
Date: 2008-01-20 02:57 am (UTC)PS I've discovered Steve Kilby's blog and it's a hoot! Google it.
The Good Die Young...ish
Date: 2008-01-20 03:18 am (UTC)'Save What You Can' is my favourite Triffids song too.
I've seen SK's 'blog from time to time ~ definitely more entertaining than this one...
... goes off to study SK's 'blog for writing tips...