I don't need an excuse to put The Damned on here but as I saw them last night,here they are anyway.
Last nights gig......well by the time we got there which was early (7.30pm) Girlschool were already playing and played very well in front of a large but static audience. I felt a bit sorry for them really and they deserved better but going on that early isn't going to help. I got my wish with Race For The Devil anyway.
Next up The Damned who kicked off with New Rose and it was bedlam down the front. Alas there were some of local tossers down there trying to cause trouble. Not punks or metalheads....just 20 something Janners with nothing better to do. They didn't get there wish but the atmosphere was not as relaxed as The Specials last week. Anyway the blinding Damned set included Street Of Dreams,Neat Neat Neat, Disco Man,Love Song,Smash It Up,Elouse and an awesome Lookin' At You. I think they were on for about 45 minutes which isn't bad for a "support" band but in reality for fans of The Damned,not long enough. They went down well though considering the majority of the crowd were metalheads.
Next up Motorhead and an odds-on headache. Lemmy is a legend isn't he and the whole place shook as they hammered their songs out. They played alot of new stuff and although its very good (off the Motorizer album) I wanted a greatest hits session so I was a tiny bit miffed. The best part was yet to come though and it was "fitting" that on the 11th day of the 11th month they ended their set with Bomber. I remember saying to my mate "If the encore isn't Overkill and Ace Of Spades I won't be happy" so when the band came on to the distinctive opening mayhem of Ace Of Spades I was happy and the place went off. We were pogoing I think lol. And the night was complete when those thundering drums went into Overkill (the 12'' long version) and I enjoyed this one more than any other. Bloody brilliant song.
Overall out of 10 this gig gets a 9.5. It wasn't as good a night as The Specials but I don't think anything will be. My head is hurting but what do you expect after Lemmy & co. I was disappointed that Lemmy didn't come on and do a song with The Damned and also the fact that Girlschool didn't join Motorhead for a St Valentines Day Massacre (Please Don't Touch) but maybe I'm asking too much. Was it worth £25 quid? Hell yes!
Tracks
1) New Rose
2) Neat Neat Neat
3) Help
4) Stretcher Case
5) Sick Of Being Sick
http://rapidshare.com/files/305947169/New_Rose_12__.rar
This is one I prepared last week in the likely event of a severe hangover. This ones a little bit dark on the picture side but its still well worth having and the sound is very good too. Its also 92 minutes long - that means over an hour and a half of the one the greatest bands to ever the grace the planet. Now I'm far too fucked to write out a tracklist but you know what to expect and its a reasonable 421mb size. Use HJ-Split to join the files together http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/
