KILBURNFLYER

Priest Fest at Wembley was everything it promised to be. Three great bands on one night is always a treat but for me Megadeth stole the show. They were superb - great set list and a no nonsense "lets get on with it" attitude - Symphony of Destruction and Peace Sells were the highlights. Priest were, however, also very good and it is to their credit that they were confident enough to book such great support. The new material sounded good but classics like Sinner and Metal Gods were stand outs. Didn't see much of Testament - last two songs because a mate took forever to get to the gig - thanks to TfL shit policy of having planned engineering works on the Jubliee line on tghe night when 10,000 are heading to the Arean is just fucking insane. Testament next month at the O2 Academy Islington will make up for this.

Priest set-list (ripped from Dave Ling): ‘Prophecy’, ‘Metal Gods’, ‘Eat Me Alive’, ‘Between The Hammer And The Anvil’, ‘Devil’s Child’, ‘Breaking The Law’, ‘Hell Patrol’, ‘Death’, ‘Dissident Aggressor’, ‘Angel’, ‘The Hellion’/‘Electric Eye’, ‘Rock Hard, Ride Free’, ‘Sinner’, ‘Painkiller’, ‘Hell bent For Leather’, ‘The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)’ ‘You Got Another Thing Coming’.

KILBURNFLYER

The Answer at Dingwalls. Top show. very confident young band who know how to engege an audience. Sound was good and a totally stripped down performance. Really looking forward to seeing this lot again - suspect it will be in a much bigger venue

KILBURNFLYER

Have just heard the terrible news that Lux Interior has died. As lead singer with the Cramps his music formed a big part of my formative years. He was part of the bridge between the old school rock and roll I had grown up hearing my dad play (I am still a big fan of Gene Vincent) and punk which then led me into exploring hard rock. The smell of female is still one of my favourite live albums of all time and hearing stuff like the most exhulted potentate of love, ain't nothing but a gorehound, got good taste and psychotic reaction at the many gigs I saw them play during the 80s and 90s were always a particular treat. I even took my wife to see them a few years ago when they last toured the UK. What a truly fantastic singer with a great band. Feel very sad but especially for Poison Ivy who was his lifelong partner.