KILBURNFLYER

Another stonking weekend and another discovery.

9 Below Zero at the 100 Club is always a great night out - has been many a long year since I saw Dennis Greaves and co but they took me right back to their heyday. Was very surprised to see Gerry McAvoy on bass - he was always there alongside Rory Gallagher holding it all together - and doesn't look a day older than when I last saw him what must be nearly 15 years ago. Great set with 11+11 being a personal favourite and a great homage to Rory by playing Messing with the Kid - absolutely delightful.

Zodiac Mindwarp have been a great love of mine since I dont know when and pulled out a great show mixing the old and the new. I will perhaps recall the evening as the first time I saw a band called "The Treatment" who are extremely young but fucking excellent. If this lot can write songs then they will be mega stars one day soon.

Update: good to see that Dave Ling who is much more knowlegable on such things has a similar view. He said on his excellent diary:

"......In the highly capable and sickeningly youthful Matt Jones, Mansworth may just have unearthed another rough diamond singer in the vein of Richie Hevanz. Tunes like ‘Shake The Mountain’, ‘I Want Love’, ‘Nothing To Lose But Our Minds’ and the piledriving ‘Stone Cold Love’ suggest that their potential is huge."

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The Murderdolls at the Garage last Friday was a great reminder of just what a good live band this lot are. Full of energy and wit arriving onstage at midnight and leaving at 2am with the bar still open for another two hours. Great fun and a great warm up for Ozzfest the next day at the O2.

Skindred got the day under way in usual fashion by getting everyone bouncing around - Benji and the lads were very good but a few of his gags between songs need refreshing - heard some of them 3/4 times now.

Murderdolls - shortened version of last night and just as impressive.

Steel Panther - liking this lot more I see them. The OTT shock of it all with lines like "I've been fucking girls half my age since I was 20" makes you smile at the whole ridiculous way they have been marketed.

Korn - Meh

Ozzy - his voice was good and song choices were so much better than last time I saw him. Didn't miss Zakk and the whole band seemed very tight. Aftershow was a laugh but getting home at 5am two nights running left me feeling a bit jaded.

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Muse at Wembley Stadium was every bit as preposterous as I had hoped. A massively over the top show to accompany their usual highly polished musical performance. Always impressive and never a disappointment. Biffy Clyro gave good support.