by Waz » Sat May 23, 2015 12:12 pm
Just got back from Leicester, and that was a rather good night all round wasn't it?
Didn't expect to see Crabbi do a few solo numbers early on, but I'm sure I noticed VNMP singing along to the chorus of "Bonophobic" (I was too - blasting out "U2! Get off my f****g phone!") - I wasn't sure what to make of it initially, but it certainly gives Graham more chance to rant a tad, which actually worked nicely.
The support act were The Vanishing Point, and they rocked out enough and were decent - however annoyingly, two people were stood in front of me, obvious fans of said band, filming most of the entire gig on their phone. Grrrr.
PWEI came on around 10pm and the next hour and a half was mental. The venue was long and narrow, and this meant plenty of action down the front - it was pretty mental. It soon also got very very hot and sweaty in there, and was quite pleased when one of the side exit doors was partially opened, allowing some air in, but my it was hot. I think everyone came out rather warm in the end.
So a good set all round: 92 Degrees was nice to hear again, especially more like the original Very Metal Noise Pollution EP version, Watch The Bitch Blow was loud and angry, and Director's Cut also went down nicely, the slow / rocking out bits giving people chance to recover before pogoing. Naturally the old stuff went down very well, Can U Dig It was a mass jump around (and several of the crowd helping out Mary Byker with the second verse) - the power cut out during one track briefly which they recovered claiming it was a remix, Ich Bin Ein Auslander was passionate, Dance of the Mad got everyone in the mood and the closer to the main set of 21st Century English Civil War went down a treat.
Everyone did the "woo! woo!" bit in Everything's Cool as one, which was a really good moment, and I didn't expect an encore as expected the curfew to have come down, but good to hear Def Con One, Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies! and Their Law at the end, with all three having one massive bounce around to it.
For those of you going to Manchester, enjoy, and remember because it's part of the Gigantic 2 all-dayer, PWEI are on at 7pm - don't miss them.