GIG - The Charters, Rotherham 14th Oct 04

This is the second time at the Charters for us! The night is run by Diatribe.

There was a five band bill. We took Mary-Jane with us, there was a band called '6 foot midgets' ('ey up lads), but I can't for the life of me remember the other two.

There is a really young crowd here - but they are full of beans.... and cheap cider.

Mary-Jane played a stormer, and Teri bossed the audience about in fine style.

Our gig wasn't too bad but we had a few technical problems - Nev was using a new bass cab which is awesome (what, like a hot-dog?), unfortunately the way we'd positioned the backline on 'stage' meant that Ian couldn't hear anything except bass overtones and vocal pitching was a nightmare.

Most of the kids has left by the time we finished, bed time, last bus and a general lack of interest in any music not purveyed by their school mates band, or breaking with a strict pop-punk formula to blame perhaps. But the die hards seemed to enjoy themselves!

Any how, a guy scouting for a new venue was impressed enough to offer us a gig after the first 2 songs, so we must be doing something right eh?

Set list

Wrecking Ball
Smallville
Bully for you
Its alright
Bubblegum & Machine guns
Grin
Live fast ...
Scars
Angelina Crush
Def Con 1
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Lucy


We are expecting some photos from this one, which will get added into this post in time!

Rotherham is the hardest place to get home from. Ian led Paddy on a very 'scenic route' which probably added 1/2 hour to the journey home and Lee only made it out alive be driving through a bus depot!!!