Worcester Music Forum

This list does not contain references to Becky Rose gigs (the reason I was there in the first place for most of them!) as I will do those on a separate blog and there is no other motivation for including these items other than at the time these acts either moved my heart, my feet or grabbed my undivided attention!....

Llama Lounge Saturday 20 December 2008

Si Anthony/Death

It was freezing at the Angel Centre but the place had a nice vibe and like a lot of things Id already seen on the local circuit to date the acts were pretty good but then Si Anthony starts inviting people in the audience to come and sing on Rage Against The Machine when up steps up a guy who was introduced as Death and they proceed to deliver an absolutely jaw dropping performance with Death magnificent and Si throwing all sorts of rock star shapes on an acoustic guitar.

As an add on I was buying Grace on vinyl at Cheltenham's Badlands shop and was chatting with the cool guy behind the counter when I mentioned that I had heard this great RATM track but I didnt know what it was when he became very animated and said he was a huge fan and could I describe itso bizarrely I informed him that it had lots of **** Yous and a big Mother****er at the end and he whispered knowingly Killing In the Name so I bought it for a bargain £4.99 and its gone straight into my ipods favourites!...thanks dude!

The Sutton Arms, Thursday January 29 2009

Matt Woosey and the Strange Rain (James!)

When we finally found this place it turned out to be the most odd gig we would do. There was nobody there at all, we helped Matt bring in his equipment into this freezing pub, no landlord, no-one even said hello or asked us what we were doing there!

At one point a door opened and a man came in, went behind the bar (there wasnt even any bar staff!) and we thought we had an audience..but no he had come to collect some sandwiches for the Crib Team in the other bar!

However, this was gig No 1 in Matt's much publicised 100 gigs in 100 days tour so we sat miles away from the stage (well there was a small radiator there!) and watched Matt/James deliver a hugely impressive set capped by a brilliant, epic song called Strange Rain and without asking at the end he gave a copy of his EP to Becky which I am now looking after for her!

11:47 Club, The Cellar Bar Tuesday 3 February 2009

The Shambollix: The Insurance Sell Out Mega Medley

Loads of great acts on really good form on this night, Si Anthony, Dog Antler Alarm, Blue Radio, JohnJ and Fellfield but they were topped for me by a very strange band to me at this point called the Shambollix.

Craigus, who we got to know much better later seemed to have a beef about Iggy Pop doing a car insurance advert and the group then did one long selection of ads past and present and they had the audience in the palm of their hand, at turns nostalgic and sometimes very funny indeed it was a great way to end a brilliant evening of entertainment.

Llama Lounge, Saturday 21 March 2009

We Do Kung Fu

At first it was a lovely chilled evening at the Llama Lounge until it was electrified by a brilliant band over from Hereford (I think) called We Do Kung Fu, the sound was poor, you couldn't hear what they were singing about but Boy were they fantastic fun with the lead male vocalist strutting in front of the stage and the female vocalist bouncing about on the stage both them and the band giving it everything they possibly could in tremendous hi energy, I loved em!

Cellar Bar, Tuesday 7 April 2009

The Shambollix: The Childrens Mega Medley.

OK, I have to give them another mention purely because they matched their previous entry with this delightfully funny and almost sentimental Kids Medley and the audience were sitting crossed legged at the front for it I truly thought that Worcester was some weird but beautiful cult at this point.

To Be Continued....

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