THE SHINE with guests THE GELS - Crown & Anchor Hotel, March 3rd, 2007
When I got to the Crown & Anchor, THE GELS were on the stage rockin' and rollin'. One thing I gotta say definitely is that I really like their new songs. Really rockin'. They've reworked some of the ones they were playing in the set a while ago and the new touches sound sweet as. I really digged them tonight, it's just a pity more didn't get there early enough to see them. Still, THE GELS have been hard at it for years and they are putting out quality songs... the new album should be a real ball tearer if the songs they played tonight were anything to go by.
It's always a blast when THE SHINE come to town. They play kick ass hard rock with a tinge of KISS and Motley thrown in for good measure. Tonight was no different. Standing in the bar, vocalist Big Daddy Julian James shows me his new tattoo... right above his cock he reveals a tattoo of the Hot Rod! logo made famous by the rowdy one, Roddy Piper. That's taking your love of wrestling to the next level, that's for sure. When the band took to the stage, they were loud as fuck. Like really loud. Maybe too loud but it doesnt matter to me much, my ears died after seeing Guitar Wolf last November. The only problem with the loudness was the fact that you couldn't hear Big Daddy's vocals as well and I know this was affecting his performance vocally, not physically since he gyrated and danced with many a lady and got his groove on while the rest of the band rocked through song after song punching out riffs and kickin' ass with wailing solos. This was the first time I have ever seen the PA dude pull the plug on someone and he turned the PA off due to THE SHINE running 20 minutes over time. He cut the mic's off with only 2 songs to go but they played one of them anyway ('Whatcha Gonna Do?'). Their new songs sound wicked and I can't wait for the album. Amusing note was Big Daddy's attempt of going to the lighting and mixing desk to try and get the thing to work... Unfortunately, he was not successful. Now whilst the gig did indeed rock, I do get the feeling that this may be the last time we see THE SHINE in Adelaide for a while. I don't blame them either way, Adelaide's a shithole.
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