Someone was supposed to be covering this most historic of nights, but avast! a no show!

so heres a thread for people to give a para a band or whatever, if you caught the act say something about it!

The Natives and Sluts reviewed by james, LiaLL and Try hards by RedManifesto.

Restless Natives

Masssively improved punk/pop influenced rock from falkirk, featuring Stevie, Sharn and Craig from Misguided records ( Guitar, Vocals/guitar and Bass respectivly ) and the ex drummer from the declined beating the crud outa tubs. Good? yes!!

A lovely night-opener of a set from the natives, starting off with the lovely layering of instruments which, starting from a sharp and speedily picked high register, is quickly complimented by thudding toms and rumbling bass, sending any expectations of breeezily strummed pop songs out the window. Breaking into their first few songs at some pretty nifty paces, there are some cleverly placed balladesaque numbers and a couple of covers almost delicatly propped up for good measure, including a sham 69 song. I likes it. I likes it quite a bit. Though dedicated to the always great Cosh Drummond who on this occasion wasnt present, it was all a bit tounge in cheek judging by the scathing lyrical content.

Im a fan of the Cosh Monsters work though and particularly enjoyed seing him invade the stage at the natives last falkirk gig, as im sure many others did

A few minor slip ups now and again, but hey, when a member has such dodgy working hours ( Hours? weeeks in ireland?!?!?! ), practice the week of a gig can be hard to come by, though being a relativly new band they were pretty tight and as mentioned, totally improved since the last time i saw em in december.

With sharns voice reaching new limits, the band are set to write a few decent songs, it'll be nice to see what the future brings for Falkirks 'Restless Natives'. oh yes indeeedy.


The Dead End Sluts

Are they girls?
Are they guys?

This night of nights definetly had the best atmosphere of any gig i have attended, played, or been invloved in, and i present the idea that the very particals of this atmosphere is routed from every person walking in and seeing these lovelies in front of them, dressed head to toe in skin tight clothing just made for pert little goth girls With all the white foundation, lipstick and eyeshadow you could shake a Manson Album at, these lushly gargantuanly tall frames of piercings and straightened ( im sure babeylis is thankfull ) dyed-black hair was an instantly belly-warming site. Looking over and seeing these Glam queens not acting like morose tw*ts and actually chatting to people, enjoying themselves and having a good laugh with thier tour gig buddies, gave this direct message to your brain telling you that all was alrite... the world ...and more importantly, the Edge.... was a f**king well rocking place to be.

Then they went onstage and started a great up... breaking into some breakneck proper punk rock riffs, chucking hair about with their guitars, Amaya screeching out something throaty, and the drummer beating the utter shite outa his tubs... there were catchy...almost poppy melodie,! There were ALOT of punk 'rawk' type choruses ( no doubt an influence from their teenage days as a easier on the ears punk band ) though it does make them sound a bit like the Murderdolls ( yeah, well f**k you, its the truth im banging, not kerrang) and lets face it, the Murderdolls.are.PiSh. FACT.

But the slutties take elements of that kinda Stoopid Glam punk and lash it out over a solid base of spiky and evil metal. Onto more cliches.... Obviously i have to mention Cradle of Filth, Coal Chamber and ( it pains me to say this ) most California Gothy Nu metal . Thing is though, these guys make good f**king music, and live, they rock out, put over an image, what wi the stage names, the get-up, and funny accents and everything, and they been doing it so long that, they have made something pretty unique to themselves, something most can enjoy.

So, are they girls?

Who cares! Whether you would have bent one of them over a sink in the toilets after the gig, or just shook a hand,everyone took note of the fact that these bitches make some good noise. No Guff.




The Try Hards

The Try-Hards were really really fun! fast, frenetic hxc punk with flavours of Black Flag and Minor Threat... old-style, and tight as a badgers arse. The drummer was a stand-out, lots of real fast punk beats, some blasts, and I think I noticed a bit of d-beat in there too. Also, the fastest on-stage string change I've seen recently, no big break in the set because of technicalities. The entire band seemed very on the ball and tight, always a pleasure with a band that plays at this speed - I've seen too many acts try to play fast and blur into one big noise... The amusement level was kept up through songs about such controversial and thought-provoking subjects as 'Last Orders', the bassists jacket... etc.. you get the idea. Very tongue-in-cheek at points, a sense of not taking anything too seriously and, overall, just damn good fun!


Last in a Long Line

Last In A Long Line played a combination of grunge/rock/psychedelic sorta sounding noises, with noticeably interesting basslines. The sense of dynamics within the songs was one of the strongest points of the act, a strong set of material which touches on soft and quiet, only to hit so much harder when it approaches more rock/noise styled areas. The loss of Monsiuer le Keith (lead guitarist) will indeed be a painful one I would expect: he provided some pleasing lead lines throughout, with notable ones being a frenzied Hendrixian blues-box wig-out, and a particularly solid-sounding wah rhythm line that had a series of catchy lead fills.
Stage presence was overall good, with plenty of movement, though James kicking a bunch of guitar cases wasn't exactly inspiring... I wouldn't have been chuffed if my instrument was in there...

That aimed at me Mr McKay? Bit of a cheap shot.

Sorry but couldn't make it as I had the kids last night, I did fully intend to go but the kids come first James you should know that, why do you think your mum and dad haven't flung you out yet.

nope.


A dude from Live music direct, was aparently getting the 'exclusive'.

Nicky told us about the kids situation last night, wasnt overly bothered as i know some things have to come first, i feel the same about my guitar...

and on that point, if anyone found me strap onstage.... or thereabouts please do let us know. Was a nice strap.... black....long....flopppy..... little Last in a Long Line Badge?

nah?

updated!

Also can other people PLEASE review the other bands? i only managed to get 4 songs of the dangefields ( about 4 minutes of their set ) and i had to sort out a mate with cash for the second half of the try hards set :(

Plus, i cant review my own band, and would like to know what others thoughs

Redmanifesto, craig, sharn, stevie, euan, and everyone else from centralscene that wiz there, you all know you wanna!

chances are reds the only one wi the balls though

AND the most rocking facial hair... oh yeah! i said it! uh-huh! etc.

yeah, I'll write a few words on the subject, give me a bit though, works's mad today...

heheh, cool stuff man, as long as theres passion!!!!*

















* my excuse for my ahem... 'freeverse' approach to my previous efforst

but seriously, what?

What with the whole '2 gigs in one night' scenario, I only managed to catch 2 of the acts at the Edge on Friday, LIALL, and The Try-Hards, both fairly good sets.

My first comment is on the venue itself, I didn't know how good a setting this is for a live show: the layout is small, without being too cramped, and is laid out in a rather strange manner, which nevertheless focuses attention onto the 'stage' area. Decidedly nice, a good 'cosy atmosphere' as Stevie had described it to me previously. Another decent venue in Falkirk!

Last In A Long Line played a combination of grunge/rock/psychedelic sorta sounding noises, with noticeably interesting basslines. The sense of dynamics within the songs was one of the strongest points of the act, a strong set of material which touches on soft and quiet, only to hit so much harder when it approaches more rock/noise styled areas. The loss of Monsiuer le Keith (lead guitarist) will indeed be a painful one I would expect: he provided some pleasing lead lines throughout, with notable ones being a frenzied Hendrixian blues-box wig-out, and a particularly solid-sounding wah rhythm line that had a series of catchy lead fills.
Stage presence was overall good, with plenty of movement, though James kicking a bunch of guitar cases wasn't exactly inspiring... I wouldn't have been chuffed if my instrument was in there...


The Try-Hards were really really fun! fast, frenetic hxc punk with flavours of Black Flag and Minor Threat... old-style, and tight as a badgers arse. The drummer was a stand-out, lots of real fast punk beats, some blasts, and I think I noticed a bit of d-beat in there too. Also, the fastest on-stage string change I've seen recently, no big break in the set because of technicalities. The entire band seemed very on the ball and tight, always a pleasure with a band that plays at this speed - I've seen too many acts try to play fast and blur into one big noise... The amusement level was kept up through songs about such controversial and thought-provoking subjects as 'Last Orders', the bassists jacket... etc.. you get the idea. Very tongue-in-cheek at points, a sense of not taking anything too seriously and, overall, just damn good fun!

I enjoyed the set by the Restless Natives. A few members seemed a little nervous, and it did show a little at the start of their set, but they soon seemed to loosen up! Some really nice guitar work by Stevie, and some great vocals from Sharn!
The songs were strong, and quite infectious! Got into you're head, and before you knew it, you were humming along!! A very nice cover of a Sham 69 song was thrown in for good measure! Great version!
Overall, I thought they were very good! A little more tightening, and a bit more confidence, and I think they'll be great!

I really liked the Try Hards. I had driven to the gig blaring 'The Test Icicles' in my car! A band producing music of a not to dis-similar style as 'The Try Hards'!!! Some sweet fast licks from Deeker, and some awesome beats from....eh....the guy on drums. Bass player took it all and blended it in nicely. As previously said, a very quick guitar string change! If Deeker could change wheels that fast, Ferari would have him on their F1 team! A guitar technicians wet dream you might say! The fella on vocals had a comanding presence on stage! There were some crazy topics for songs (some of which reminded me strangely of the Rakes, who sound fook all like the Try Hards!! Strange....) But none of it sounded out of place!!!!
All in all, a fantastic performance, and extra merit for it being Deekers first gig.......and oh go on then, the improvised solos!!!

PS. On the cases note, they were my cases, and because we were on stage, they were empty!!! (thankfully)!!!

well, two of em were yours, one of em was mine( the one closest to me...yup the one that kep falling on my stuff), and i didnt so much kick em as shove em out the way with me foot.... sowwie keef :(

On another note, the dangerfields rocked!!!

There we go

cheers for the review dude! very fair i reckon!

AW, you guys!