The Disputes and Sweet Johnny at The Cave.

Third time round for me at The Cave, Addlestone. This is the third taster night for The Undercover Festival at Bisley (19^th to 21^st September). I won’t make it there so these nights are a chance to enjoy some of the punk and alternative acts that will be playing.

Sweet Johnny

 

This was a melodic punk band (heavy beat, good tunes, lots of life) playing their own material which is on their e.p. as well as Spotify and all the usual outlets.

Then a real bonus for me;

The Disputes

 

This was a reggae band with a punky vibe thrown in every so often.

 

Great bass line (especially up by the speakers, I can confirm) and a wild lead guitar. ‘Lost in SoHo’ and ‘Babylon’ were the highlights of the evening for me and I think they have a mini c.d. out - they will also be on YouTube and all the other venues.....check them out.

I didn’t think anyone young bothered with reggae beats any more so I left with a smile and a little bounce in my step, a little reggae bounce.

Neil Harris

(a don’t stop till you drop production)

T and the Mugs and Second hand citizens at The Cave, Addlestone.

 

Last Thursday I headed down to The Cave, Addlestone for the third taster night for The Undercover Festival at Bisley (19^th to 21^st September). I’m not going to be able to go to the festival so I’m seeing some of it this way.

The headline band in black and white are T and the Mugs, who I saw a few weeks ago at The Hobgoblin, Staines.

I like them, old fashioned punks like me although they play their own original stuff;

 

This was a support act;

 

 

They are ‘Secondhand citizens’ up from Portsmouth. Good band, lots of political content which included ‘Stop the War’ and ‘Harry is a nazi ‘ attacking Prince Harry for dressing up in nazi costume for a fancy dress party.

Both songs fairly courageous for Portsmouth.

So another really good evening for me.

PUNK LIVES

 

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No Lip, Demon Smiles and Wrank at The Cave, Addlestone.

I don’t think this is MOD night;

 Nice Tee, but it doesn’t look like MOD night at all;

No, it really isn’t - I may be in the wrong place;

 

No way, it’s;

NO LIP

                       

My favourite Punk band and they’ve taken me straight back to 1978 to The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Ruts, The Ramones, Sham 69 and lots more.

I did a review of them here, with some memories that mean a lot to me;

http://helpmesortoutstpeters.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/no-lip-at-hobgoblin.html

And it was all happening down in 'The Cave' at The Holly Tree, Addlestone – where Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69, The Jam and a whole load of other bands cut their teeth in days gone by.

So, a lot of memories. It's a drug I try to stay clear of because in life there is no going back.

But if you want an some idea of the excitement of 77, when we were all going mad and 'The World turned Dayglo'- this is as near as you'll ever get. But then you weren't there were you?

History qistory – this was fun, even if it's not exactly MOD night;

This was the second taster for Undercover at Bisley (19/21 September 2014) – that’s too far ahead for me to plan for, so these nights are all I'll be able to manage.

But hey, how lucky am I?

There were two other bands on the bill as well; ‘Wrank’ a lively punk band and Demon Smiles from Brighton – here’s their guitarist;

 

I really enjoyed ‘The Train North’ which, I suppose, if you live in Brighton has all the thrill that the ‘Road to Brighton’ has for us.

It’s really tough trying to make it as a band, and it doesn't get tougher than struggling all the way up from Brighton on a Thursday for no money.

When I see these great bands taking such trouble to play for us, that's why I do these reviews.

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'No Lip' are playing The North Star in Staines on the 31st, although I'm hatching plans of my own that night....

Neil Harris

(a don’t stop till you drop production)

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