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redfiona99I was actually on Blood Or Whiskey's last.fm page where it said that they were playing Birmingham supporting the Dropkick Murphys, so I thought why not.
First band on were Resistance 77, who have been playing since 1979. And it showed. Because even though they were the first band on, they were the only band where you could actually hear the singer most of the time. And you could hear the instruments. In short, you could tell they'd been in far worse places than the Birmingham O2. Not bad, and their big end number 'True Punk and Oi' is ridiculously catchy. And better live.
Second band on were Blood Or Whiskey, where you could hear the band, and make out the lyrics, if you were having a good day and knew the songs. Or could speak angry Dublinese. They're one of those bands that gets away with it by having a very charismatic front man.
This one's also better live.
They gave the Dropkick Murphys a huge hand, and, having forgotten what the line-up was, I assumed they'd be on next. They weren't. The Mahones were. And I'm sure they're lovely fellas plus lady on electric accordion but they're not good. Part of the problem is that I have listened to too much folk punk (or whatever the genre is called this year) and they brought nothing new to the table. Despite electric accordion player gloriously moshing despite an accordion that had to weigh as much as she did. And they proved the maxim that any singer is better than Ozzy at doing Black Sabbath songs.
Then the Dropkick Murphys finally came on. Apparently their backstage crew had picked the set list so we really did get a wide range of their stuff, plus a Stiff Little Fingers medley. And, since it was the last night of a long tour, that the louder of the two singers's voice had blown for the louder section of songs was understandable (we're talking full-on, take a three month break from talking blown), but it did mean that the slower tracks worked better.
But yes, they were lots of fun, even if I quite sensibly stayed out of the mosh-pit. Especially for the encore which was Teenage Wasteland and Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yg8MuaWMT0), complete with audience participation.
Actually, listening to most of these, I have totally under-appreciated how kick-ass the O2 bass speakers are.
First band on were Resistance 77, who have been playing since 1979. And it showed. Because even though they were the first band on, they were the only band where you could actually hear the singer most of the time. And you could hear the instruments. In short, you could tell they'd been in far worse places than the Birmingham O2. Not bad, and their big end number 'True Punk and Oi' is ridiculously catchy. And better live.
Second band on were Blood Or Whiskey, where you could hear the band, and make out the lyrics, if you were having a good day and knew the songs. Or could speak angry Dublinese. They're one of those bands that gets away with it by having a very charismatic front man.
This one's also better live.
They gave the Dropkick Murphys a huge hand, and, having forgotten what the line-up was, I assumed they'd be on next. They weren't. The Mahones were. And I'm sure they're lovely fellas plus lady on electric accordion but they're not good. Part of the problem is that I have listened to too much folk punk (or whatever the genre is called this year) and they brought nothing new to the table. Despite electric accordion player gloriously moshing despite an accordion that had to weigh as much as she did. And they proved the maxim that any singer is better than Ozzy at doing Black Sabbath songs.
Then the Dropkick Murphys finally came on. Apparently their backstage crew had picked the set list so we really did get a wide range of their stuff, plus a Stiff Little Fingers medley. And, since it was the last night of a long tour, that the louder of the two singers's voice had blown for the louder section of songs was understandable (we're talking full-on, take a three month break from talking blown), but it did mean that the slower tracks worked better.
But yes, they were lots of fun, even if I quite sensibly stayed out of the mosh-pit. Especially for the encore which was Teenage Wasteland and Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yg8MuaWMT0), complete with audience participation.
Actually, listening to most of these, I have totally under-appreciated how kick-ass the O2 bass speakers are.
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