Profpointy
Legendary Member
Sham 69 with the original line up from the 70s. Great performance of high energy, raucous but tightly played proper punk rock, I guess it would be considered as being in thr "oi!" sub-genre. I never saw them back in the day, and wasn't particularly familiar with their music but recognised a few songs. The gig was packed out so they still evidently have a following. Their much more youthful support band Club Brats were also good, though sadly we only caught the tail end of their set and rather missed out.
Anyway well worth seeing if they come round your way. The venue "the fleece" in Bristol is only a half hour walk for us, and reasonably priced, so we go quite a bit. I tend to enjoy these smaller gigs far more than the bigger venues, particular from bands who weee quite big back in my youth, but are still touring (or resurrected) with a more modest following. In the big venues or stadia the sound tends to be terrible, costs are high, particularly if you stay over, and the whole thing involves a whole load of buggerment and hassle
Anyway well worth seeing if they come round your way. The venue "the fleece" in Bristol is only a half hour walk for us, and reasonably priced, so we go quite a bit. I tend to enjoy these smaller gigs far more than the bigger venues, particular from bands who weee quite big back in my youth, but are still touring (or resurrected) with a more modest following. In the big venues or stadia the sound tends to be terrible, costs are high, particularly if you stay over, and the whole thing involves a whole load of buggerment and hassle
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