19.04.03
The Rocking Horse, The Racehorse, Northampton
Anti Nazi League Gig
Bustyleep's in Canada for three weeks before this gig, Fist of Legend nearly
breaks a toe on a drunken rampage the week before and Sted does his back in
and then gets food poisoning on the day of the gig. Such is life with the
Unit. Then the first band overrun, we get put back three quarters of an
hour, our set gets cut to 30 minutes and the feedback from the mics is so
bad that myself and Benny can hardly be heard. Not the ideal preparation but
that's rock 'n' roll for you.
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Set List
1. Magic Monkey Juice
2. Fu Manchu
3. Ape Shit
4. Beaver's Mountain
5. Northampton Rocks
6. Are You There, Moriarty ?
7. Unit's In Da House
8. Warriors Of Metal
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So as you can see, there wasn't an abundance of good Karma in the air but we
certainly gave it our best shot. The time constraint mean that we had to cut
songs out, and rush through the set as quick as possible so Wilson could get
on, hence the lack of the usual Floyd/Benny banter. Although, with the
feedback from the mics, you wouldn't have heard much more than
"WWWOOOAAOOOEEEUUUU".
We tried a
few different things, segeuing straight from "Monkey Juice" into "Fu
Manchu", a new intro to "Warriors", which all seemed to go down pretty well.
"Ape Shit" went down a storm, and by the time we got to "Warriors", joint was well
and truly rockin'.
Star man has to be split between Stedman, for throwing it
down despite being in the grip of liquid bowel the whole day, and Fist
Of Legend, who unleashed a previously unseen array of drum faces and
on-stage energy. My personal highlights were seeing Maria throwing it down
in the pit like a true warrior princess and after the show, Joff asking me
if "Warriors" was a Dio song. High praise indeed......
Special word for Mr Abblabab for capturing the event celluloidually..
Click here for review from northamptonbands.co.uk
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