The Gassienda

With The Troubadours pulling out at the last minute due to the walk-about/disappearance of their guitarist (which, it has to be said was very, very un-professional and a BIG disappointment to a lot of people who made the effort to come and see them !!! BAD form boys !!)

Anyway, Tony the bass player turned up and he put in an excellent acoustic set of The La’s, The Beatles and some Troubadours stuff !!

Molly Boyle was first up with her indie/folky semi acoustic set up. She really does have a special talent this gal !! Coming from a very well respected background in the folk scene she certainly can sing play and write and some stunning songs. The band she had was also excellent. Lacking a bass player which would have softened the edges a bit and my only other criticism would be to the guy on drums……brushes and not sticks! The brushes on the first song were really great !! Anyway, check her out if she is in town again !!!

Street Light City Movement have taken a lot of stick in the past for their blatant Oasis plagiarism! But, they are now coming into their own. They really have improved on all counts. The songs are getting better, the playing is getting a lot better and at times they do seem to be having a good time. One of their better gigs this!! And they don’t give up so that’s a good thing in my book!

The Pipers were chucked in as headliners. And they do write some seriously good pop/indie tunes. These cats are another band who are improving all the time. They are always tight as the proverbial nuns crutch. Its about time that they got some decent support slots or got on a good support tour. A bunch of really good cats to, which is rare in Rock ‘n’ Roll !!

So !! Yet again, a plethora of top quality local talent on show at the towns #1 Rock ‘n’ Roll tavern !!

It is about time a band from Keighley really broke into some prime time radio play, television and a decent record deal. Never mind Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester the future of Rock ‘n’ Roll could quite possibly be right on our own doorstep !!!

This was the 30th anniversary of the original Pistols playing in Keighley. Oh yes !!! A long, long, time ago !!!

But what a way to re-live that day when The Pistols came to town. With the UK’s # 1….nay !! The ONLY Pistols tribute band ‘The Sex Pistols Experience’.

Looking and sounding very much like the original band, they had the virtually every thing off to a ‘T’.

The obvious characters are Sid (Kid Vicious) and Johnny (Johnny Rotter) who look like they could have been in the real band. They had the swagger, the arrogance, the nasal whining and the Johnny Rotten spazzy dancing routine!

Great guitar playing from Steve Clones. He don’t look a lot like Steve Jones but played just like him. Along with Paul Crook on the drums who played like his life depended on it.

What I really would like to see is the addition of Ronnie Biggs and Malcolm Maclaren now that would be something else !!

'50ft Woman' + Fifteen Stories + Minus Jack

Friday 23rd November 2007

This was the first of our ‘new’ once a month ‘Friday Social’s’ at The Gassienda. And it could not have been a better launch if we had offered beer, chips, sex and gravy………..all for free !!

Young, spunky, monkeys. ‘Minus Jack’ kicked off the proceedings with a great opening set. Average age about 15, average height about 4ft! Every thing after that was not average. In fact it was way, way, way above average. For kids of this age to be playing and writing some great punk/pop tunes was a treat. Bags of confidence, no fucking about in between songs and a good yet safe attitude! Well worth watching out for!

Fifteen Stories with a new extra guitarist since last time they played here delivered the goods in fine style. Great tunes delivered like a Warburtons bread delivery. Fresh and with a great feel to them. Quality vocals always separate the wheat from the chaff and this band really do have a quality singer in Tony. The playing was excellent by all parties in the band. See’em right now some where!!

50ft foot Woman on the other hand really upped the anti some what! The band looking like some sleazey come sleazey go dime store hoodlums cranked up the Rock ‘n’ Roll vibe straight away. ‘Minki’ front woman is not ‘50ft’. BUT, was an awesome sight to behold. As she strolled onto the stage she reminded of one of those secretaries in some soft porn movie. Sultry, vivacious and ready to do some short hand !!! The songs were damn fine coming on like a cross between The New York Dolls, Blondie and The Bangles. And in my book that ain’t a bad thing at all. The hoodlums played their balls off, and I swear Johnny Thunders had risen from the grave and was up there on stage. Or was that just the booze ? Who knows, who cares ?

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'50ft Woman' + Fifteen Stories + Minus Jack

Friday 23rd November 2007