zdali wrote:They were good except for couple of Che Fu songs... Always enjoy watching Supergrove. All in all a good day
Man those Che Fu songs are fuken awesome. They were rehearsing here the day before. Very cool set they put together. I thought it was great that they had Chains in there in particular.
Saw you and denden at the lights on the way in. That was me in the van. The two fingers was a peace sign BTW. hope I didn't get your day off to a bad start.
Ran into Machina and his guys near the gates too. Have to get that band onto the Local Produce stage next year. They just need to get over themselves and settle on a name.
I reckon the line up overall looked quite weak compared to past years but somehow once you're there... The noise, the heat, the little hotties running around all adds up to a great atmosphere. You'd have to be ultra cynical not to enjoy it.
I spent most of the day mooching backstage stealing beer from other band's riders and getting fed sausages from the gorgeous Labretta Suede.
Slunk up to the whatchamecallit lounge earlier on to find it populated with almost all the local bands that practice at The Manor. Nice.
I was roady-ing for The Exiles thanks to my old mate and ex-Mysteron Jonathan who manages them now. So had to spend a big chunk of the day looking after gear, getting them onstage, offstage then packing down and driving back to town to stash the gear again. Consequently missed some of the stuff I really wanted to see and by later on was too stuffed to move about much. Beer, age and heat can really take it out of ya I guess.
Saw Battle Circus who I reckon really good. Not your average rock band. Not quite prog, not quite metal. fuken clever in a fuken good way.
Missed Shocking Pinks who have totally won me over with their huge sound while rehearsing here. Had to lug gear back to town.
Officially the loudest band at The Manor. Think Bailter Space with prettier faces. Live they're much harder than their recorded stuff and the new rhythm section (including bass dude Vaughan, ex D4) is monstrous.
Going to see them at Whammy Bar and Dogs Bollyx gig even if I have shut up shop for the night.
A bunch of us stormed the boiler room side stage for Dizzee Rascal. what an amazing scene. The tent was packed, the sound was huge (apart from a technical hitch early on) and the noise from the cheering crown was awesome. I nearly ran onstage to pretend I was one of his crew. Was just about to when a really pissed off stage manager came screaming for me and a hundred or so other people to get out of there.
What I saw and heard of the big acts on the main stage (not that much I'm sad to say) was great.
All in all it was the atmosphere that made it for me. Nobody looked unhappy at all. Even the overheated til they were sick kids at the St Johns tent looked like they were having a ball!