Metro Manila Aide - Framus Endorsement

Metro front-muffin Saul Godman is featured on the Framus guitars website. A jolly trip to the German factory could be on the cards for Saul, further heightening the erotic sounds of the Metro machine!

Saul said about his AK1974 "I never like to slow down mid-solo, only speed up in the opposite direction... so the sleek neck, delicious cutaway, easy access to the higher frets and rampant tone make it a sheer pleasure to play. I can't put it down!"

Yummy!


Pic: Lauren McBride

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Tip Top Tips for 2000 and beyond

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I.C.H.

Colchester badd ass punk dread. Each song has been averaged at 643MPH tha is 9 light years a second. They are fast!




Meatfeast

Birmingham quartet with more ability than sense. Who'da thunk Jazz and Thrash would go together so well?


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2 Sick Monkeys

2 Sick Monkeys have done 9 million more gigs than anyone ever. They're a band who's messages you can live your own life by.




El Toro

Scouse sounds from the underground. Surfin' bird and a line of Vibrato. Really feeling this.



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Billy Liar

There is more talent in this man's key chain than in the entire polyphonic spree. His Doc Martin would crush Chris Martin's mush.


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The Temps EQUAL the world record of most gigs in a day!

"To come this close and not get the record feels a bit like a failure but we have done seven gigs in twelve hours and had an unforgettable day."

The Temps on their record breaking day that ended at Head of Steam, twelve hours after it began at the New Band Stage. Damaged equipment, (a broken guitar amp and bass guitar) made the final show on the steps of St George's Hall impossible and the world record of 'eight gigs in one day' a gig too far.

The record breaking day for the Liverpool lads began at the New Band stage in Williamson Sq. at 11am before moving to the Pier Head for an impromptu set in one of the areas the festival doesn't stretch to. Other shows at Heebie Jeebies, Mocha Lounge, the deck of a ship in the Albert Dock, Head of Steam and a performance from the steps of the Granada TV building saw the band rack up a record breaking seven MSF performances in twelve hours.

Seven shows in one day at Mathew Street Music Festival must be a new MSF record and The Temps have added something unique, spontaneous and organic to an enormously successful event for the city.

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The Vermin Suicides

While The Rolling Stones exist the resurgence of a classic rock band will never be something worth writing about. Classic hits performed at 50% energy with new musicians, extra backing vocals, extended guitar solos. You know it, you've seen the likes Meatloaf, Def Leppard and Bon Jovi. They're shite. It's gross. The difference between these and The Vermin Suicides is the songs they perform tonight have never been hits as they've never been released and rarely played live.

This new line up including Sexy Alec on bass and Paul 'PR Racing' Robbo on lead guitar has never been tested. They may all look like cover band crooners suited to whining away in a local boozer but on closer inspection here is a band performing their debut album with double the energy and stigma of teenagers.

When upbeat catchy pop punk / classic rock is performed this good you can't fail to have a good time. It may not be The Rolling Stones but it's better than a Bon Jovi concert.

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Earthless

If Jimi Hendrix jammed with Geezer Butler and Keith Moon at the volume of Dinosaur Jr. in a warehouse, it would sound just like this band. Earthless are quite simply a rock & roll jam band. Lost from the first moments in a wall of white noise and emerging 40 minutes later in a sweaty haze.

The discipline of the bassist holds together the backbone for the drummer and guitarist to wield the power of the dead legends.

Imagining a 'War Pigs' style bass line that lasts the entire set and a dueling guitar and drum lead is mouthwatering enough but of course it gets a little tedious after half an hour of the 'same song'. Jazz and Rock do mix, but it doesn't hold the attention my attention. I liked it though.

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Scooby Doo Goodies and Baddie

The Drellas - Scooby Doo Goodies and Baddies.

There was a time between December and March when this band had a different line up every time they played live. There were four consecutive shows when the line up had altered. They were 4, then 3, then, 4 and then 5, as we see today. It's only relevant if you see how good the band are. They hold the stage, rock the boat with a wild abandon for anything but dancing, look the part like part Psychobilly, part cast of Scooby Doo goodies and baddies.

Here is a band evolving with each live performance. Back in March they were supporting Goldblade and delivered a heavy set that rocked the art decor pillars of the Masque theatre. Si James' tenor saxophone rumbling with Phil Hartley's bass guitar and what seemed like a pure vibrating bed for the quirky jaunts of Tommy Scott's vocal and Ryan Clarke's keyboards to slash and stab through.

Tonight in the uber cool with more modest soundsystem of Mello Mello it's the balance of a mix that gives a truer record vibe of this band live. With that in mind it's exciting to know The Drellas are currently adding the completing parts to their new album 'Jukebox Noir'. If this has some thing to do with the laid back performance it's the band are all listening to each other, are aware of what everyone is playing and that comes from extensive time on the studio, where songs are truly written. Although The Drellas may be have played hundreds of gigs it is important to remember this new line-up is only on it's third.

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