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Brighton Beach Deck

Bog roll. Potatoes. Pints. Shed Seven. None could be pretentious if they tried. There may be an element of cockiness in Rick Witter's wriggly-arsed...

Portsmouth Guildhall

Jacques Lu Cont, sweat dripping from his neon-red hair, rips his shiny blue top off. Brighton screams. But it's not an oiled six-pack they're...

London Highbury Garage

Shambling, ambling, blushingly shy good humour - when a band sidle up out of the underground lo on fi and high on life, named...

Glasgow Garage

"Why don't you all fuck off?" Halfway through 'Wheelchair Epidemic' and David Yow is in full limey-baiting flow. Moments later, he's at the back...

Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

IT'S USUALLY THE POINT WHERE EVERYTHING goes wrong. A group of friends get together to write songs, even though they all actually belong to...

London WC1 Water Rats

Ask a stupid question and you'll get the obvious answer. The prime example being singer Jason Perry roaring, "Are you ready to rock?" to...

Glasgow Barrowlands

IMAGINE THE MIND THAT INVENTS something as calculated as Garbage. Then try to imagine the mind that creates something so calculated it could tour...

London WC2 Astoria

BEFORE THERE WAS TRIP-HOP, there was Hugo Largo. Way back in 1987, this NYC quartet were drifting away from the dreariness of left-field rock...

Bournemouth Opera House

If you played an early Anthrax LP on your in-car stereo, your nodding dog's heart would explode - KERBLAM! All over the rear window!...

London WC2 LA2

A LUCKY BLIGHTER IS BOB Sinclar. While the average pop hopeful spends a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to stir up controversy, Sinclar managed to clock...