Onto the music then. First support came from True Tiger; a band described on their myspace as Garage/Grime/Hip Hop although the general phrase passing round that evening was 'S***'. Their set involved a mosh pit which appeared to involve more beatings, tramplings and just general physical abuse rather than actual moshing, a sit down protest when the crowd got bored, a never-ending stream of glowsticks being thrown towards the stage and to top it all, True Tiger were finally asked to leave the stage amidst a chanting chorus of "OFF! OFF! OFF!" from the crowd. I think they suffered worse than anyone in the mosh pit that night. But let me ponder why... Were they really that bad? To be honest, yes they were. Their music sounded like one continuous, half an hour long beat with a little man onstage shouting 'Put your hands up!' which people mostly chose to ignore. 32/100. (The 32 comes from sheer effort). http://www.myspace.com/truetigerrecordings
Next up were The Devil Wears Prada. You can guess from the fact that the crowd allowed them to play a WHOLE set without being booed offstage that they weren't that bad. In fact, a lot of the crowd seemed to be partially there to see them. Standing at the back of the venue for this set due to a bad stomach ache and energy loss (revived by some Red Bull and pain killers) I got a pretty good look at the crowd's reaction. Mosh pits galore, what looked like some nasty injuries and a whole lot of screaming... they played their set well. Not exactly my cup of tea (for I do not drink tea) they didn't have enough structure for me and sounded a bit all over the place but on the few occasions that they did pull themselves together I can see why half the crowd were going mental in the pits. 50/100. Don't be offended by the 50 if you are a fan, I predict they'll get better. http://www.myspace.com/tdwp
The lights dim, there's a huge crowd rush towards the stage, people are crushed, people are bruised and Enter Shikari take to the stage to Common Dreads. "Here tonight I clock a thousand heads. Here to unite through Common Dreads!" and then as Solidarity begins, the whole place explodes. (I'll give you some advice here: Don't worry if you get split up from your buddies, if you enjoy the music you'll have a good time anyway!) nd so I did. Being on the barrier can be quite a predicament, especially when Enter Shikari decide to play songs such as Zzzonked, No Sleep Tonight and The Feast which they did. Bring on the sweaty crowd! Crowd pleasers also included an excellently played Gap In The Fence in which a deafening chorus of WOAH's issued from the crowd, Havoc B and of course Hectic as well as old favourites Mothership, Labyrinth, Sorry, You're Not A Winner and OK, Time For Plan B. However, the definite stand out of the night was obviously The Jester. During this one song about three different mosh pits ensued, covering practically most of the ground floor with about 50 people in the biggest one. It all got a little bit chaotic and because I still had my glowsticks I decided to have a mini rave in the middle of a BIG mosh pit. That might explain why I have a huge bruise covering my shin... An encore also followed opening with the crazy Juggernauts which led to a number of crowdsurfers looking half dead with exhaustion falling on people's heads. Anyway, to conclude Enter Shikari played as usual with their never ending energy, humour and talent. It was a VERY good set. 77/100. http://www.myspace.com/entershikari
For some actual 'professional' footage (ie. Rory with a camera) check out this link.
NOTE; Gemma's ratings;
Venue: 7/10 due to their very good paramedic service :)
True Tiger: 25/100
Devil Wears Prada: 65/100
Enter Shikari: 85/100
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