Dead Men Walking Live Review @ Parr Hall (Cheshire) - 04 Oct 2003
Live Review
There was more than a slight temptation to turn around and slowly make your exit so as no one would notice, when entering the venue to see the intriguing conglomeration of old punks that is Dead Men Walking. The venue was set out as though a pantomime was due to take place with the floor full of seats. This was not a site you would expect to see from a gig featuring some of punk's most influential artists; Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Billy Duffy of The Cult, Mike Peters of The Alarm, Kirk Brandon of Spear Of Destiny and latest addition Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats. However, this soon changed 25 minutes into the gig, when people at the front berated the group with cries of "What's with the seats" of course Glen Matlock, quick to regain his punk spirit retorted "We're not stopping you standing up". After this things got livelier and an old fashioned mosh pit grew.
The crowd as well as being lively, were also knowledgeable and greet hits from each of the above five mentioned bands with equal enthusiasm. 'Spirit Of 69' a hit from The Alarm saw the first swoon of people towards the front, and saw beer fallen through the air like rain. '68 Guns' was well received and stood out being sandwiched by newer and lesser known tracks. One of the highlights of the nostalgic evening was 'Stray Cats Strut' a Stray Cats song, that saw Slim Jim pounding the drums like it was the good old days and his voice is as they say in the trade "not half bad for a drummer".
There was an unorthodox interval whereby the band members congregated in the foyer to sign things and have a general chat. The band would then return to complete their impressive 2 hour set that saw obvious crowd pleasing Sex Pistols 'God Save The Queen' and 'Pretty Vacant', which were sung by the mercurial Glen Matlock. Sure, he did not have the angry and in your face nature of Johnny Rotten when he used to sing it, but he made up for it all in spirit, something that was appreciated by the crowd and tempts you into checking out his solo stuff. This was more than just a gathering of has beens playing the nostalgias card, some of the songs sound as good now as they did in the hey day of each of the member's main band.
You may be interested in
- Thu 06th Nov 2008 to Thu 20th Nov 2008
- Fri 07th Nov 2008 to Fri 21st Nov 2008
- Sat 08th Nov 2008 to Sat 22nd Nov 2008
- Tue 11th Nov 2008 to Tue 25th Nov 2008
- Sat 15th Nov 2008 and Sun 16th Nov 2008
- Sat 15th Nov 2008
- Wed 19th Nov 2008
- Sat 29th Nov 2008
- Sun 30th Nov 2008
- Tue 02nd Dec 2008
- Wed 03rd Dec 2008
- Thu 04th Dec 2008
- Fri 05th Dec 2008
- Sat 06th Dec 2008
- Thu 11th Dec 2008
- Fri 12th Dec 2008
- Sat 13th Dec 2008
- Sun 14th Dec 2008
- Tue 16th Dec 2008
- Wed 17th Dec 2008
- Fri 19th Dec 2008
Gigs for Parr Hall
- Sat 18th Oct 2008
- Tue 21st Oct 2008 and Sat 25th Oct 2008
- Sun 02nd Nov 2008
- Sat 08th Nov 2008
- Mon 17th Nov 2008
- Sun 23rd Nov 2008
- Thu 11th Dec 2008
- Sat 13th Dec 2008
- Sun 14th Dec 2008
- Sat 03rd Jan 2009 to Sun 11th Jan 2009
- Thu 22nd Jan 2009
- Wed 28th Jan 2009
- Sat 14th Mar 2009
