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I've got to admit it; I had been waiting for this one. I had been constantly blasting out anthems such as 'Smash It Up', 'Big Issue', 'Racket' and of course 'You Stole The Sun' for weeks now. We loaded up the car with enough beers to fill the Pacific, popped their self titled album in the stereo and proceeded to shout Jonny Brown's lyrics very loudly.
On arrival I was instantly impressed with the Brudenell Social Club, a characteristic dive with cheap beer, spot on. The front was man enjoying a tab outside, whilst chatting to his loyal fans and looking as suave as ever. We made our way in to the sound of the supporting band ‘Catfish & the Bottlemen'. I'd checked them out prior to the gig, they're a decent little indie rock band with some catchy tunes, not bad at all.
DeathRetro were the next act to grace the stage, they possess a darker influence and I enjoyed their keyboard usage, I made sure I picked up a free CD anyway. As Twisted Wheel got themselves sorted, the adrenaline filled crowd made their way closer to the diminutive stage. The usual chants of ‘wheel, wheel, wheel' echoed around the venue and pints of lager were launched across the room. Jonny Brown, Rick Lees and Adam Clarke stormed straight on stage and instantly began blasting out their single ‘Lucy the Castle', the crowd at the front had now appeared to have turned into wild animals. It was utterly chaotic yet absolutely brilliant.
‘She's a Weapon' was equally ace, the energy that the punk/indie rock &roll band possess is intense. They were slipping a few new tracks in as you'd expect, all of which went down well as the crowd proceeded in ‘giving it some'. Even I struggled to contain myself when they powered through ‘Racket'.
Imagine seeing one of your favourite bands in a pub, or a social club akin to this one, we were so close to the chaps that you had a real sense of being a part of something big. Their album may not have charted, but the fans that they do have are ecstatic.
Twisted Wheel are easily as good, if not better than a lot of bands in the limelight today. The atmosphere was now incredible and everyone was now visibly drenched in beer. As ‘Let them have it all' kicked in, folks in the crowd began to realise that it was just too easy to access the stage and have a dance, before diving back into the ‘pit'.
In many ways, I'd be happy for the lads if they made it ‘big', winning Brit awards, gaining chart success and selling out arenas. Although, from a personal perspective I'd much rather see them in insanely atmospheric social clubs like this one, where the beer is cheap and the absence of commercialisation is very welcome. Also, if every man and his dog were talking about them I'd probably be put off a bit.
Don't get me wrong, they're doing well for themselves, selling out the venues of their current tour and being chosen by Oasis to support them in their last ever tour. Not to mention supporting Paul Weller, they've done this without radio play or a good NME album review. They've merely done what they do best; impressing people up and down the country by playing a fucking good gig.
They played a flawless, energetic set, entertaining the crowd fully with tracks like ‘What's your name', ‘Bouncing Bomb', ‘Bad Candy', ‘One Night on the Street' and ‘Strife', finishing on the classic ‘You stole the sun'. The crowd were now taking it in turns to be thrown off the stage by Vegas, the distinctive man behind the scenes. One chap struggled to contain himself any longer and proceeded in kissing the front man, Jonny Brown right on the cheek as he carried on playing, it's captured on Youtube if you want to see for yourself.
Thankfully, The Wheel arrived back on stage for an encore, dripping with sweat, beer and whatever else was circulating around the social club. A new track ‘Take her Higher' was followed by the well known anthems, ‘We Are Us' and ‘Oh What Have You Done'. It's fair to say it was a memorable night, "the hottest gig we've done for a long time!" was how the band described it.
I'd catch them on their current headline tour if I were you, in fact I'm pretty sure I'll be catching them again myself. I'll leave you with the cheesy words that have just occurred to me ‘keep it wheel', a top band, a top gig.
http://www.floatationsuite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1731&Itemid=40
DeathRetro were the next act to grace the stage, they possess a darker influence and I enjoyed their keyboard usage, I made sure I picked up a free CD anyway. As Twisted Wheel got themselves sorted, the adrenaline filled crowd made their way closer to the diminutive stage. The usual chants of ‘wheel, wheel, wheel' echoed around the venue and pints of lager were launched across the room. Jonny Brown, Rick Lees and Adam Clarke stormed straight on stage and instantly began blasting out their single ‘Lucy the Castle', the crowd at the front had now appeared to have turned into wild animals. It was utterly chaotic yet absolutely brilliant.
‘She's a Weapon' was equally ace, the energy that the punk/indie rock &roll band possess is intense. They were slipping a few new tracks in as you'd expect, all of which went down well as the crowd proceeded in ‘giving it some'. Even I struggled to contain myself when they powered through ‘Racket'.
Imagine seeing one of your favourite bands in a pub, or a social club akin to this one, we were so close to the chaps that you had a real sense of being a part of something big. Their album may not have charted, but the fans that they do have are ecstatic.
Twisted Wheel are easily as good, if not better than a lot of bands in the limelight today. The atmosphere was now incredible and everyone was now visibly drenched in beer. As ‘Let them have it all' kicked in, folks in the crowd began to realise that it was just too easy to access the stage and have a dance, before diving back into the ‘pit'.
In many ways, I'd be happy for the lads if they made it ‘big', winning Brit awards, gaining chart success and selling out arenas. Although, from a personal perspective I'd much rather see them in insanely atmospheric social clubs like this one, where the beer is cheap and the absence of commercialisation is very welcome. Also, if every man and his dog were talking about them I'd probably be put off a bit.
Don't get me wrong, they're doing well for themselves, selling out the venues of their current tour and being chosen by Oasis to support them in their last ever tour. Not to mention supporting Paul Weller, they've done this without radio play or a good NME album review. They've merely done what they do best; impressing people up and down the country by playing a fucking good gig.
They played a flawless, energetic set, entertaining the crowd fully with tracks like ‘What's your name', ‘Bouncing Bomb', ‘Bad Candy', ‘One Night on the Street' and ‘Strife', finishing on the classic ‘You stole the sun'. The crowd were now taking it in turns to be thrown off the stage by Vegas, the distinctive man behind the scenes. One chap struggled to contain himself any longer and proceeded in kissing the front man, Jonny Brown right on the cheek as he carried on playing, it's captured on Youtube if you want to see for yourself.
Thankfully, The Wheel arrived back on stage for an encore, dripping with sweat, beer and whatever else was circulating around the social club. A new track ‘Take her Higher' was followed by the well known anthems, ‘We Are Us' and ‘Oh What Have You Done'. It's fair to say it was a memorable night, "the hottest gig we've done for a long time!" was how the band described it.
I'd catch them on their current headline tour if I were you, in fact I'm pretty sure I'll be catching them again myself. I'll leave you with the cheesy words that have just occurred to me ‘keep it wheel', a top band, a top gig.
http://www.floatationsuite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1731&Itemid=40
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