Derided and doted on in equal measure, Twisted Wheel are perhaps the most divisive Greater Manchester band for some time.
The Oldham three piece’s eponymous debut garnered a mixed reception, but they will hardly care when the disciples turn up in such raucous fashion as they did at the newly opened Fac251.
Currently working on their second album, due this year, the most hard working of bands are embarking on another mammoth tour, road-testing new material.
Battling problems with the sound (turn it up, Hooky!), the gig has the feel of an event and though the testosterone fuelled atmosphere borders on the aggressive, the fans lap up what they have come to expect, a night-on-the-tiles rock ‘n’ roll.
And that is exactly what they get. Their everyman appeal is such that their derivative sound (60’s rock through the funnel of 70’s punk) matters not, as the songs’ slightly clumsy clichés are bellowed back with zest.
What Twisted Wheel lack in finesse, they certainly atone for in sheer attitude. For the most part, the show is relentless, one rollicking rock missile after another, all spewed out impressively by singer Jonny Brown.
Setting the tone, opener She’s A Weapon spits and snarls with almost indecent venom, with You Stole The Sun and Oh What Have You Done maintaining the pace.
An acoustic song apart, the only slight respite came from the newer songs, characterised by bigger, slower riffs in the vein, at least in the case of Turnaround, of Primal Scream’s Rocks.
Reviewed: Mon, 01 March, 2010
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