Finally & thankfully, yours truly has made it to one of the HMK gigs on the UFO tour. Believe me kittens, due to extraneous circumstances, it's taken a superhuman effort to get to this one, when initially I had intended to get to 5 or 6.
So it was with great elation when I got to the door & found out that world class drummer & human metronome of this 'ere parish, Mr Keith Boyce had left me a pass for the photo pit, down at the front no less.
REEESULT!
There's only one thing to do in moments like this & that's to repair to the bar for a libation or 2. No sooner had the second livener passed my luscious pouting lips, when I heard a commotion & a general buzz of excitement from the stage area.
Oh yes my dears; IT WAS THAT TIME!
I flashed my pass (& that's not a euphemysm) to the security guy & took my position in the pit. What a buzz. Furthermore, in front of my very eyes, taking up their positions, were those fine fellows from the Heavy Metal Kids. Righteously where they belong; on a bloody big stage, with a bloody big lighting rig, going through a bloody big P.A & in front of upwards of a thousand bloody people. Niiiiice!
Before a note was struck however, it was time for an official announcement.
The announcement of Keith Boyces' birthday had over a thousand souls singing happy birthday to our man Keith. What an uplifting moment!
On with the show & the boys launched straight into old favourite 'hangin' on', sounding like a slick, well oiled machine.
With the recent departure of much loved, original bass player 'Ronnie Thomas', you'd have been forgiven for thinking this would have thrown the Kids into disarray. No such worries here kittens, cometh the hour cometh the man!
Step forward & take a bow Mr Ronnie Garrity, who after 2 rehearsals, was thrown headfirst into this full UK tour & fit in immediately, just like a pair of silk stockings on Gina Lollobrigidas' legs!
In the face of adversity & several knockbacks, the Kids as a live proposition go from strength to strength. Justin McConville is developing into one hell of a frontman, who's voice gets richer & better everytime I see him play.
Cosmo was as brilliant as ever, giving his fingers a real workout on the Montrose cover 'Rock Candy'.
They tore through one classic after another, 'blow it all away, 100 skeletons, she's no angel & Marseilles to name but a few.
My dears 'twas over all too soon, but the Kids were well recieved among this sell out crowd. Here's hoping this tour with UFO has opened up a whole new army of fans for them & given them the exposure they so richly deserve.
After the show, yours truly was invited backstage for a few celebratory drinks with the band by birthday boy Mr Boyce. Niiiiiiiice!
However as all good things must come to an end, the kids had to set off early & make their way back to London. This my dears, left me in the unenviable position of being left in the dressing room of what was once one of the wildest bands in rock'n'roll. What do I do? Do I trash the tv? Do I find a sharp object & drive it through the fridge, thus releasing dangerous gases into the atmosphere? Nooooooo!
Would you like to know what I did?? Well come a little closer kittens & I'll tell you!!!
For never in the annals of rock'n'roll history will you have heard anything so debauched, so radical.
Ok Ok, I helped myself to a satsuma & an apple from the fruitbowl & munched them on the way back to the car!!
The Heavy Metal Kids, we at Tightpocket towers bloody love 'em!
Chin Chin.
" just like a pair of silk stockings on Gina Lollobrigidas' legs!"
ReplyDeleteOMG!.... But you saved your literary reputation by relating your timid adventure with the satsuma and the apple. Bless you!
" just like a pair of silk stockings on Gina Lollobrigidas' legs!"
ReplyDeleteOMG!.... But you saved your literary reputation by relating your timid adventure with the satsuma and the apple. Bless you!