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<\/a><\/p>\nOpening with \u201cI\u2019m a Rat\u201d I think you could have picked my jaw off the floor, and I think the smile just got bigger as the gig went on. I couldn\u2019t believe how tight and in your face the music sounded, how focused the musicianship and how much the band seemed to be enjoying things. Do you know what that enjoyment spread to an ever-increasing crowd and by the time we hit set closer \u201cFuck it up\u201d the audience was well involved. To me, it seemed that the band had relaxed, stopped playing up to a tabloid image and were there for the music, for the crowd and to give things a real shot. It will be interesting to see in the future the support slots they pick up and if rumours are confirmed there\u2019s a real biggie coming up which will connect them to an audience better suited to their brand of Punk\/R\u2019n\u2019R. But ultimately if the new LP due hits the heights of this live performance they\u2019ll be headlining SWX in their own right.<\/p>\n
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In the lull between Towers of London and Massive Wagons, I had cause to smile at a conversation between two Massive Wagons fans, noticeable by the T-Shirts about how easy it had been to get tickets for the Pink gig in Cardiff! Made me think about how diverse their audience is and how easily they could cross into the mainstream, which they seem to make a hell of a fist of doing. Now at this point I feel I have to be upfront and honest, I don\u2019t particularly like their take on classic Rock, don\u2019t get me wrong they are great at what they do but for me music has to have a sprinkle of stardust, something that sets it aside, an edge if you like, there is no edge to Massive Wagons.<\/p>\n
Nothing I saw in the stage show changed my mind in any way, but I was very much in the minority, they went down a storm.<\/p>\n
Waiting for the main Act to hit the stage thoughts drifted to what type of Wildhearts performance we were going to get, I needn\u2019t have worried, with the p.a. turned up to 11 they hit the stage to a storming version of \u201cDislocated\u201d from the new LP Renaissance men, <\/strong>and the drive and energy of the band hit you straight away, what an aural onslaught! Every time I catch the Wildhearts live my thoughts is always how clever the band is, how catchy the songs and how huge they should be, maybe this LP will put them right on the top of the pile.<\/p>\n