{"id":5418,"date":"2019-05-22T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2019-05-18T20:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T20:07:56","slug":"dboy-the-vega-bodegas-nigel-cardiff-clwb-ifor-bach-14th-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=5418","title":{"rendered":"Dboy\/The Vega Bodegas\/Nigel \u2013 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach \u2013 14th May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know what you\u2019re thinking,\u201d just who the fuck are Dboy?\u201d<\/p>\n

I thought exactly the same when just a few days before this gig I was instructed by the one and only Simon Phillips (yes he of Cheap Sweaty Fun fame) that I had to go to this show at all costs, \u201cthis band are the new Turbonegro\u201d he boldly claimed, \u201dyeah Turbonegro or The Dead Boys\u201d.<\/p>\n

High praise indeed I\u2019m sure you will agree\u2026. but most importantly he had me intrigued.<\/p>\n

A couple of Bandcamp listens later (I\u2019ll never truly understand the anti-streaming brigade like multi-millionaire Steve Lukather I really won\u2019t) and I\u2019ve secured a ticket for tonight\u2019s show, the last on the band\u2019s debut UK visit. \u00a36 is all it cost me and I feel like Charlie Bucket as I bowl up to Clwb Ifor sixth sensing I\u2019m about to witness something very special indeed.<\/p>\n

Also on the bill tonight are two local supports; Nigel, who plough a late 80s early 90s alt rock furrow seemingly intent of making me dig out my Chuck Mosely era Faith No More LPs when I get back home, by splicing the agit punk undertones of that band with some of the more \u201cout there moments\u201d from Pearl Jam into one glorious cacophony of sound. Plus there\u2019s The Vega Bodegas who take the influence gene pool of their predecessors and add a twist of the pop suss of Grunge complete with the dry sense of humour that only growing up in the south Wales valleys can gift you. \u2018Complete History of Witchcraft\u2019 which comes complete with frontman\/guitarist Jimmy telling a seemingly true story of sitting next to a witch on an Easyjet flight is for me the highlight of the band\u2019s uber tight set. Before a frenzied \u2018Monkey Ate The Monkey\u2019 also sees Nigel re-join the band on stage for one last foray into the mosh pit. I can\u2019t help but wonder what chaos these two might be able to conjure up if they were ever to head off on a tour of the UK\u2019s fast diminishing smaller live venues.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The delights of which tonight\u2019s headliners have been experiencing for themselves this past week or so, but then again when you have escaped the Gulags of Russia just to be able to deliver your debut record, I\u2019m sure stomaching a few motorway breakfasts will seem like a dawdle by comparison.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Granted the Soviet refugees decamped to Canada back story that Dboy trade on might be bending the truth just a little bit, but the trio\u2019s mission statement regarding “ending sonic austerity” is one we should all buy into. I mean just yards away there is a venue promoting tribute bands like they are the live music scene\u2019s one and only salvation, and that brothers and sisters I can assure you they are fucking not, bands like Dboy are the salvation and their debut album \u00a0\u00a0\u2018Prove Your Love – Live in Belem\u2019 is one I demand you all go out and buy! It\u2019s brilliant in its ability to stun the listener.<\/p>\n

Hitting the stage (okay make that floor) with their sublime \u2018Dboy for President\u2019 single, I\u2019m immediately mindful of that original comparison Mr Phillips made regarding the mighty Turbonegro. Yes they sound like them (well early days Turbo anyway), yes they have an instantly recognisable image and yes they also have a horde of insane fans (all wearing balaclavas) who seemingly worship the band.\u00a0 There\u2019s no messing around either as the band take us on a rip ride of 13 songs in what must have been 20 minutes maximum, and as the masked bass player launches himself into his devoted Scouts (that\u2019s what the band\u2019s fans like to be known as) I can\u2019t help adding the muthafucking Dwarves to the list of influences Dboy display.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Special mention must go to the band\u2019s masked drummer who not only hammers his kit like he\u2019s on a hand forging episode of Forged in Fire but also somehow manages to out mince the king of mincing the legendary P\u00e5l Pot Pamparius in the process.<\/p>\n

Finishing with the double whammy of \u2018Born With A Hard On\u2019 and the awesome \u2018Three Piece Band\u2019 before then trashing their backline and this ensuring no encore, tonight once again reinforced the fact that great live bands playing original music are still out there, you just need to do the digging, or have your mates do it for you.<\/p>\n

Simon Phillips, I owe you one.<\/p>\n

Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n

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