{"id":6085,"date":"2019-06-18T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6085"},"modified":"2019-06-14T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T23:30:33","slug":"alvin-gibbs-the-disobedient-servants-criminal-mind-the-louisiana-bristol-9th-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6085","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Gibbs & The Disobedient Servants\/Criminal Mind \u2013 The Louisiana, Bristol \u2013 9th June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With \u2018Your Disobedient Servant\u2019 being, in my humble opinion, one of the very best albums released in 2019 thus far the prospect of catching Alvin Gibbs and his band of Disobedient Servants live on a short run around the UK was just too much of a \u201cone of kind\u201d opportunity to be overlooked, plus the gig is in one of the best venues Bristol has to offer, so a ticket for this must-attend event was duly purchased.<\/p>\n

For those of you who might never have been to The Louisiana it\u2019s got that fantastic upstairs above a pub vibe going for it and over the years it has seen everyone from Airbourne to Fleet Foxes treading its – oh so low it could be a step – stage. Views in this place are of a premium when it\u2019s packed out so that\u2019s why even before local street punks Criminal Mind takes to the stage the place is a tippy toe view only kind of full.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m actually embarrassed to say I\u2019ve never seen or heard Criminal Mind before tonight, I\u2019m embarrassed because with over 10 years together as a band, playing hundreds of shows around the UK, I\u2019m not entirely sure how they have evaded me. Their set tonight is packed full of great tunes (which I\u2019m of course hearing for the first time) all loaded up with chant-along choruses and delivered with the kind of enthusiasm and attitude that first made me fall in love with the \u2018Total 13\u2019 era Backyard Babies. There\u2019s a hint of The Living End to be heard during the anthemic \u2018Blood On The Cobbles\u2019 plus a dash of Rancid on show when bassist Ben Dowling takes over the vocals mid-set but what Criminal Mind do have in spades is their own identity \u2013 something which is not lost on the diehards who holler back every word. We always love it when a new (?) band falls into our laps here at RPM towers and with their third album due to be released very soon you can bet your bottom dollar we\u2019ll be catching up with Criminal Minds very soon indeed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Promising tracks from the \u00a0\u2018Your Disobedient Servant\u2019 album along with some choice Gibbs voiced Subs tunes plus maybe a few surprises (and guests) along the way reports online that the aptly named Disobedient Tour has been doing brisk business ticket wise is reassuring to hear given the apathy a lot of venues (not the Louisiana I might add) across the UK seemingly has towards original music right now. The army of West Country UK Subs fans makes sure that tonight is no exception and the Cheshire Cat grins on the faces of Alvin Gibbs, Leigh Heggarty and Jamie Oliver as they fight their way through the crowd to the stage does indeed speak volumes. This promises to be everything I thought it might be\u2026even if we don\u2019t actually get any special guests here tonight.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kicking off with the opening 1-2 from the \u2018Servants\u2019 album, \u2018Arterial Pressure\u2019 and \u2018Ghost Train\u2019 is simply stunning in the live setting, the latter still the best Iggy song Iggy never wrote with Alvin commanding the dual role of bassist and lead singer with consummate ease. \u2018Bordeaux Red\u2019 is the first of the UK Subs songs to be aired tonight and it\u2019s here that Gibbs truly shines in his day job, twisting his body and the strings on his Fender Precision into places other bassists can only dream of going. Elsewhere there\u2019s a ferocious two-song tribute (\u2018Down On The Streets\u2019 and \u20181969\u2019) to Alvin\u2019s stint with Iggy all complete with a hilarious Iggy V\u2019s Charlie anecdote that I won\u2019t spoil here, and then there\u2019s Leigh Heggarty taking over the mic for a fantastic version of \u2018In A Rut\u2019 that perfectly segues into \u2018Warhead\u2019 mid-song. Of the other Subs tunes aired \u2018Stare At The Sun\u2019 from \u2018XXIV\u2019 is the wildcard Gibbs has personally chosen whilst ‘Dragging Me Down\u2019 from \u2018Killing Time\u2019 sounds reborn devoid of the awful late-80s production that drowned that LP.<\/p>\n

Of course tonight is really all about the \u2018Your Disobedient Servant\u2019 album and the trio certainly do not disappoint delivering the likes of \u2018Dumb\u2019 (dedicated to Trump, Farage and Bojo), \u2018Clumsy Fingers\u2019, \u2018Polemic\u2019, \u2018Camden Town Gigolo\u2019, \u2018I\u2019m Not Crying Now\u2019 and a frantic \u2018Back To Mayhem\u2019 like the band have been on the road for months\u2026not days. Credit also that the guys effortlessly pull off the epic soundscape that is \u2018Heaven And Angels\u2019 even with Alvin complaining his throat was a bit sore after 6 consecutive shows this really is a faultless performance.<\/p>\n

Encoring with a run through of Ian Hunter\u2019s \u2018Once Bitten, Twice Shy\u2019 and Urban Dogs\u2019 \u2018A Bridge Too Far\u2019 the Servants eventually have the venue lights turned on as a subtle reminder they have broken all the Sunday night curfew rules and probably should know better than that by now\u2026but what the hell this is punk rock, right?<\/p>\n

Make sure you catch Alvin Gibbs & The Disobedient Servants live at Rebellion Festival this August it\u2019s one set you really do not want to be missing.<\/p>\n

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Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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