{"id":7238,"date":"2019-08-14T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2019-08-18T21:48:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T21:48:37","slug":"rebellion-festival-blackpool-winter-gardens-2nd-august-2019-fandabidozy-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7238","title":{"rendered":"Rebellion Festival \u2013 Blackpool Winter Gardens \u2013 2nd August 2019 (Fandabi-Friday)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With what seems like a couple of hour\u2019s kip we\u2019re up and at \u2018em in the RPM Camp. Breakfast looked like it was on the critical list and had been out in the rain all night but we eat it all the same.\u00a0 We have the dilemma over breakfast of who we won\u2019t be able to catch due to the number of quality bands on today\u2019s bill.<\/p>\n

We wanted to catch so many bands today it looked nuts however we looked at it. It came down to the flip of a coin on what will forever be known as Fandabi-Friday (Don’t ask but our sides almost split).\u00a0 If you need an explanation I\u2019m sorry but it\u2019s locked in a chest and buried at the bottom of the ocean off the North Pier.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>TFG and Riskee & The Ridicule<\/a>\u00a0were on early so we had to take a pass on as it was our annual Ratboy Magic show but we got sidetracked on the way so missed the lot before we paid an early doors visit to the Empress to catch a bit of brass courtesy of The Popes Of Chillitown<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(that our esteemed fellow writer Nev recommended) they kicked up a fair old racket with their ska \/punk hybrid and nailed it.<\/p>\n

Everywhere we looked there was someone we wanted to watch –\u00a0Miss Fragile<\/a> in the Almost Acoustic –\u00a0The Snivelling Shits<\/a> in the Opera House but it was Knock Off<\/a>\u00a0 who got the nod as they knock out their street punk which they claim is fuelled by the state of the country and play like it with added anger and disillusionment and on this evidence its hard not to disagree even with their technical difficulties the band deal with it and get on with business and turn in a solid performance. We hang around to catch\u00a0Dragster<\/a> in Club Casbah who have a great new(ish) ‘Anti Everything’ album under their belts.\u00a0 Fi and the boys were cutting a fine jib upon their return to the festival and they sounded ferocious. They attacked songs like ‘Anti Everything’ and ‘Vultures Circle’ and the epic ‘Death By 1000 Cuts’. It’s always good to hear ‘Dead Punks’ the band play like their lives depended on it and it would seem that the punters were out early enjoying the audio assault. With Fi spending a lot of the set on the barrier getting amongst it and the band dog deep by dragging up ‘Eat The Dirt’ from their debut back in 2006. A tonne of energy and a raft of tunes that are getting better and better.<\/p>\n

We quickly realised we haven\u2019t yet been to the Opera house and it’s already Friday \"\"<\/a>evening.\u00a0 but it has to wait a little as were back in the Casbah to catch some of Disciplines set (whilst over in Empress TV Smith<\/a> was playing \u2018The Lord\u2019s Prayer\u2019 so we\u2019re reliably informed).\u00a0 Discipline did a split some years ago with Argy Bargy so to have a one-two jab from the Dutch boot boy rockers followed by\u00a0Argy Bargy\u2019s return in Casbah at Teatime for the RPM bootboys was a real treat. Discipline were good To be fair and their love of all things PSV came across loud and clear.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 It was a most welcome sight as Watford John rustled up a tea time treat with some choice cuts from the most excellent album \u2018Hopes Dreams Lies & Schemes\u2019 as \u2018Looking For Glory\u2019\u00a0 sounded fresh as the first time they played it. We were also treated with songs off \u2018Drink Drugs & Football Thugs\u2019 call it Oi! Or Thug Rock but I\u2019ll just call it quality Rock and Roll and a most welcome return it’s been today in the Casbah.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To have a break we wander through the labyrinth of backstage corridors to navigate our way quickly around the venue and find ourselves in the surreal surroundings of the Arena.\u00a0 Nothing different with the venue it\u2019s just Brazils action figured self-proclaimed Billy Idol Of the Amazon Supla S&V<\/a> along with his trusty accomplice for the evening is Victoria Wells as the due knock out what can only be described as house meets dance meets punk sampled mash up whilst wearing a nice blazer and skin-tight shorts.\u00a0 I kid you not – Supla is out there on his own when it comes to entertainment and vision but the good people of The Winter Gardens didn\u2019t get the memo and the dynamic duo of dance were left playing to a few clued up disciples.\u00a0 As for what the songs were? Fuck knows. Your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, we too had to cut and run as Spunk Volcano and The Eruptions<\/a> were about to take the stage back in our haven that was Casbah.\u00a0 The temperature must be about 120 degrees plus (it certainly seems like it) and the most sensible person in the room seems to be the guy in the pants…oh hang on he’s wearing a woolen balaclava with just one eye!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There’s no fucking about here and the bodies start being flung around in an impressive pit as the band doesn’t\"\"<\/a> have time to fuck about and it’s straight into ‘Death Or Glory’ from the impressive ‘Double Bastard’. sure the classic SV tracks are present and accounted for like ‘Hanging Round The Shops’, ‘Shit Generation’, ‘Ram Raid’, ‘Xr3’ and ‘Sellotape’ and ‘CrossFire’ as the Rebellion audience sing along in all the right places\u00a0 and by the end of the set the Casbah is full to bursting and for the next few hours at least I can’t get ‘Knobhead’ out of my noggin’ I even think he dedicated to us as well, how rude but bloody entertaining.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Right it’s just gone 8 pm and we’ve not stopped for any food yet so whilst my colleague is on the blower to his union to see if it’s lawful to have this much fun and no breaks I’m off to the chippy before Duncan Reid goes Acoustic.\u00a0 Right, That was a quick hour and without delay, we’re back in Almost Acoustic to catch the full set from Duncan Reid & The Big Heads<\/a> and after a few of those dreaded technical difficulties were off and running and Mr. Power Pop is showing exactly how to write great pop tunes that can be played both electric and acoustic as the pub like venue joins in the sing-a-long and we all have a jolly good time. ‘Kellys Gone Insane’ from the debut solo record sounds fantastic as does ‘The One’ also from the re-released debut record. ‘C\u00e8st La Vie’ is aired from that difficult second album along with ‘Long Long Gone’. Duncan shares some very nice words for his former bandmates in The Boys before cracking open a take on ‘Brickfield Nights’ where Nick Hughes did a very commendable job on Matts vocals.\u00a0 It only leaves ‘First Time’ and a standing ovation seems about right – Always smiling – always looking like they’re having the best of times -its infectious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>We head out the door for a wander knowing we can catch the end of the UK Subs<\/a> set over in the Empress after a cheeky dark fruit we head upstairs to see the subs do what the do best and thats kicks out the jams in what felt like watching a band inside an oven on 180.\u00a0 The band show no sign of relenting as they justify their prime spot on the bill once again.<\/p>\n

We head outside to wring off the t-shirt again before catching some of the Stranglers set luckily for us we caught a portion of the set where they played a few classic Stranglers ‘Peaches’, ‘Nice N Sleazy’ and ‘Duchess’ we go for a walk around the balcony and by the time ‘Something Better Change’ erupts I’m done.\u00a0 the heat has got the better of me and I bow out.\u00a0 After what has once again been a full-on Fandabidozy Friday in The Winter Gardens wandering from room to room catching band after band all offering something different but mostly offering exceptional quality. Now if I could be in two places at once then now would have been a good time to give that ago.\u00a0 Luckily for us, Mr. Darrel Sutton was on hand at the same festival but watching totally different bands to us so without further waffle over to Mr. Sutton…<\/p>\n

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Friday sees an extended pub lunchtime forcibly ended by a raging (ouch) set from Ohio\u2019s Raging Nathans<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019ve wanted to catch these lot for ages, having actually booked them for a date on an aborted tour a few years ago, and they do not disappoint. Between song banter is kept to a minimum and Josh Goldman and crew literally rip the arena a new one with a fast and frantic set that Zeke would have struggled to match.<\/p>\n

A few hours in the RPM inner circle sees me catch Discipline, Argy Bargy and Spunk Volcano in an exhausting triple-header before an enforced break sees me return to catch Leftover Crack<\/a> in the same venue.\u00a0 A band that have never grabbed my attention for any prolonged period on record, their live show is positively intense.\u00a0 The subtleties of their ska-infused records are pretty much abandoned in a total rager of a set.\u00a0 A quick venture into the Stranglers set in the Empress is curtailed by the unbearable heat of the utterly packed room and a very wise decision to grab a pew for what is billed as Alex Wonk\u2019s<\/a> acoustic set.\u00a0 However, it soon becomes apparent this isn\u2019t going to be a solo set as the full Wonk Unit<\/a> line-up (Ok so Kenny only gets up for one song as Alex is back on six-strings) are crammed onto the stage.\u00a0 And that\u2019s also where the normal acoustic rules also go out of the window with chairs being discarded, a pit being formed for most songs and even two human pyramids and numerous crowd surfers popping up along the way.\u00a0 The likes of ‘My Nagging Wife’, ‘Awful Jeans’ and ‘Lewisham’ lose none of their charm through being unplugged and alternate versions of songs like ‘Go Easy’ in an acoustic form further add to the charm.\u00a0 A total master stroke to round the day off.<\/p>\n

Popes of Chillitown, Argy Bargy, Discipline, UK Subs pictures courtesy of Dod Morrison Photography.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All other pics courtesy of Johhny And Dom.<\/p>\n

Author: Dom Daley & Darrel Sutton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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