Arrived
in Shrewsbury in time to catch all of Wreckless Eric. The guy is a
very funny man and performed very well. I’m not familiar with
his stuff and really he isn’t my cup of tea but never the less
he did seem to win over the crowd. The last time I saw the Damned
in Shrewsbury was April 1981 and the support was the Anti Nowhere
League unfortunately for me the support this time didn’t quite
cut it like the League did all those years ago.
The
Buttermarket is a nice compact venue with a massive balcony so we
made our way upstairs to get what turned out to be an excellent vantage
point. The Damned opened with Nasty and it was almost as entertaining
watching the pit as it was watching the band. It seemed to be kicking
off big time in the crowd with bodies flying everywhere but there
seemed to be some sort of cohesion about it all.
Anyway
I have to say the Band played a blinder and Little Miss Disaster
along with Perfect Sunday were absolutely fantastic. The highlight
was hearing the new songs let’s hope there are plenty more to
come. The Set List included 13th Floor Vendetta, Alone Again
Or, Curtain Call, Neat Neat Neat, Smash It Up,
Would You Be So Hot, Eloise, Melody Lee, Second
Time Around, Love Song, Ignite, Street of Dreams
and a few others I’ve forgotten.
For
the encore Captain got to live a dream and helped by Pinch & Monty
played bass with Tony McPhee from The Grounbdhogs. It went
down extremely well with the crowd despite being a complete departure
from the Damned sound!
The
last song of the evening was New Rose and Captain disappeared
from the stage and played the last verse in the middle of the mosh
pit. The funniest thing was no one seemed to notice him standing there
very bizarre.
Another
excellent Damned performance and apparently if DV can remember the
words there might me some more new material included in the set very
soon!
Kevin
Ruscoe
