I Admit I was a Damned Live Virgin, aswell as a "punk band
live gig" virgin, So I didnt really know what to expect. The
Last time I set foot in this Sin City Venue of Swansea's was when
I was a teen, bopping around my handbag in the mid-eighties, when
punk was lying low, and Sin City was then known as Harpers. So I knew
that the venue would be, for want of a better word, 'cosy', and not
really sure how it would affect the overall sound and acoustics.
I arrived at the start of the support band...even now, dont know who
the hell they were called, a 4 piece punky effort, with a lead singer
who strangely resembled a mix of the artful doger, from Oliver! and
theat creepy ChildCatcher. They made their way through a few songs,
attendance was low at this point, there wasnt much audience to beef
up.
As
time went on, just before The Damned appeared on came the girls with
a gothic cabaret moulin rouge routine, some talent there, but not
noticable..more eye candy for the lads.
Swansea
filled up real good by now, with an audience mix of normal/semi normal/not
sane/needing medication/needing sectioning/totally fckd Then, all
hell broke loose when the Damned appeared AT LAST!! and what a way
to break my punk virginity YAY! i was really chuffed to hear them
play Video Nasty..I loved them doing that on The Young Ones.
What made me laugh was in the very front were 5 lads in the audience,
some with dental braces.. Jesus, I own knickers older than them! The
audience was brill, It was sure A fab gig, brill set, great attendence...sound
awesome.
Thanks lads and ladesses for giving me one to remember DIOLCH! FROM
ABERTAWE
Mary Sweeney, Swansea.