GYPSY PISTOLEROS/BLITZ
Musician Pub 12th July 2024
Contrasting with a few previous gigs, a night of rock'n'roll at The Musician Pub last night
First up were a band from Nottingham, BLITZ. they kicked off with plenty of energy and attitude and. Musically, and are a very competent power trio, but the set was fairly routine metal, I saw the same performance by countless bands in the early 70's and this added nothing. No unique selling point or originality here, fairly routine and ultimately monotonous...
Headlining however, were a totally new band to me... and wholly new experience... Gypsy Pistoleros... and what a great band they are!!
They hit the ground running, decked out in their make up and flambouyant dress style.. and rocked the room... I dont know what the songs they played were, but "Living the Vida Loca" was there fairly early, and they encored with. "Come on Eileen"... i detected something of "Hotel California" somewhere as well... if only the Eagles had this much pazzaz!!
The leader/singer was the perfect rock frontman.. great vocals, great presence and a nice line of patter between songs... the bass player hyper active bouncing around and grinning the whole time and playing some fine pumping bass and the guitar player slightly more static but equally engaging played some outstanding stuff throughout. At the back, the drummer hammered away, proving that not only was he capable of almost brutality to his kit, but proved a terrific drummer...
For the whole set the band kept up a colossal pace and energy, never flagging or failing to be totally engaging. It's always great to see a band not only playing this well but having such a ball... hugely entertaining... great fun and one of the best performances i've seen in an age!!... i absolutely loved every moment of this anarchy!!
If, like me, you didnt know this band you are missing out... go see them as soon as you can... they are a great band and great fun.. absolutely glorious, preposterous, overblown huge rock'n'roll energy and fun... and there isn't enough of that about
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