Ten Eyed Man & Mutha Luvin Chimps Excel at the Bung!
What to do
on a wet Saturday night?
Well…..this
Saturday it was a no brainer, I took myself along to the Bung where top bands
Ten Eyed Man and Mutha Luvin Chimps were
headlining in support of the Stockport County Supporters Cooperative!
I was not disappointed,
as the bands ripped the place apart with stand out performances!
Mutha Luvin
Chimps were first to show, and an outstanding extended set followed as
the band showcased their excellent CD `Life, Love & Daytime TV ` with
infectious enthusiasm.
I hate
labels, but if pushed I would go for Punk with Polish, but are they either?
Well …yes they are certainly punk, and there`s polish in the mix too, but
there’s also a certain rawness in Jonny Briggs` delivery that says that there’s
much more to this band than any label might adequately cover.
With a line
up of Briggs( vocals), Penguin ( guitar), The Saint on bass and Silverback ,
who was massively impressive on drums, the lads were away into an hour long
set.
The caustically
cool `SOS Jeremy Kyle’ was just one from the CD
`Life , Love & Daytime TV ‘ to get the band's full on treatment, going down
really well.
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From the CD tracks that featured,
I liked the title track and `It’s
not Easy’ –both delivered with drive and energy by the lads, and for pure rawness
`Everybody’s on Medication’ ( see above)and the gut wrenchingly pain drenched `Woman’ took
some beating too.
The band
were at their best however, on `Hey Ho, Let Yourself Go’, ending with a stonkingly excellent encore of ` Eton Rifles’ and ` Never Gonna be the One’ to end a top set
on a monumental high!
`Follow that
then!’ I could imagine MLC thinking, and that’s just what classic rockers Ten
Eyed Man did, giving us a really special set that had the travelling `Loyal
Templars’ interacting with the stage like tomorrow was `world`s end’.
It was
excellent stuff, as Tonehound, The Preacher, Al & Ben, mastered the
challenging Bung electrics, with a stunningly tight performance!
The guitar
work and vocals of Paul Millsopp were particularly outstanding as the band
ripped on through a string of up tempo numbers from the opener `Wishing Well’
via `Third Degree’ on to the slower appeal of `Life’ and `Don’t Believe a Word’ that went down a
treat with the Templars and locals alike!
To the
friendly shout of `Play something we know’ from their travelling fans, TEM
ripped into `Get it On’ `Rockin in the Free World’ `Alright Now’ and a superb
version of `Jumpin Jack Flash’( see link below for a flavour ) that put the Stones in the shade owing little to
the original but loads to great musicianship which the band had in barrow
loads!
An excellent
set drew to a close with a great encore topped off by a version of `Highway
to Hell’ that threatened the hitherto sturdy foundations of the Bung.
A great gig
had inevitably to end, but those who made it to the Bung would have stayed
forever to listen to more from a top top band!
A brilliant
gig as I say, immaculately promoted by Christine and Phil, and great thanks are due to Ten
Eyed Man and Mutha Luvin Chimps. I thought that the sensational Blossoms would
be a hard act to follow, but you did it in impressive style!
Ian Brown
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