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smudge6323 was there for The Amber Herd · Fri, 12 Jun 2015
Need to separate this rating into two: the music and the venue. Let's get the venue out the way first, nothing special, it is what it is, a no frills live music location with a decent selection of ales downstairs (could actually do with replicating this in the bag where the actual bands are). Even though I love 'rough and ready' live music venues, I wonder how many more people will attend these gigs if it was 'spruced' up a little.
Now on to the music: firstly Roz Bruce, two guitarists and a drummer thump out a very Hendrix- esque sound and with the lead vocalist being female, adds a twist of Girlschool to the mix, the result a very loud, rocky, thumping sound which is exactly the right mix and gets a 10/10 from me.
Secondly, Water for Dogs: another first time experience for me, in many ways. Again two guitars but no drummer this time, instead a keyboard player with a thumping drum machine (and none of their tracks have vocals which really does work). How would you describe the sound? Well a good question, as even when asking Chris Sharman, the bassist, I said it's like The Human League meets Gary Numan meets Pendulum meets Orbital meets Jean Michel Jarre, Chris said "yeah add a bit of jazz into that as well as a few other bits into a big bucket, and what seeps out the bottom is what you get" so even they can't describe the sound, however, I can in one word....brilliant.A guest for Too Rex · Sat, 27 Dec 2014
The world’s best! ... The closest you will ever get to seeing anything near to T.REX or Marc Bolan both vocally and visually. Great night, amazing venue and ' Perfection' is a huge under statement for the band! Go See.. A MUST!!
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1964 to 2026
How Derby has played out
| Decade | Concerts | Venues |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8 | 5 |
| 1970s | 122 | 22 |
| 1980s | 157 | 15 |
| 1990s | 247 | 25 |
| 2000s | 1,088 | 78 |
| 2010s | 3,055 | 152 |
| 2020s | 1,254 | 83 |
A guest 100% for From The Jam · Wed, 25 Nov 2015
Brilliant night 10out10
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