24/9/2006 Vamps 'N' Gypsies @ the Purple Turtle

Subject	Vamps 'N' Gypsies @ the Purple Turtle
PostedDate	9/24/2006
	I arrived as The Random were playing. Fortunately they sounded better than they looked - like an indie band who maybe like a bit of rock too. This is a band so organised that their setlists even tell them which guitars to play on each song. Unfortunately, they aren't a band so organised as to have a spare bass handy in case the bass player breaks a string - which is what happened tonight. However, their frontman is together enough to start playing a well known (Oasis? - I can't remember now) song with the rest of the band joining in while the bass player puts a new string on so the singer earns points for that. Once again, Vamps 'N' Gypsies are billed to follow an act who shouldn't really be on the same bill at all, but all bands have to deal with this sort of thing. This lot take it in their stride though, and deliver their usual entertaining show. This is a outfit who as Justin Hawkins once said of his own band are "in the entertainment business" and perform accordingly - something a lot of other bands could do well to follow. Unlike, most of the other bands on the same scene who do attempt to give a good ROCK show - Vamps 'N' Gypsies also remembered to write some good songs as well - something else many of the bands on this circuit could do well to learn from. Like JOANovARC, this is one of the few bands I don't get tired of seeing time and time again.