16/11/2019 Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons @ The Dublin Castle

Back to one of London's best music venues to see Basingstoke's best band. Well probably anyway - I haven't actually seen every band in Basingstoke. Or any of them to be honest apart from this one, but I'd be very surprised if any of them are as good as Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons.

This band are a unique mixture of influences - from a singer mixing up Tank Girl with Catwoman, to a rockabilly guitarist who also likes Motörhead, and a drummer who puts disco beats into rock & roll songs. But put them all together and it works. Really well.

Oddly, they don't have a bass player - although they did the first few times I saw them. I don't know exactly what happened, but they have decided since that they can do without a bass player. They certainly seem to be managing OK without one.

Although there are some more modern influences this band are very firmly influenced by the classic rock & roll and rockabilly of the 1950's, albeit with a punk and very in your face attitude.

If you want to be highly entertained by some vintage sounding rock 'n' roll I can highly recommend catching Pussycat and The Dirty Johnsons if they head your way. And buy their albums - I picked up their latest one 'Ain't No Pussy' at the merch stall and wasn't disappointed.