Thursday night is the new 'Friday Night. Back to one of my favourite and easiest to get to venues for this. I'm glad to finally catch The Speedways after not being able to see them at the Pump It Up Powerpop Weekender earlier this year.
Much the same can be said of tonight's headliners. Marc Valentine is best known for fronting the excellent Last Great Dreamers, but that band are taking a break for a while so Marc is keeping busy playing with his solo band and releasing an album of his own - Last Great Dreamers guitarist Slyder Smith is also currently doing the same with his other band The Oblivion Kids. Slyder's band is taking a heavier direction while Marc's band are sticking more with a 1970's/80's pop/glam rock feel. Their image reflects this. Last Great Dreamers never achieved the success they deserved - another band who seemed to be in the right place at the right time but never got the breaks. However, they learned their trade well and Marc's polished pop/rock songwriting skills are being put to good use here.
Marc's new band are all very experienced musicians who have been round the block a few times. Great players with good stage presence - even if they do feature possibly the world's most miserable looking guitarist! He might look like his dog's just died, but he is a superb player and performer - throwing shapes as he peels off fluid guitar lines.
Unlike his LGD bandmate Slyders new band, Marc's band sounds more similar to their other outfit - probably due to Marc's catchy pop songwriting. This band look and sound good and are another band well worth catching if they head your way...
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