NoMeansNo are a band that I discovered in 1988 courtesy of my wonderful friend Pete (God rest his soul). He'd heard them of John Peel and seen that they were playing in Bristol so a few of us decided to go along on Pete's recomendation. That night at the Bierkeller opened up new possibilities as NoMeansNo were one of the most amazing things I'd ever seen and still are. Having seen them a good few times over the intervening 25 years I almost missed this year's tour but thanks to my mate Gareth a plan was hatched to see both them and Rush. It all worked out, we got to Nottingham, NM put on a great show as always and hopefully Gareth is now a convert! Due to battery malfunction and poor planning no pics but this vid might give you a clue or two as to what they do:-
It's great to know that they're still out there playing their skewed bass-led prog-punk! The compact room (to say the least) at The Doghouse was ideal and the 100-200 in attendence certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves. It was great to meet up (for the first time) with virtual friends Virus, Filth and Happy from the forum at Nomeanswhatever.com.
Another band it's great to know are still out there doing their thing is the mighty Rush.
We pitched up in Manchester without tickets having been reticent to stump up the masses of cash necessary almost a year in advance but strolling up to the box office on the afternoon of the show they were able to offer us near enough perfect seats - bottom of the side tier about 10 rows from the stage. Miraculous, eye level with the band and the best seats I'd ever had for Rush. And no booking fee!
A fantastic show from a band at the very top of their game, the set was very '80s biased in the first half, almost the whole of Clockwork Angels in the second half with a bunch of classics. Marvellous! Got some pics this time, a bit shitty as my phone is a bit decrepit but no matter, great stuff.
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