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JJ72 at the Borderline
Tuesday February 22nd 2000
(from www.members.easyspace.com/eatradio/ )
Firstly there was a band whose name I forget (They were called Lorimer, and they had John Craven on fretless bass-S) as well as a band called Eugene Speed. What can I say about them? Nothing Then JJ72 take the stage to very sparse applause opening with new single ‘Snow’, which sounds a hell of a lot better on record due to the extra guitar a recording studio allows them. Still its a damn fine song and one feels that five years ago when people were raving about Nirvana/Pumpkins et al JJ72 could of scored a hit and become Britain’s own little grunge phenomenon. But in the new major label owned music world JJ72 have little chance of making out of the pages of the NME, but I hope I'm wrong. Soon after playing the amazing but poorly received ‘Long Way South.’ Mark launches into his little solo spot with the brilliant Improv. Its during this emotional song that I realise that this show has turned into one of those horrible arms folded guest list heavy gigs that we all know and despise (we now know that the guest list had something like 150 names on it). Fortunately when the band return they play October Swimmer and the brilliant Algeria, they are loud rockers which demand a listeners attention, and thankfully it shuts up the crowd long enough so that we can all enjoy the explosive Bumblebee.Eugene Speed are good musicians who play some good songs yet they are no where near as good as JJ72 this could be put down to a number of things such as originality and passion but actually, its darkness.
Set List: Snow, Surrender, Long Way South, Oxygen, Improv, Broken Down, Undercover Angel, October Swimmer, Algeria, Bumblebee.
Olly Parker is responsible.