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Tenner would have been quite a crowd pleaser, had there been a crowd around to please. The Union had shown its genius once again by putting on a brand new Indie night in a separate location, at the same time. It makes me quite mad. Tenner themselves had some jolly tunes, and the singers apalling dress sense was more than made up for by his incredible ability to stand right on the edge of than stage and not fall off. Sadly though, with no one watching, it was just too difficult to get involved in.
JJ72 did themselves no favours with their performance. They have some potentially cracking tunes, but with such a depressing attitude their talent is wasted. The bassist barely even moved to play a different string. I found the whole evening quite frustrating; miserable bands and a miserable crowd. (Greg)
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JJ72
Warwick Uni
24th Feb 2000
JJ72 have been hyped up a lot since being played on Mark and Lard last year, and
recently being featured in Melody Maker and NME as a hotly-tipped band for 2000.
Now I'm usually the first one to say " Don't believe the hype", but
having heard "October Swimmer" on JJ72's website as well as
"Snow" on Radio 1, I really thought this band could be special. After
buying the Snow single I was even more impressed, but what really did it for me
was seeing them live. First of all, I found out that the entrance fee had been
dropped, so I got in for free, and if that wasn't a good start, the support
group Tenner were pretty good as well.
But on to the main act, and JJ72 kicked off with the stonking "Snow".
Mark Greaney has got the most awesome and original voice around. As I said at
the time, "he ain't 'arf got a gob on 'im!". Hillary Woods on bass is
a joy to behold. She goes about her bass playing without so much as a smile, and
doesn't sing at all; then again she is a total babe (meant in a nice way of
course)! Feargal Matthews on the drums hides away nicely, but then again most
drummers would do the same.
I only knew the two singles, I can't remember them playing the two B-sides from
"Snow" that evening, but even so the songs seemed so right, complete,
and it all points to a great album within the next few months...This band
deserve great things, and it can only get better for them. Unfortunately for the
rest of us, this means paying to get in next time!
this review was posted by Ronald McDonald (aka Gary Davison)