Only first we had to go to Linus' parents house and get a SatNav (the arranged unit having been mysteriously 'leant' to someone) that was apparently 'found in a Taxi'... meaning that due to it's non-legal status the maps are quite a few years out of date, which will bite us in the ass a bit later on.
We blast up to the Midlands having crammed the joblot into an old Transit.
The Venue was to be the Victoria Inn which was really easy to find due to it's proximity to the railway station.
WORMROT had recently played there so we were assured of it's grindcore potential: this would be a sell-out night!
No?
Well anyway the Promoter and his pals were really nice fellows, and the Vic was full of photos of really great past bands who had played there: bands like Napalm Death, Crass, etc etc meaning we got to shoot the shit with all and sundry about the illustrious history of FAST and LOUD.
The Other bands were also really cool, and interested in what everyone was doing musically: this would prove pretty vital by the time the show opened.
ABOVE: always good to have a solid roof above your head.
After the very bleak Necroface and supertech Galleons we bang out a sweaty one that seemed to please what audience we had, we then chill out to the solid crowbaresque riffs of headliners Jagerneth.
All in all a good evening: perhaps lightly attended but those that came were really up for it and seeing it was a wednesday night they stayed and caught the whole deal. Win.
The poster looked like this:
That night we bunked down at Phil's (Lordaeron, Necroface) house, and can only thank his poor girlfriend for having to deal with 3 stinking idiots once he'd left for work in the morning.
