Apparently, the best way to organise a freakishly ice cold night in this fair city of ours is to put an All Blacks Test on at the stadium. Seriously, we've had two test matches in Wellington this year, and both nights have been great nights to be inside, in yr bed, under the covers, wearing every bit of clothing you own and watching yr breath freeze before your very eyes. That said, I still dragged myself and some pals to The Mighty Mighty on this cold July 5th to catch one of my favourite bands, The Situations, who were touring around with The Quick and The Dead, and The Transistors. Due to poor road conditions trapping all three bands on top of the Rimutakas for 3 or so hours, none of the bands actually made it to the venue until 11pm, so the night was gonna be a late one, and given the on road difficulties, you could've forgiven the bands for phoning it in, so to speak. But no, they all played blinders.
First up were the Quick and The Dead, a nuggets/british invasion influenced band from Auckland. The lead singer/guitarist was an energetic lad, playing the songs within an inch of their lives, while the rhythm section was totally rock solid. The only real criticism I had was that they under use the back vocals of the bass player, cos they worked really well when deployed.
I was very excited about checking out the Transistors, having heard nothing but praise for them and managing to miss their previous Wellington gigs. And boy were they worth the wait!!!!! Easily one of the most energetic bands I've seen, they sound like early Replacements (a fact hammered home when they covered Customer off the 'Mat brilliant 1st album, Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash). They played their thrashy little garagey Rock and Roll tunes with such force that at one point, the drummer had to play standing up having kicked his drum stool off the back of the stage. Seriously, these guys were sooooo good, I was wondering how The Situations were gonna top this.
I need not have worried, as always The Situtations kicked some serious ass. I mean, come on, I've seen these guys more than most bands and they always blow me away. Having spent x-mas/new years playing gigs in Europe, they were tight as. Didn't recognise many songs, this time they concentrated on new material. By the sounds of the new songs, the next album is gonna be a corker, tho we're not gonna hear them for a while, as while they've finished recording, the band are probably gonna sort out a european release before even thinking about releasing it here, which is sad for me as an fan, but great news to think that the band might actually get to release stuff overseas.
Three great sets from three great bands, on a night where the odds of this happening were slim to none.
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