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Morphines, Amber Souls, Fado Rock and Superscape
23rd September 2004 at Thee Box, Asylum
By Cilla
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I kept thinking that these guys really do deserve more of a listen.
They brought to mind the bassy tunes of Bad Company from years ago.
And then they had a problem - a broken bass guitar, apparently.
Fado Rock have good harmonies and rocking riffs and I'd like
to see them play somewhere smaller, like the Adelphi - I feel maybe they'd be
better suited to a smaller, more intimate venue where they can converse with the crowd.
You could tell they wanted to ..
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I have to admit that it was the next band, Amber Souls that I really went to see.
As The Psychedelic Breakfast, they were the best band I'd seen in the last 6 months.
Last time they were at the Adelphi - a completely different place to play and to watch.
I was a little anxious that they wouldn't be the same.
And I thought to myself, Will they play Confusion (my favourite Psychedelic's song)?
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Well, no they didn't - they've a complete new set list since I last saw them -
but I need not have worried; although they took a while to get on with their set
(they'd had no time for a sound check earlier, arriving in Hull late after being held up
in traffic in Newcastle) I was soon listening to the familiar wa wa of the synth and
enraptured by the voice of Nick Grimes. Oh yes, it was still THEM!
A class band from the off - I remembered being so impressed by them last time -
they all work really hard and look like they love what they're doing.
It's no wonder they're huge in their home town of Newcastle.
I met up with Debs who'd come to Hull with the band from Newcastle.
She told me that at home the Amber Souls play a lot of acoustic gigs -
in fact this was the first time she'd seen them play like this!
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This band just gel together and what they produce is brilliant - never a flat note, a missed
chord and the beat just went on and on.
Nick has the voice of Jon Anderson and Ollie the bass player is a spectacle to behold.
But it's not just them - it's the whole thing that they all produce together which makes this a very special band indeed.
And they just got better. I loved it.
Just goes to show, you can change your name but if there's talent there, it's just got
to come out, so I guess I shouldn't feel too sad about the loss of Psychedelic.
After another short interlude and the gathering of a bit of a crowd in front of
the stage, the Morphines took their place under the lights.
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Amid controversial opinions from some of the crowd and indeed from what I'd heard
previously, I needed to watch this band with an open mind.
They're a young band. They brought plenty of fans with them who danced and sang
to the songs they knew.
The lead singer is the sort of guy who'll get there simply because he will, or die.
His torso covered in eyeliner writing - MORPHINES and SUCK ME. He's a bit of a cross
between Sid Vicious and Mick Jagger - leaning into the audience, shouting his lyrics,
pacing around the stage.
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The drummer spins his sticks and the bass guitarist appeared to have his mouth taped up.
They're a confident bunch but in truth I felt they were indeed 70% wannabe, 30% talent,
a comment made to me by one of the audience.
Having said that, the people who loved them really did love them.
I kept thinking of Haircut 100 and Sham 69 - a peculiar mix, something to do
with their stage image alongside their Whats wrong with me? What's wrong with you?
lyrics shouted into the audience.
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The Morphines are unfortunately just not my cup of tea.
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Tonight's openers Sweet Assassin get proceedings underway with an apology.
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I kept telling myself; nah, no way is Keith Flint at Welly Club.
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Photos By Darren Rogers
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What can I say, other than what an amazing night!
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I walk through the door of The Piper tonight, straight into a wall of sound
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This band is Displacements.
It's hard to figure out exactly what's going on until they introduce a little subtlety.
And then it all starts to sound pretty good.
Vocally, neither singer
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I've heard tonight's openers The Morphines described as something like Ian Curtis singing
with The Clash.
If my musical arithmetic is correct, then The Morphines should sound something like Sham 69.
And they do. A bit.
While the garage rock revival grips the world like nuclear war, The Morphines hark back to an era
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