The Mingers , Bosseye , The 30 Second Dead , Diverse Unit at The Adelphi Tuesday 13th July 2004 By Dick Spring

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Bloody hell! It's about time! A proper punk band that had me rolling back the years. I am, of course talking about Diverse Unit, a bunch of snot nosed punks all around the age of 15 or so, with a passion and something to say. The songs were there as well, and for a first gig it showed a talent and tightness of a band with far more experience. It brought to mind GBH and The Ejected, and that can't be bad. It makes for a refreshing change to hear a band that don't just scream over a racket, like so many bands that masquerade as punk these days.

An example of the aforementioned comment would have to be The 30 Second Dead, who have some great intro's to their songs but all too often get a little repetitive. Although on occasion I have enjoyed this band, I wasn't in the mood tonight, though you couldn't fault them for effort and the mosh pit that they got going. It was certainly lively that's for sure. There were some familiar faces in the shape of Bosseye from North Yorkshire, as they are ex The Write Offs, who were regulars to Hull in the late 90's.

It was good to catch up with them now, with their chaotic brand of Ska Punk that brought to mind Minions of Jeffrey who played the Adelphi Back in May. I think the overriding thing about them was that their sound was maybe a little too busy with a lot going on in there. At the same time this gives them the charm and boisterousness of your average Under 6's nursery, and you cannot help but warm to them and give them your time.

The Mingers, from Leeds, who were headlining tonight, were a new name to me, though their profile has risen recently, having been on tour with American act Leftover Crack. I had visions of some bad shouty punk, but I was pleasantly surprised. They were pretty handy. I guess the most obvious comparison would be that of the Distillers, as they had a female singer with voice capable of being heard over their loud and brash music, which had echoes of Sick of it all, and even a bit of Leatherface was in there.

Sadly the audience had depleted noticeably, but The Mingers did a fine job of whipping up the ones that stayed. As a final note i would say that band of the night for me was Diverse Unit.

Audience Comment (emailed in) By Paul Claxton

Diverse Unit were immense, especially considering it was their first gig. They did 8 of their own songs (not covers) which I also thought was impressive as bands don't usually play this many on their first gig. I think they'll go far and would definitely be interested in seeing them again. Any info would be great. The Mingers were also cool, was really impressed. Never heard them before but yeah, cool!

Not sure, Steph, Bek, Sophie and Bec.

Joe and Promoter Jamie

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