Displacements and Lord Bishop Rocks at The Ringside, 23rd June By Dick Spring.

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Lord Bishop Rocks!!!

If ever an act has ever been more aptly named, I don't know, but whatever, tonight's opening slot was a special guest, short notice appearance. Lord Bishop is a giant of a man, but rocks like a b**tard. A cool black dude, from New York (though he is huge in Europe with near constant touring) is making a name for himself in Blighty with energetic shows, packed with attitude, yet also a sense of humour.

His music is a sonic collision of Hendrix, Parliament, and Bad Brains (all fellow brothers as Lord Bishop called them, who blazed a trail for Black musicians to Rock), there was also a bit of a nod to Kiss with some Gene Simmons-esque tongue wagging and groin thrusting. Lord Bishop is definitely keeping the lineage going and I feel we witnessed something special at Ringside tonight, and the rapturous cheering that greeted every song, indicated the audience were with it too. As if to stamp ROCK! on the night, he played Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe and a punked up version of Black Sabbath's Paranoid.

With The Ringside rapidly gaining the reputation for attracting class bands week in and week out, it's no surprise that the place fills up regularly now. After the tornado that was Lord Bishop Rocks, it was the turn of the advertised, Hull Punks Displacements, to kick some ass, for the significant number of people that had come to watch them. Although they were somewhat shell-shocked by what they had to follow, they attacked the stage with the vigour and energy of their youth.

They have a couple of tunes in there, and some good melodic bass lines from Burner (the bass player). A mention must also go to the Drummer Gowi, just back from injury, playing through the pain barrier. You have to give it to Displacements; they work hard, play hard and have carved out a place for themselves, and there really isn't anyone else doing POP Punk in the city right now.

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