The Bivouac - Duke of Wellington, Lincoln - Friday 9th April By Sue Watson Featuring DumpValve, Mad Crowd Disease, Faith in Chaos and Ringworm

This promised to be an interesting night, as I had only seen 2 of the bands before and had never visited the Bivouac before. We arrived early and witnessed a very rare thing - a proper sound check. The guy who runs the place, Steve Hawkins had worked for Bryan Adams and Elton John so he had a fairly good idea of what bands should sound like!!

The first band on were Ringworm from Lincoln. They were really good and very reminiscent of the early Clash. They played all their own stuff and appeared to be very popular.

Next up were Faith in Chaos, who come from Sheffield. Theirs was an exceptional set, once again playing all their own material. I find it impossible to categorize them, but suffice to say I thoroughly enjoyed listening to them and am thinking of bringing them to Hull to play in the very near future.

Mad Crowd Disease did not disappoint and I feel it will not be long before some record company snaps them up. I know this is their home town but they would go down well anywhere. They play their own brand of ska-punk and for a bunch of 16 year olds, they could give a few established bands a run for their money!

Last but not least were DumpValve. They never disappoint me and tonight was no exception. The crowd went crazy and screamed for an encore, which they did even though they had already played their hearts out. Steve Hawkins immediately asked them to come back again, as it appears they have quite a following in Lincoln and they had packed the place out.

I would recommend the Bivouac to anybody going to Lincoln. It is not a very large venue, but is very intimate and very audience friendly.

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