Twice the riot, Die for, Flatline, Tear Jerk and Steel Rules Die At the New Adelphi Club, 27th June 2004 By John Pearman continued

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Tear Jerk. The next band came all the way from Scotland and their performance convinced me thoroughly that they are justified to travel so far. What struck me with this band was how genuine and sincere they seemed. The lead singer's in between song-talk was very charming and he really managed to strike a good rapport with the crowd. And though as if in appreciation, as Tear Jerk played their last song, the dance floor filled and we were all audience to some rather impressive moshpit acrobatics.

Steel Rules Die. The next band were from the opposite side of the country: London. These guys, quite different to the rest of the bill, were more akin to a lighter shade of punk and reminded me of summer days at my old sixth form. I can only think to describe them as a kind of grungy pop punk. Someone with a bit more knowledge of punk would probably be able to come up with a more descriptive hybrid genre to categorise them.

After announcing that he was very tired and how he had been dumped by his girlfriend that day, to my surprise, the lead singer's performance was very admirable. I thought that he must have been either very professional or took the pain and excreted it in everyone's faces with a blistering performance. After a line up of various hard-core bands, I felt it a good way to the end the night on a melodic note.

To end this review, I would like to address something that bothers me about the Adelphi. It seems to me that Adelphi can't do too badly. It has a long history and holds virtually every night, a music event of some sort and accompanied by some charge. Their drinks are moderately priced; they don't do us any favours yet don't rip us off. Now what I don't understand is despite Adelphi's seemingly stable income of business, is how no money is put back into the aesthetics and up keep of the venue in general.

I respect that Adelphi has an antique old feeling to it where fancy renovations would maybe ruin its 'dive' charm. But the wires have been suspended by cellotape from the ceiling for long enough. The fan that wobbles violently still makes me uneasy regarding possible risk decapitation and measures really should be taken in regards to heat exhaustion which is suffered by everyone if the turn out is more than 15 people strong.

But in all, a good night hosted by Adelphi as always. I don't think there was a single band (that I saw) that night that I would take the bother to go see again. Certainly worth £3. Very well priced. Well done to all.

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