Nigefest 2004 at the Ringside 4th Aug 2004 continued Headup, Flatline, Defenestration By special guest Reviewer Lee Atkinson - from www.Hullscene.com.

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As part of their extensive tour of our great Island, the closing act of the evening was Nigefest favourites Defenestration. Gen Tasker, Defenestration front woman extraordinaire engaged the audience by politely requesting that the audience move closer to the action and when the request wasn't fulfilled, she reacted politely with the statement Well I just have to come to you then.

And come to the audience she did! With a mountainous backdrop of riffing, double riffing, pumping machine-like bass and a drum thunderstorm, Tasker roamed the Ringside as if it were as comfortable an environment as her own home.

The voice was there too, at time's riotous, venomous, enormous and at other's soft, considerate, empathetic, all congealing to convey a mixture of emotional and prophetic song writing. It was perhaps unfortunate that the audience on the night didn't quite enter into the spirit of Nigefest as much as hoped and it was left to the big man himself to remind us all that music is about expression and the willing to lose and free yourself. Nige took to the dance floor in a frenzy of air guitar and head banging, punching the air as he screamed lyrics into Tasker's wireless microphone, here was a man who was truly enjoying himself.

Defenestration came to the end of their set and Nigefest 2004 had delivered a great evening of entertainment. The Ringside is building steadily in both reputation and popularity and I would recommend that you give the place a visit. Happy Birthday Nigel!

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