The Displacements at the Polar Bear By Steve Rudd

Three bands were on for what was the Polar Bear's first ever Melodic Punk/Grunge/Ska type night. A fairly large crowd saw all girl band Black Orchid, Green Ginger and headliners Displacements all contributing to an extremely successful night.

So successful that the organiser said that despite it not being her kind of music, it was such a great night that she would be repeating it again.

Whilst handing out bottles of bubbly to all band members she danced with the Displacements to their last but one number whilst still professing it's not my type of music!! Displacements lead singer Simon was suffering with swollen tonsils and struggled at times to give his usual melodic performance but one or two members of the crowd helped out on the chorus of the last song. Polar Bear's crowd lapped it all up.

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