Bundi, Killer of Saints and Dumpvalve at The White Room, New Cleveland St, Hull - Saturday 21st February By Sue Watson

Bundi were playing when we arrived and after a bit of squeezing through crowds we were in a position to see SOME of the band. The White Room is not the most user - friendly place to watch bands as there is a huge great pillar right in front of the stage. I always think it must be bad for the bands as well, I imagine their music bouncing back at them.

Anyway, unperturbed we watched Bundi, who are a new band on me. They seem to be a mix of punk and heavy metal. They did a very impressive cover of Black Sabbath's Paranoid. I don't know much about them, but I suspect we may see more of them.

Killer of Saints were up next. This band is really good, but often spoilt for me because you can hardly hear the singer's voice. Of course it may be down to poor sound engineering, but the other bands didn't seem to have much of a problem.

When bands perform strong lyrics, I want to hear them. They do have quite a considerable following, so I suppose it doesn't matter what I think. The highlight of their set was, for me, when '20' the rhythm guitarist for Dumpvalve and ex-vocalist from Planet 10, joined them on stage for a rendition of Head Up by the Deftones, which brought the house down.

Last, but not least, were Dumpvalve. It is hard to fault this band. The energy they generate on stage is palpable and how they manage to play as many numbers as they do without a break, never fails to amaze me. They played a host of favourites, plus two new songs: Cold and Alone and My Town, and the previously unreleased Greeneyes. The singer even got down in the 'mosh pit' (which incidentally, consisted of three people - no room for anymore!)

It was a brilliant night and we rounded it off by going to 'Spiders' to carry on rocking! Links Killer of Saints Website

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