Friday 29th August ThisisUll Live Featuring The Last People On Earth, The Bad Apples and Matt Thompson (1/2) by Michelle Dee Bad Apples Photos by Dean Wilkinson, others by Michelle and Cilla

(1/2), (2/2).

Photography Gallery Matt Thompson Gallery by Michelle and Cilla,   Bad Apples Gallery 1 by Dean Wilkinson,   Gallery 2,   Gallery 3,   Bad Apples Gallery 1 by Michelle and Cilla,   The Last People On Earth Gallery 1 by Michelle and Cilla.

Quite simply the best band I've ever booked. The Bad Apples, just a hard working rockabilly group from Grimsby. Tonight is to be our last thisisull live show. After sixteen gigs down the Adelphi with different bands every month we are calling it a day with the live nights. Thanks to everyone who has played for us, who has paid their three quid at the door, who has mentioned our nights on a website or forum. Tonight's farewell began with a solo set from Matt Thompson from The Holy Orders.

Sadly due to injury the full band couldn't play but Matt gave us Hovercraft, Scissors paper stone, Gallows and an old one about a soldier. There's not a month goes by I don't thank the world for giving Matt a stage to craft his intensely beautiful, powerful songs and long may he go on doing so. The latter he dedicated to his mum who was in the audience, she particularly liked this one for the drum part; the irony wasn't lost on the excitable crowd. The crowd was made up of rockabilly fans dressed splendidly in fifties fashions, old school punks and a handful or more of Adelphi regulars.

As I said before in the preamble The Bad Apples are reaching out across the water with their highly original rockabilly vibe.

Big strings attack from G-Man on double bass, slick licks from Rockin Rob on guitar, Bam Bam Coppz on drums and the plain-speaking Keeley Deville out front on vocals. Additional vocals, screams, howls and more came from members of the band throughout a hugely entertaining and polished set. Tales about girls with scores to settle, the working man, pointed songs about law and order, sit alongside rocking out party numbers such as Wolfman that get the punks in the Adelphi hot steppin' like good 'uns.

The Bad Apples have taken the fifties rockabilly sound and added a contemporary punk twist, giving them wide appeal. The re-imagined cover of the Merle Travis classic Sixteen Tons sung by Keeley had everyone singing and dancing along. The energy, fun camaraderie shines through their live performance inviting and encouraging the listener to feel part of the show. The co-ordinated outfits of black and red, the characterization within the vocals all lend a splendid theatrical feel to the show. Some of the music on their debut album Zombie Island Massacre lends itself to the B-movie horror genre of monsters and maidens, as does the title, while other numbers you can imagine being sung in saloons with gun slingers, card sharps and dice players looking on.

The Bad Apples are indicative of the growing popularity of bands who are all about playing instruments and the pursuing the song-writers craft. More and more you see bands moving away from the drowned out guitar sound and introducing strings and brass to their music, thus broadening their horizons and outlook.

After the finale and an encore I heard the band being showered with well deserved praise from all corners of the room. A definite contender for the larger festivals next year and I don't see why they wouldn't work well in the re-launched Sullivan's Showbar at the Dorchester on Beverley Road too. If you're looking for an accomplished rockabilly band with glamour and game then book The Bad Apples by contacting Rob on 01472 593510.

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Photography Gallery Matt Thompson Gallery by Michelle and Cilla,   Bad Apples Gallery 1 by Dean Wilkinson,   Gallery 2,   Gallery 3,   Bad Apples Gallery 1 by Michelle and Cilla,   The Last People On Earth Gallery 1 by Michelle and Cilla.

Photographs Copyright © 2008  Dean Wilkinson, Michelle and Cilla

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