WTDK and BuzzBomb at Firkins, Falkirk, 23/6/05

Firstly... I love falkirk! Theres always a crowd of people i reconise at gigs, the scary death metal version of Former Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell and members of the bands from the area always aupport their scene and are always friendly, for example, i walk in and the bassist from Menstrual Gore immediatly spots me and we get talking. And of coarse a Misguided Records affiliate or two rubs my stomache for good luck (cant really explain that, Craig? hehehe) i mean, i live in stirling, and the gigs and the overall scene, if there is one is that of abismal "oh lets all look at our shoes when we are meant to be entertaining people" teeny-bopper bands that all slag each other and dont actually attend local gigs, so imagine my joy when i attend a gig out of town and not only recieve a warm welcome, but the bands are great and the atmosphere is lovely.

What the Dead Know

This crazy bunch of weejies were highly entertaining and played a very individual brand of post grunge/hardcore/experimental mentalist kind of lovelyness which is just what the doctor ordered on this evening of evening of evenings for myself and my fellow group of droogies.
The first thing that strikes you is the brilliant rapor' the members have with each other onstage, its obvious that alot of work goes into this band, everything is well played and with the exception of a couple of technical problems ( guitar leads falling out of pedals and lead singer Camebull's boss tuner pedal picking up radio one when it was turned on, funny as hell!) The band are on fire. Moving around alot and with impressive backing screams from bassist Tino, great post-hardcore lead work and schitzo freak outs courtesy of lead guitarist Neil ( the good looking one aparently) and jazz-esque technical drums from greg the dred-locked rasta, this band can do no wrong in the audiences eyes. though the most noticable thing perhaps isnt the bands great "At the Drive In" style noodly bits and strange time changes, but Camebulls most Individual of voices. The notes this guy could hit without going into falsetto were unbeleivable, and totally helps set the band apart from most underground rock acts in the Central Scene. 8.6/10
The band are currently on their Scottish tour and are just off a tour with Skuzz featured Weejies Tempercalm. Catch them at WTDK.com

Buzzbomb

A falkirk Favourite ( this is the land of punk-rock afterall) Buzzbomb play fast shouty punk with a very american feel. Think Misfits with an injection of Minor threat which i guess is no bad thing, but for someone who has grown tired of samey three-chord punk rock with the same old american accents, this didnt really do much for me.
Dressed all in black, sporting rather lovely eye liner, this scene veteran trio look the part but didnt really deliver anything fresh. Though i am clearly a minority in my opinons as the second this band struck a chord there was dancing, leaping about and a few sneaky characters stamping their doc martins, including a highly entertaining buchaneire ( i swear he even had an eye patch!) . By the end of the night this little pub was as close to bouncing as it was gonna get for its size and im not really complaining as it was free entry, thus proving how nice a bunch the guys and girls from Misguided Records are, and the same occurs here every thursday. All in all though the band played a decent set and they obviously love what they do and they were very tight and had a fan base. cant really say fairer than that. 6.6/10

james