WORDS AND IMAGES DAZZA HAGGERTY
BLOOD, SWEAT AND BEERS is the only way to express how this night went, I can’t lie I’d never heard of any of these bands before attending this event, I watched a few videos on YouTube and listened to some songs to get a feel for what it would be like. Being there in person it was completely headbanging and I loved every minute.
Kicking the night off was Guantanamo Baywatch, personally I thought they were static, the crowd wasn’t buzzing too much to start with, some balloons being thrown around but nothing too exciting, however towards the end of their set it started to come alive, and the crowd started warming up.
Line up:
Guitarist/Vocalist: Jason Powell
Bassist: Chevelle Wiseman
Drummer: Christopher Scott
Set List:
1/ Raunch Stop
2/ Pina Colada
3/ Oh Rats!
4/ Mesa, AZ
5/ Sad For You
6/ Barbacoa
7/ Boy Like Me
8/ Surfer Slide
9/ Too Late
10/ Rebel
Next up we had London’s own band The Chisel, and my word they brought energy and whole lot of punk rock, this place just erupted out of nowhere, beer started flying everywhere, the crowd surfing was in full swing, it basically turned into a complete mosh pit, the atmosphere completely flipped, they had some technical difficulties on the first song, which everyone found amusing, but that didn’t take too long to sort out and the show continued. This band really know how to put on a show, I got real IDLES vibes from them, and we all know that’s not a bad thing.
Line Up:
Vocalist: Cal Graham
Guitarist: Charlie “Chubby” Manning from Chubby and the gang
Guitarist: Luke Younger “HELM”
Bassist: Jean De L’arbalete
Drummer: Lee Munday
The moment the whole of roundhouse had been waiting for, all the way from the sunshine coast of Queensland Australia THE CHATS!
Just when you think this night couldn’t get any more wild, well it did, the chats certainly know how to hype a crowd and take it to that next level, over 3000 limbs went absolutely crazy.
The beer was everywhere, in the air, over the photographers, the crowd, security, even being thrown onto the stage, mosh pits went wild, absolute carnage is the only words to explain how this went down.
To sum this up at one point I stood in one spot, look behind me someone is throwing up in a bin, I look in front of me someone is hugging a pole, to my left a women topless just living her best life, to my right a guy on the floor being rescued by security, blood all over his face, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a few broken limps, the whole of roundhouse was completely wasted, a proper bit of old fashion punk rock and roll.
Line Up:
Vocalist/Bassist: Eamon Sandwith
Drummer: Matt Boggis
Guitarist: Josh Hardy
Set List:
1/ Nambored
2/ Billy Backwash’s Day
3/ Dead on Site
4/ 6L GTR
5/ Ross River
6/ Emperor of the Beach
7/ Out on the Street
8/ The Kids Need Guns
9/ Stinker
10/ Drunk n Disorderly
11/ Southport Superman
12/ Panic Attack
13/ Casualty
14/ Nazi March
15/ Struck by Lightning
16/ Ticket Inspector
17/ The Price of Smokes
18/ Paid Late
19/ I’ve Been Drunk in Every Pub in Brisbane
20/ Getting Better
21/ Temperature
22/ Identity Theft
23/ Smoko
24/ Pub Feed
FOLLOW THE CHATS
FOLLOW THE CHISEL
FOLLOW GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH
My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago and married my childhood sweetheart and life is good.
