MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
	In The City 01 28 Sept- 2 Oct 01

 

Click to link to the various gigs    

Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Opal	Drive	Loose Cannon	Cookie
Hedz Jellmo	Finka	Rhydrian	Mayming
Agent Orange	Jackie O	Scapa Flow	Bridget Storm
Sun Company	Zabrinski	Tsuji Giri	Nylon Pylon
Hilltop	Sonica Grande	Los Nachos	Flawed
Delaney	Cacan Wy Experience	Goose	Rainband
Monkey Island	Longview	Loafer	My Mate Mark
	Northern Soul All Nighter	The Zans	Ithaca
		Seraphin
		Maximo Park
		Somewhere Over Tokyo

 

So was it really worth it? Personally, if it gets people off their arses, away from their telly/video/CD player etc. going to see live bands and feeding something back into the grass roots of music, then it will always be worth it.

Valued? Depends on your point of view. Music is an industry and as such everybody seemingly wants their cut. That's the rule and if you want to succeed you need to know it. Knocking on the door from the outside, seldom gets you any wear.

Hype of the moment was getting to see "Sonica Grande", Luke Bainbridge's (City Life) bright hopes at the Dancehouse. For once wearing a blue riband was not guaranteed to get you in, though at least I did queue with Jim Goodwin (Doves). Judging by the number of people who go past with the "he's in the band mate" adage, it was disappointing not to see a 10 piece playing inside

Of course there were a lot of bands that didn't stand out from the glut on display, but viewing the visceral performance from Jackie O, featuring Captain Starfield and his purveyors of surf, garage and all things Elvis still elicits a smile, even as I type this.

Similarly, watching people such as the Sovs, Aa and all the others on the local "scene" that have been putting so much effort into it for a long time now re-inforces ones belief that there is now a momentum and enthusiasm for developing the music, a network that hopefully will allow other acts to have a platform on which to perform

The DIY ethic of Flawed was to be admired when they pulled up in a truck outside the BBC and played to punters moving between the venues. This included Tony (Anthony H ) Wilson who minutes earlier had been stopped from entering Poo Naa Na as the place was crammed to capacity. The irony of someone not being able to get into his own event was not missed

By the way, "15 Minutes of Fame" was a bar on the first floor of the Midland Hotel where all the drinks were free for 15 minutes. I can live with that sort of fame.

Best Bands that I've never heard of this weekend but were good

Zabrinski

Serafin

How many people did U spot wearing a blue "ITC riband" & trying to be important?

Too many, including me

Best thing about this w/e

Music Not work

Unexpected happening

The Granby prepared to show a diverse range of music, for bands that had nothing in common apart for a love of music, to putting on the Northern Soul night that was as they say in Manc speak was "Top"

Bands that delivered (that I saw)

Jackie O

Tsuji Giri

Serarfin

Monkey Island

Los Nachos

Hedz Jellmo

The people who worked their socks off

The Sovs, Rachel on the door, Richard

Aa

All the bands who took part coz they love the music

Manc Jim & Music

Ben & Julian

Worst phrases overheard

"…potential"

"I really liked your CD……

"Yeah, I'll come & see you

".. What's the name again?

" Our single is out …….

" I'll swop CD' s wiv U"

" Mail me"

"Where's are you going next?"

"Hype"

 

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