Seafood + Ikara Colt + Fat Truckers @ Camden Underworld, Wed 12^th Dec 2001

Apart from hearing a solitary track played on the Evening Session, I�d never heard of the Fat Truckers before � after their �performance� I wish it had stayed that way.  They just didn�t seem to take this gig seriously.  What gave me that idea?  One of the guitarist's trying to drink his beer whilst playing for a start!  The front man, who had an uncanny resemblance to Jamie Theakston but with a beard and huge lamb chop style side burns, thought he was being clever by continually moving the microphone up-and-down when he wasn�t �singing�, obviously stuck for something to do.

Ikara Colt are just mad!  That�s the main impression I came away with after seeing them live for the first time.  Definitely one to see again.

A gargantuan crowd pressed up to the stage just minutes before Seafood came on � where had they all come from?  There was lots of die hard fans there, most seemed to know all the lyrics, and the band delivered an amazing set, mostly taken from �So When Do We Start Fighting��, with lots of frantic guitar.

The entire band left the stage, and the encore began with David performing a beautiful, heart-wrenching acoustic version of �Desert Stretched Before the Sun�.  WOW!  Enter the rest of the band, but with another member!  Vic (Vicky as she was introduced to the crowd) was for the night Seafood�s honorary flutist!  And she definitely made an impression � by the end of the gig the chant of �Vicky, Vicky, Vicky� rang from the crowd!

Whatever next?  A solo flute record from Miss Bird perhaps?!

Austin Booth