As opposed to the Union of The Other Uni, this time Pitchshifter came to my favorite club. Cool!
Of course, they brought some friends with them to warm up the crowd somewhat. Well, that is the general idea of support bands...
So first up were Lostprophets, the latest British band to get the 'fast rising' tag applied to them. And straight off their vocalist was having to encourage people to peel away from the bar and around the room onto the dancefloor and, just maybe, anywhere near the stage. This didn't look good...
However, they did pull off a good set, although they're probably going to be labelled Limp Bizkit Wannabes judging by the main content of the set. We also had a T-shirt change halfway through the set, and he even ran off the stage and started singing next to the crowd. Strange, but quite enjoyable. A few converts picked up for sure.
Now such problems for earthtone9, who already had plent of people watitng to see them. Again PSI supported by Lost Weekend floatsame, but with a difference. Firstly, Karl Middleton was wearing proper clothes, as opposed to the clingfilm kecks we all saw too much of back in July, and also the set was markedly different, with another album released since then and material to air. And several fans got the place going. It looks like I couldn'r remember the contents of their set, doesn't it?
So it was headliner set-up time, and once again we had The Mad Roadie coming out with the unusual mic check routine ("Arse candle. A candle for your arse"), before the intro for Infotainment? came on, and the screen at the back of the stage started flashing various images.
It was now time for Pitchshifter to come out and play. And they did so with Wafer Thin, and instantly the place lit up. They followed up with Chump Change and Jon quipping "I think you might know this on" leading into, yup, Genius. Hang on, isn't this the same set they did last time?
Well, more or less, with Virus added to the mix, but who cares? They're phenomenal live!!! We get Dead Battery, complete with Kev (the aforemeantioned Mas Roadie) wearing a tin hat with "K" on it doing a total townie impression (Jon: "He's on day release", Jim: "He's on E..."). Triad gets introduced as "Being part of a strange idea that people of all cultures can get along", and gets te place going, even though most here surely only know PSI from Genius onwards. One for the die hards, then. Jon also points out that none of the support bands were American, in case we didn't notice.
Before Keep It Clean, Jon decides that instead of the previous 'Fuck All Boybands' rant, he's dedicating it to the stars of Popstars, and the hope "They all fucking die during their first performance", obviously pleasing the crowd. Another crowd pleasing moment comes with the revalation they used to live in Worksop (Jon: "It's like a smaller Nottingham, which is also shit", Jim: "Better than fuckin' Essex..."), as well as other obvious crowd pleasers, ie Please Sir.
Then it's Un:UK, this time Jim doesn't bugger up the intro(!), before telling the crowd that, despite being label-free for this tour, they're in talks with several other record labels, so they won't be kept down!!! This brought the biggest cheer of the night by far. Then it was "Your last chance to dance", W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G., which sees the floor almost light up. Then they throw out several Tyler Durden-esque flyers (I got the whole set!!!), and bugger off. Well, they did ask how many were going to be at the club straight afterwards, but they didn't show. Rock stars, typical...