Crud World Domination Enterprises give you
MY TURN TO KILL
Bar Blu, Rhyl
19.10.2005
(narration
and pix by Neil Crud)
‘Get back on that fucking stage!
This is punk rock, not some fucking boy band!’
Screamed the big skinhead in the crowd as My Turn To Kill’s lead singer,
Steve White attempted to make his way through to get patched up having split
his head open during the first song.
Having watched the new Don Letts film ‘Punk: An Attitude’ and seeing Sid
Vicious cop a full beercan in the face and carry on playing covered in blood,
there was no way this young Anglesey upstart was going to be let off lightly
with a scratch on his head.
With energy in abundance and a lot to compete with and live up to when sharing
the line up with Obsessive Compulsive and Inferno, My Turn To Kill leapt
through their short set of blistering punk rock eager to please, and they
didn’t disappoint.
There was a muttering of Americanised Punk from the crowd, but I was more of
the opinion it was South Walianised Punk, which of course lends its sound from
across the pond. Anglesey seems to be on the same wave length as South Wales in
the punk respect, whereas the rest of the North Wales coast takes more of an
insulated role with a few outside influences trickling in. One thing you have
to say is that My Turn To Kill are strides ahead of some of their peers who are
attempting to blast out this stuff with two of the guitarists happy to leap
into the crowd or onto a table without losing a note. If they concentrated on
hammering song after song out rather than stopping to get bandaged up and then
continually apologising for bleeding on everyone then we’d have a force to contend
with. Look! You didn’t have to say sorry for splitting your head open, it was
ace! Make sure you do it every gig!
Due to the delayed start time I once again only saw the opening live set as for many, the
last bus or train or an early morning beckoned; I remember the days when you could see 3 bands by last
orders and still have time for a pizza. These days at Blu you’re lucky if the
first band have finished by 11.20pm, which is fine for the ‘heavyweight giro
cashers who get up at 4pm’ (as someone bemoaned) but a pretty shit deal for the
bands who watch the audience ebb away through no fault of their own.
Fuck the acoustic sets (no offence Kyle) – but fans of the Echo Six String have
plenty of opportunity to nip over to the North Wales Inn or Archies or wherever
else to wave their cigarette lighters. Keep Blu electric!
I’m off now to watch Electric Blu on DVD…
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