Great day - my first firefest, wont be the last if Keiran and the boys keep it going.

Thoughts:

Jaded Heart - great, never heard of them but got everyone going. Awesome Anastacia cover.

Crunch - very poor - weak lead singer with awful image problems

Valentine - good, great sounds, Hugo has an awesome voice

Jorn - pub rock, stars in their eyes stuff. He has a great voice but a dreadful on stage persona. Everytime he threw a shape to pose for a photo me and my mates burst out laughing.

Harem Scarem - always wanted to see them, been a fan for about 7 years now but was disappointed at their choice of songs. The performance was killer but too many songs from the 'grungy' era and not enough from the debut, mood swings, higher, weight of the world.

Interesting comment by Harry "As you know this is our last show under the name Harem Scarem" - leads me to believe they will stay together under another name. I would suggest "Plastic" as they have already done "Rubber".

This to me is the paradox of Harem Scarem - and the reason why they are not bigger than they are, I don't really think they know who they want to be. Are they the band of "Karma Cleansing" or are they "Torn Right Out"?

Yesterdays performance was ultimately unsatisfactory for me because there wasn't enough "Torn Right Out"'s

Tyketto : Band of the day. First saw them at Rock City in 1991 and have followed Danny's career ever since. Awesome performance, great energy, great singing from the crowd during "Wings". Great new CD as well.

FM : clearly nervous but pulled it off well. Lots of FM fans there. Mr Overland still has 'the voice' and Andy Barnett 'the comedy'.

Overall - surely a great success, well organised and ran smoothly (or so it appeared out the front, which is what counts).

Next time?

Damn Yankees (another re-union, I think you might be on to something with these re-unions)
Dare
Talisman or JSS
Crown of Thorns
Eden's Curse



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