An all Australian line-up as it turned out. Support from Pacific Avenue. Who are really a seventies retro outfit. And of course I remember the seventies first time round. They were actually very good. Would see them again if they were playing a small venue. Just not sure there is a great market for this sort of sound
For the DMAs there is clearly a large market. This gig sold out, and they have a bigger tour next year. What is surprising in a way is that they have a young male following, a lads band, which is rather younger than the band itself. And the band look like a group of waster aging chavs, but sound fantastic. Sweet vocals, a sophisticated rock sound, much heavier than their recordings would suggest. They generate not so much a mosh pit as a collective audience bounce.
To avoid the very slow exit at the Roundhouse we circled to the back of the venue for the encore. So this is the view. See why I choose to be at the front?
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