I went on a binge of looking at bands I used to listen to before youtube was around. It’s gas, even without seeing how most of these folks operated I think we somehow couldn’t avoid their mannerisms.
Oxes – It was Alan Healy that gave me a listen to these guys after one of our first gigs (or maybe soundcheck of the gig). I remember saying there’s something weird about ‘em. ‘Ah no bass guitar’
Sweep the Leg Johnny -
We did get to see these guys on a DVD I think it was in Limerick when we first saw ‘Michigan Fest’. Sweep the Leg definitely hit the nail on the head for me. I remember Albert raving about Vaz. their savage aswell and we got to support them in Freds.
Cheval de Frise – I can’t remember how I got into these guys It might have been the Kaderfire lads I remember having an album that Steve from Rest didn’t have. I think that was the one and only time that happened.
Don Caballero – They rightly screwed me up. Graham of Rest gave us Godspeed and Don Caballero at the same time. Of course for instant gratification American Don was the winner that day. I can remember someone trying to explain that the guitar player could loop the guitars but it made no sense to me. Its gas how messy they are live. I’m glad we didn’t see this before and held the bar high for being tight live or we would have been a shambles altogether.