Saw THE MOONEY SUZUKI at a fairly busy King Tut’s in Glasgow on Wednesday past. I haven’t been convinced by their records but harbour a great deal of respect for their line in pastiche of a Grand Funk Railroad sleeve, right down to the board Electric Sweat was printed on. So anyways, if there’s some kinda kudos in throwing rock shapes then the MS are right up there. In terms of energy and the ability to put on a great show they don’t slouch either but I just don’t hear any songs. Spectacle-wise they have it down and I can’t believe that anybody seeing them wouldn’t warm to the effort. However, is that enough? It seems that in this day and age it can be and I wish them well for that 15 minutes or so. They don’t have a Tommy Volume though…
On the subject of the MS, UK visitors can log on to the Sony Music website to score a copy of a 7” that features tracks that won’t be on their “Alive and Amplified” set due in August. The were sharing the bill with a band called Lowfive who were competent to fair at best, the title of their debut single kinda summed them up, "Too Much of Nothing". Headliners were YOUNG HEART ATTACK who Gran’pa here had never heard of. Turns out they have an album on XL and have supported The Darkness etc. They’re perfectly acceptable for 10 or so minutes and then it all gets very conveyor belt. They’re actually more like Slade than AC/DC and if the lead guy is looking for a career after this then he can do a bloody good Noddy Holder. YHA are better than The Dorkness but only just and their pantomime rawk is typical of the triumph of style over substance that seems to be finding favour with “the kids”. I knew it was time to leave when thoughts of when my Nine Pound Hammer album might turn up to blow all this fluff away crept into my noggin plus it was a school night. The moral here is, by all means see The Suzuki. If they were playing festivals then compared to most of the other alleged entertainment, they’d take your head off. They can blow a head of steam alright but they need some hooks to supplement all the trouble they go to in projecting.
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