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Towers Of LondonReading Festival 2005 reviewThursday 1st September 2005 Watching them with their Motley Crue hair as the stage is set up I think ‘Oh no another glam rock band!’ but I’m so wrong they are nutters! Playing ballsy punk rock while dressed like glam rockers. After egging the crowd to throw stuff at them, telling us to wake up and come on, leaping about the stage whilst missiles rain down on them, throwing mic stands into the crowd and bottles at us – I knew this would be fun. Debauched 4-chord riffs rain down on us as the lead singer whirls his microphone, grins, leers and shoves a photographer all the time their lovely filthy punk in a Sex Pistols/Ramones style belts out. The guitarists are leaning so far back on their guitars they are almost horizontal and I’ve not seen a stage act like this since the heady days of Dogs D’Amour. With their home made shirts emblazoned with slogans like F**k the Critics, Under the Influence and Death or Glory you surely get the idea! Pure punk rock and British too, what a breath of fresh air or should that be of fags and lager? Running around the pit, leaping over the barrier and dancing with the crowd , all the time singing and playing in full effect. It’s crazy and it’s fun and Steve Lamacq did say their bar bill was huge when he introduced them. No surprise seeing as they keep throwing cans into the audience. ‘On a Noose’, ‘I Lose It’ and ‘F**k It Up’ are all really fine punk tunes. Can’t wait for the album and their tours must be amazing. Buckets of fun! review by Scott Williams |
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