Tap
N’ Tumbler
28.05.15
It’s
time to splice the mainsail and batten down the hatches as we set sail on a
voyage which was set in motion way back in August last year at the Rebellion Festival
in the seaside town of Blackpool.
Yes
me hearties both tonight’s bands here at Nottingham’s famous Tap n’ Tumbler
public house were on the bill at the 2014 rebellion festival and that scurvy
old sea dog GD Manofmetal had a hand in getting East Town Pirates and Headstone
Horrors together all be it about nine months later.
Having
introduced both lead singers Natalie Thornton and Rikki Flag to each other back
in the winter gardens Blackpool it’s great to see them
finally here in the same room getting ready to play a gig together.
Below: Nat (Headstone Horrors)
Headstone
Horrors
are on first and after playing an unplugged set last weekend in Derby Nottingham based horror punk band are
back to full strength this week. Dick Venom (of Dick Venom & the
Terrortones fame) is the new incumbent behind the skins while the rest of the
personnel are original band members Jimmy Faulkner (lead guitar/vocals) Paul
Taylor (bass) and Nat (Girlfixer) Thornton (lead vocals).
Playing
about a half hour set Headstone Horrors build up the momentum on their Tap N’ Tumbler
debut, I’m glad they’re including some new material namely ‘Tales From the
Murder House’ my new favourite HH song weather plugged in or acoustic it kicks
ass.
Most
of the TNT crowd are no strangers to the support band and some more familiar
songs such as ‘Frankenstein’s Girl’ ‘From the Morgue’ and ‘Midnight Massacre’ get the audience
energized.
All
in all a significant first appearance at this venue for Headstone Horrors and
I’m sure it won’t be their last.
Below: Rikki (ETP)
A
couple of years ago GD was shanghaied by a motley crew of salty dogs from the
eastern town of Ipswich, having been on many glorious raids with these scurvy
pirates tonight promises to be one of the best voyages to date.
Having
our horror punk appetites sated by a more than worthy support band it’s soon
time to stop friggin’ in the rigging and visit the ‘Glory Days’ as the East
Town Pirates hit the stage full of Honeyed Jack curtsey of Captain Craig
(TNT landlord Craig Sharp-Weir) who is also marketing a Rikki Flag veggie
burger, is there no end to this man’s entrepreneurial skills?
Classic
sing-a-long numbers such as ‘One For M’Lady’ ‘John Dobbs’ Bones’ and ‘A
Smugglers Song’ are all standard fair at an ETP gig but tonight we were treated
to a brand new song ‘Ship of Fools’ promises to become another ‘classic’.
Also
included tonight are a couple of rarely played covers, UK Subs ‘Higher Tide’
and the traditional sea shanty ‘What Shall We do With a Drunken Sailor’ being
given a punked up makeover.
The
crew of the ETP are Rikki Flag (vocals) Seamus Ridgwellington (bass/vocals)
Kev Moore (guitar/vocals) Jonnie Murder (guitar/vocals) and Rayna
Terror (drums) collectively they imbue the audience with unlimited
merriment as they rattle off one jig dancing gem after another.
Earlier
in the evening Rikki told me the band were due to go into the recording studio
to lay down some long over due new tracks, he said they had six songs ready to
go so maybe not quite enough for album number three yet but a mini album or
super EP could be in the offing.
Below: Rikki & Seamus (ETP)
The
only downside to tonight’s show is that it’s a Thursday night and not the
weekend so after the final song is played I have only minutes to say my
farewells before jumping ship and escaping back to dry land. Judging by all the
smiling faces at the Tap N’ Tumbler tonight it won’t be too long before the
boys from the east coast return to plunder and pillage in Nottingham again… GD Manofmetal.
For further information on tonight’s bands & Venue visit:
Eat
town Pirates: https://www.facebook.com/easttownpirates.1
Headstone
horrors: https://www.facebook.com/HeadstoneHorrors?fref=ts
Tap
N’ Tumbler: http://tapntumbler.co.uk/
All Videos From Tap N' Tumbler by GD:
Below: Acoustic Headstone Horrors Video From Hairy Dog Derby by GD:
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