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The Parkinsons/The X-Rays/Thee Eviltones @ Rough Trade In Nottingham

29/06/17

I attended an amazing night put on by Dead By Mono Records at the end of June this year to watch one of my favourite ever groups The Parkinsons, but also to check out some great talent that I was unaware of. To begin the night; 'A Long Way To Nowhere', a film by Caroline Richards about the legendary Portuguese punks was shown on a projector opposite the stage, the second time I had seen it after the sell out premiere at the Prince Charles Theatre in London a couple of Christmas's ago! This event in Nottingham was also sold out, and you can see above a picture of me on top of The Parkinsons drum kit after Al gave me the mic to sing their last tune. Photography by Stephanie Webb.

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Opening this excellent event are THEE EVILTONES, a garage punk quartet that could've been given birth to at Dirty Water Club (a cult club night at London's Boston Music Room). They have the look, sunglasses after dark, and every New York punks wardrobe during the mid to late 70's. They're like The Idles, Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers, and of more recent years Thee Exciters. I'm enjoying mostly the Richard Hell style solo's from their axe man Tiago Queiroz, though the rest of the group play just as hard. They're billed to play Blast Off Festival in the very same city alongside such greats as The Pretty Things, The Fuzztones, and many more over the period of 4 days from 9th - 12th of November. It looks to be one of the East Midlands best line ups of the year! Nottingham seems to have a few hidden gems in it's mists. Everyone by now are well aware of the gobby duet that is Sleaford Mods, and I bet they played their early shows in this very room of Nottingham's Rough Trade, but I'm more for guitar bands personally, as musically SM have nothing on groups like these that I'm being treated to tonight.

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Next up are thrashobilly quartet THE X-RAYS, and fuck me they can sure as hell cause a racket. Their rapid, and chaotic sounds border Dead Kennedy's 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' meets The Exploited. There's definitely a Psychobilly influence to them, as I'm much reminded of The Meteors, and Demented Are Go among others! Pictured below is Austin Coop Cooper, their phenomenal bassist, whom takes his parade out into the audience throughout the duration of the groups set. It's always great to discover band's you have never heard before, and especially when it's live! As they hammer their way through a menu of mayhem induced stomper's, pint glasses fly in the air, along with the bodies they once belonged to. I could imagine this group being popular on the Brighton music scene, a night called 'Stay Sick' would be much suited to their fire and full on throttle! I'm left needing a sit down, also a well deserved double after watching this lot.

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Portugal's finest, and most abrasive THE PARKINSONS take to the stage for their kick-start of a UK tour, the first I've seen them as a 5 piece, with Jimmy Jone's of The Gaggers as their new drummer playing his debut show for Coimbra's legendary punk messiah's. They still mean it, as they unleash their Cramps-esque fuelled racket around the walls of Nottingham's Rough Trade venue, whilst smashing out fave's such as 'Primitive', 'Angel In The Dark', 'New Wave', and 'Little Toys'. Al with his trademark chest on show, hanging off the ceiling beams like a possessed devil monkey, whilst singing his heart out as though it's about to burst from him! Victor Torpedo jumping as high as a giraffe sporting his midair splits as he deafens everyone with his hectic proto-sleaze riffage. Pedro Chau has of recent times been mostly on the road with his latest project: kraut electronic heads Ghost Hunt, but to see him back here playing bass alongside his brothers again, you can tell he still has the punk rock urge, something that will never leave him. This group know that they still have a shed load of albums ahead of them, thus with their legacy well documented by the bands visual recorder Caroline Richards, along with her film 'A Long Way To Nowhere' (The Story of The Parkinsons) DVD soon set for release, plus performances as strong as tonight, it's sure proof that they're here to stay! Viva La Parkinsons.

By Gavin Tate

for Gavin Tate's Music Journal

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