Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, 26th October 2005

Anybody goin to this one then?

Yep.

Land Rover willing we should get there in time to hear the announcement that the band aren't playing

i'll be there dave , are you sellin outside?

Wulfrun Hall is within walking distance of my house, so I may even treat myself to a half pint of bitter shandy when I arrive...

yeah rick, i'll be there with anita, my eldest, selling a few fanzines... it'd better not rain hard or we'll sell none [it sez light drizzle] .... it'll be proper miserable.

who wants to stop and buy a fanzine when it's slingin it down? nobody!

does it finish early ?

After about 35 minutes I've heard...

(Approximate) Setlist…may be in slightly wrong order, may have missed the odd song:

What About Us
Bo Demmick
Sparta FC
Ride Away
Mountain Energei
Mr Pharmacist
Pacifying Joint
Youwanner
Assume

Clasp Hands
Touch Sensitive

Group were worryingly late in appearing…Loop 41 tape intro tape aborted once…visions of band desperately trying sober up MES whilst Wulfrun Hall jobsworth looks on tapping watch…

But actually it was OK...a decent sized audience for what is actually quite a large hall ensured a pretty good atmosphere and MES obviously enjoyed playing his ‘is he completely out of control…or is he completely in control?’ mindgames with the crowd…and turned in a really enjoyable performance…lots of amp twiddling and other antics but a one point, after having his amp disconnected by MES, Ben just burst out laughing (but while the MES’s back was turned, obviously), so I guess they’re not too phased by this stuff anymore…

No ‘Blindness’ though, which was a bit of a disappointment…

Excellent...I'm pleased Ben can still see the funny side.

Although he managed a smile or two at Nottingham, they seemed forced, and on occasion he looked quite exasperated with the whole situation...

Did anyone ask him why he didn't play Leicester...?!

No Grass Grow ?

A first for this tour possibly...?

And maybe even for this year...??!!

No Grass Grow, no Aspen, even though Spencer tried to start it twice.

MES was in full-on tampering mode, and I initially thought we were in for a few lengthy instrumentals when MES took several minutes to appear during What About Us? Mountain Energei was amazing, really taut and controlled. Pharmacist was great; even though I can't stand the damn thing usually, I really enjoyed it tonight. Clasp Hands was good too.

Ben walked out halfway through Touch Sensitive, having clearly had quite enough of being turned off, and having also given up playing completely in Ride Away previously.

Overall, not bad, not great.

Honourable mention to Pubic Fringe and JCC who were both excellent. Resist are utterly shite, bless them.

Has anyone told them they're shit more than, oh, shall we say, several hundred fuckin' times so far?

Persistant fuckers, ain't they?

pubic fringe were the best band . [cheers for guest list ]

resist were better than preston

JJC seemed in a very good mood and told his usual jokes in a funnier way... well i thought the sound was good so i could hear him a lot easier

The Fall looked quite tired, but they played well enough.
The opener What about us was instrumental for about 5 mins ... then Mark came on and was just about getting into his stride by about 10 mins into what about us... when the band sort of tried to stop the song... but Mark continued singin the words... so they had to start it up again for another couple of minutes

AND THIS DAY


anyway i went after mountain energei - had to get home


cheers all those who bought the fanzine.. sold over 40 at a guess.

What the hell is MES playing at??? After a false start(intro tape then back to dj at about 10.10pm) they turn up at 10.25pm then play a 4 minute (at least) instrumental of What About Us and he finally turns up on stage, being lacklustre barging the bass player(sorry I can no longer keep up with the revolving door) and turning his amp off halfway thru. I had to leave at 11 due to train shit (along with many others) and missed most of the set. Does he not realise that some of us have lives and we have to rely on shitty transport and have to pay £15 for the privelige. Tonight should have been great, good sets by support acts especially JCC then he fs it up probably half cut. I'm only glad I didn't have a ticket for last nights show. And by the way the new album is not a patch on the last one. It goes in the 'Levitate' category for me(One good track and thats a cover, see Grass Grow & I'm a mummy)

Ride away was 3rd i think ...sparta came later on

it was 12 minutes long - what about us?

i thought mark was singin shit lyrics..


like how can u sing on 'ride away'

you think you're a giant you think you're a nothing.

that makes even less sense


on bo d i am sure i heard 'HIV infected' early on in it... one for the lyric decipherers maybe.

Having been to Preston on several (football related) occasions, I can honestly say that almost anything is better than Preston

Sorry to any Preston residents - it's only my opinion

Has anyone told them they're shit more than, oh, shall we say, several hundred fuckin' times so far?

Persistant fuckers, ain't they?

they were the worst band that i've seen for a very longtime, and i've seen some shite over the years.

it's not that they're bad musicians, they're pretty proficient at what they do. but the real question is: why do they bother?
they're 15 years too late with the sound they have. it's a kind of emotive, slightly industrial metal (there is, as someone else has pointed out somewhere, a hint of toyah in there).
i tried to amuse myself by imagining that the singer was getting angsty over her kids' refusals to tidy their rooms, rather than the fact that mr x had left her or that nobody understood her.

i guess the real real question should be: how do the fall manage to continuously book such inappropriate support acts?

it's not the fact that resist appear to be of a certain age and are still carrying on that grates, it's the fact that they're still carrying on like teenagers.

nothing personal. i did like the man mountain of a bass player's denim skirt.

^they booked TV on the Radio in america i think like a few years ago. TVOTR are a really innovative band. They should aim to get bands like that again. Resist were not to my taste at all.

Hear, hear!

My friends have seen Swans, Ut and I Ludicrous open up for the Fall.

I've seen Resist, and JCC three times.

Hear, hear!

My friends have seen Swans, Ut and I Ludicrous open up for the Fall.

I've seen Resist, and JCC three times.

the only Fall support I recall really enjoying was Serious Drinking 20-odd years ago. Of current bands what about having Part Chimp as support next time?