Dead Rock West

On the recommendation of a close friend I went out last night to catch this band playing in the back room of a pub in Winchester and I was not disappointed by what I heard and saw.

The support act was Stewboss which consisted of a guy called Greg Safarty on guitar and vocals and Frankie from DRW and they were pretty cool – the rest of DRW joined them for the last couple of numbers. Great songs performed with gusto.

The venue was a back room in a pub, could not have been more than 15' wide and 40' long including the stage area so I was about 10' from the band. It was pretty full, around 100 people of all types and ages – my kind of crowd.

Had seen various band members in the other pub rooms before the gig grabbing a bite to eat and chatting to people who had seen them play elsewhere – very approachable bunch of people.

DRW were awesome, great musicians and sung some fine harmonies – Greg played guitar all through their set. Good sense of humour as well, Frankie kept banging on all night about some horror movie he wanted to make (Space Rats). The crowd really loved them and they hung around afterwards to chat with people – this lot deserve great success.

First gig I have ever been to where a band member asked the audience if she could take our picture, and then Frankie roped in an audience member to video a couple of songs for them and the guy did the rest of the gig. They let him have his pick of the merchandise table for his efforts.

Here are a couple of clips from their UK tour, first up is Rocket From The Crypt and then their closing number (before they played 3 extra songs)
Burning House of Love.

Check them out on myspace here, and if you have the time visit with Stewboss.