Dirty Backbeats drummer. Fantastic
Dirty Backbeats singer. Barking
Went out to the Stamford, Lincolnshire (hardly rock city) to the last gig of one of my favourite local bands - The Surgens. They were super tight, they have the best drummer, who drums bare foot, and looked like they loved every second. And bands out there looking for great, unknown songs to cover should buy their first CD - Songs of sadness, misery and abuse. Strangely singalong swamp blues.
They were supported another band in their last throes, The Dirty Backbeats - and they were something else. Screaming Jay Hawkins crossed with Screaming Lord Sutch. The singer was a wildman, the keyboardist a zonked-out gonk and the drummer, well everyone loves female drummers. They're playing Leicester on December 13 for the last time.
Google both bands for free songs. Yes, the Surgens is spelt incorrectly.
just checked out the surgens site and listened to some tracks ; brilliant band (sorry to say never heard of them before)- picked up a beafheart influence (my music head is stuck in captain land)-- ordered two CDs to give em a proper listen -- thanks for leading me to them ; pity they are breaking up --- Wol
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