Live at Joseph's Well on Sunday, 1st June 2003
School age kids and those a little more, how shall I put it, mature - those that experienced punk the first time round - seem to have a fascination with France's most delectable garage punk export: les Flames! A collective love for dirty rock'n'roll combined with colourful language perhaps, as a hundred fucks never sounded so good... on the other hand labelmates The Scaramanga Six don't shout obscenities, which is probably for the best with them being respected, upstanding rock stars. If you thought the youthful Flames' scuzzy guitar riffs were sexy then you'll be flirting your pants off with these snarling senior citizens, like a Good Charlotte video with a rockingly better soundtrack. Only kidding guys and gal Six! Six! Six! As we approach a decade of the super slick Six tormenting our ears, the music remains as fresh and relevant as ever and as one hack got it so wrong, bandwagon jumping it most certainly is not. Beachbuggy seem lame in comparison, and once the initial gimmickry has worn off the dual drumming four-piece seem quite one-trick. I'm sure something special must have happened after song four, but with a few punters heading for the bar by then I ventured that one step further and ended up at home... good on record though, and they do look nice in white...
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On 3rd June 2003 at 08:49 Anonymous 48 wrote...
Hey! This makes us sound like we are past it or something! I'm still in my twenties I'll have you know...The kids of today don't know they're born etc.etc....In my day there wasn't such a thing as the internet etc. etc. Thanks for the review. Paul The Scaramanga Six
On 3rd June 2003 at 11:37 Dave LMS wrote...
of course i don't mean bored at the gig, just when i wrote the review... !!!
