It was a humid summer Saturday night and Shotgun Smile were back in their favorite haunt, the Admiral Drake.
Is it that they just get better with every appearance or that their regular following just doesn’t get enough of them…who knows?
What we do know is that the fans were up for it showing their appreciation right from the start and the boys really excelled themselves amid the atmosphere of an ever enthusiastic crowd.
We know by now that they are capable of playing a few songs (they’ve already proved they can knock one out in front of an audience...see Turning Japanese photo) but tonight they really put on a show. In fact everyone apart from the drummer (the lazy sod!) were jumping around and putting lots of effort into their performance. Even the usually “reserved” front man, Kev, looking resplendent with his Red, White & Blue hairstyle, was jumping around, and anyone who knows him will know how much effort this takes!!!
At the end of a great set, four volunteers were sought from the audience to get up and play “air guitar” (well, blow-up guitar to be exact) to “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”. There were more like twenty willing volunteers that came forward but there were only four guitars. That didn’t stop some of the less fortunate from playing air guitar anyway and as you can see from the “Gig Pics” everyone was a star that night.
If you haven’t yet seen this band, check out the listings in the Gig Guide and get along to their next gig – You’ll love it.
Thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a great evening!
| I Fought the Law | The Clash |
| All the Small Things | Blink 182 |
| Teenage Kicks | The Undertones |
| Love of the Common People | Stiff Little Fingers |
| Girl Next Door | Shotgun Smile |
| Five Colours In Her Hair | McFly |
| Girl At the Rock Show | Blink 182 |
| Pretty Vacant | Sex Pistols |
| Ever Fallen in Love | The Buzzcocks |
| Girl All the Bad Guys Want | Bowling For Soup |
| At the Edge | Stiff Little Fingers |
| You've Got my Number | The Undertones |
| Hate To Say I Told You So | The Hives |
| Song 2 | Blur |
| So Good to be Back Home Again | The Tourists |
| Back of My Hand | The Jags |
| Sometimes | Shotgun Smile |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana |
| Silly Thing | Sex Pistols |
| Basket Case | Green Day |
| Up the Junction | Squeeze |
| Turning Japanese | The Vapors |
| One 2 One | Shotgun Smile |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash |
| Gay Bar | Electric Six |
| Are You Gunna Be my Girl | Jet |
| I Believe in a Thing Called Love | The Darkness |
| American Idiot | Green Day |
| Bartender and the Thief | Stereophonics |