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36 The List 19 April — 2 May 1991
MUSIC ROCK & BLUES____ _
! SUNDAY 21
Glasgow
I Gary Clail And The On-U Sound System Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Virgin. 131 Princes Street. Edinburgh.03l 225 4583. Featuring the likes ofMark Stewart And The Maffia. African Head Charge. Bim Sherman and Jesse Rae. Barrowland seems to he venturing successfully into the realms of‘rave'-type gigs where personalities are played down. and dancing is played up. And if you can‘t dance to a Gary Clail record. then verily you are a sack of potatoes. He once provided the best warm-up act I've ever seen (for The Happy Mondays at Glastonbury). so it‘s nice to see him progress to warming people up in hisown right.
I Gong Maison Mayfair. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 8pm. £5.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Gong are one of those influential early 70s bands(like Hawkwind and Caravan) who chose to milk the hippy scene beyond its sell-by date. and then forgot to split up. They're still quite a trendy namecheck. as long as you don't handy their name about people who‘ve actually seen them live recently and know what a pile of tosh they really
I Glasgow Time Warp Rock Club. Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 7.30pm. £3. This gig is designed as a showcase for the AQR rockers.
Edinburgh
I Bomb Everything Moshpit. Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Prominent thrashers. forced to change their name at the behest ofThe Disney Organisation‘s lawyers. and sounding meaner than ever. I Past Redemption Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I Shibboleth Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free. See Fri 19.
I Live music Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. Free.
Glasgow
I The Commodores Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 6.30pm. £1 1.50.£10.50.£9.50. April seems to be Scotland‘s month for swoonworthy balladeering types. and you can be sure that there will be plentyof schmaltz to spread around tonight. in fact you should be able to cut the sentimentality with a knife.
Edinburgh
I The Temptations Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 l 155. 7pm. £l().50.£9.50. £8.50. Billed as a reunion concert. soit seems safe to assume that this will be a greatest hits package. Let's hope they do the greatest greatest hit. the earth-moving ‘Get Ready'. and show up the Wets‘ Big Day rendition for the self-indulgent
embarrassment that it was.
I Free'n'Easy Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I Crunchy Joseph Negociants. Lothian
Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live music Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. Free.
3123. 6.30pm. £12.50. £10.50. See Mon
I Mega City Four and Leathertace Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 9.30pm. £4. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. 23rd Precinct. 23 Bath Street. 332 4806. and Ripping Records. South Bridge. Edinburgh.03l 226 7010. Mega City Four are back again after what seems like. ooh. five minutes at least. playing the same set to the same diehards. It‘s just as well that amongst the spurious welter of popthrash-by-numbers. there are actually some sparkling gems.
I Fat and Frantic King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £3. Five ‘wacky' Londoners who blend skiffle. country and rockabilly for general overall anarchic effect. a bit like a rootsy version ofThe Cardiacs. This is the next in aseries ofshowcase gigs at King Tut's. allowing lesser-known bands to hire out the venue and reap the benefits if they‘re prepared to put in the legwork to advertise the gig properly.
I Capone And The Bullets. The Parallelograms. Long Fin Killie and Big Blue Fancy Whale Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 9pm. £2.50. Students and guests only. Four groups join together to put on a benefit to raise money for disabled access.
I The Amazing Jimmy Brock Experience Brewery Tap. Sauchiehall Street. 339 8866. 9pm. Free. Solo performer playinga mix of quiet acoustic numbers and more raucous songs. His/tun. Start A m1 ()llie cassette will be on sale at his gigs.
Edinburgh
I Mod Godhead Somo Club. Venue.
Calton Road. 557 3073. A live act whose
style will no doubt blend in with the club‘s techno and electro policy.
I The Lords Of The Flatbush Negociants. Lothian Street. 2256313. 9.30pm. Free. I Live music Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. Free.
WEDNESDAY 24
Glasgow
I Gloria Estefan SECC. Finnieston Quay.
MONDAY 22 9
248 3000. £16. £14 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See Tue 23.
I The Linden Tree and Love‘s Young Nightmare King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £3. A bitof
a contradiction here. The LindenTree.
still on the verge of major label megahucks
- after a tantalising six months. play
sparkling indie pop. and Love‘s Young
Nightmare. looking like Birdland meets Hanoi Rocks humpingintoManicStreet
Preachers on the way. display a bit ofa post-punk rock fetish.
i I The Amazing Jimmy Brock Experience
Traders. Glassford Street. 9pm. Free. See Tue 23.
Edinburgh
I The Wendys Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. More unassuming popsters who don‘t parade egos. but let the music dothe
§ TUESDAY 23
. Glasgow
I Gloria Estefan SECC. Finnieston Quay.
248 3000. £16. £14 plus booking fee.
Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Back from her brush with death to accept what is bound to be a rapturous reception for hertedious
Latin pop.
I The Temptations (ilas‘gow Royal Concert l lall. Sauchiehall Street. 332
convincing instead. Warming toThe Wendys is a cumulative process. but it's worth it once the combination ofmellow basslines and frenetic jangly guitar creeps up on you. This tour provides a faster for the debut album (iobbledygook and the next single ‘Pulling My Fingers Off‘.
I FatAnd Frantic Edinburgh University Student Union. Teviot Row. 667 2091 . See Tue 23.
I Shiloh Trading Post. The Shore. 553 5153. 9pm. Free. Country and western.
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I The Gist Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live music Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. Free.
Q THURSDAY 25
Glasgow
I The Wendys Sub Club. Jamaica Street.
248 4600. £4.40 plus booking fee. Ticketsfi‘
from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See Wed 24.
I The Painted Word KingTut's Wah Wah
Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £3.50. The return of the return ofThe Painted Word. Alan McCusker-'l'homson and his Scotpop crew attempt to jolt the public‘s collective memory. I The Groovy Little Numbers Lounge Bar. Glasgow University Union. University Avenue. 339 8697. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. Confident. mainstream pop with an upfront brass section. .‘vlilesaway from The Groovys of yore. I The Thieves St Andrest College Of Education. Bearsden. 942 8663. 7.30pm. £2.50. Students and guests. The Thieves look like they're working their way up from the bottom again. after being one of the most popular local exponents of the Scottish pop rock sound a few years back. ()h ye of fickle tastes. .. I Clockwork Orange Rooftops. Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883. 8.30pm. £2. l'tterly bizarre. Sounds a bit (and just a bit) likea mish-mash of every period of Pink Floyd‘s output made contemporary by the Use of synthetic rhythm tracks. Or maybe they‘re a Human League for the 90s. ()r a Dollar. ()ran ABC. ()r. .. I Buddha Grass Harbour 1 Tall Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. A low-key gig for them aftera period ensconced in the studio recording their first single. The customary major label interest around them too. I A Boy called Bob Twa Corbies. Cumbernauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free. Beatley pop from linglish expatriates. I Doctor Pop Studio 55. Bruce 1 lotel. Cornwall Street. Fast Kilbride.03552 29771. 8pm. £2.
I Loose Cut Cafe lixpresso Bongo. Quarry
Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9.30pm. Free. Blues rock.
I Live Music Chisholm‘s. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 889 6867. 10pm.
I Cliff Warwick and The Dollybeats l’icr39. Custom House Quay Gardens. Clyde Street.
Edinburgh
I Babel Counting l louse. West Nicolson Street. 662 0781. 10pm. £2. The first musical event at this comedy venue. and the first lidinburgh gig in a long time for Babel. whose name. belies their entrancingly delivered acoustic work. Music of quality and distinction.
I T.K.0. Chocolate City Club. Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Live appearance from The Knightstick()rganisation.a1)]. rapper and keyboard player who supported The Stereo .‘vle at Calton Studios recently. Admittedly. the headliners blew them offstage. but few support acts could have stood comparison on that particular night.
I The Last Minute Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. Former prize winners in a
1.13! Mcliwans Lager demo competition.
with a noticeable 60s influence augmented
by more diverse elements.
I The Brothers Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 2262816. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Greaseguns Negoeianis. l.othian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live music Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Cafe Biarritz. Frederick Street. 225 5244. 930—1 1.30pm. Free. I Live music (‘hestcrfield's. Royal Terrace. 556 6918. Free.
FRIDAY 26
Glasgow
I Revolution King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £2. Another showcase. this time from a local band who had a mini-residency at Platini‘s. Their influences range from U2 to the Cocteau Twins to The Cult. soonc can only guess at how they digest and regurgitate that mixture. Of course. you