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"The Drop-Out Wives
The self-proclaimed 'drugged out hippie motherfuckers' and FELCH scene legends took to the stage for a mid-afternoon set full of dirty riffs, garage-rock cool and trippy voodoo style and panache. The PA did them no favours (particularly after hearing them thru the RHMG system in Thornton last week), but it didn't make a slight bit of difference as the 'Wives win through on sheer personality and individuality.
Stormy was on cracking form, taking the piss out of the punks, the straight-edgers and himself. But all 4 members come across as larger than life characters, Lola Fenix full of movie-star glamour and hammer-horror sleaze, Big D pounding away on the skins like a possessed caveman, and Pauly Smoke playing the cool, calming influence to Stormy's whirling tazmanian devil (or was it last night's whiskey still in my system?!).
Musically, The Drop-Out Wives are hard to pin down, I can hear elements of Queens Of The Stone Age, The Von Bondies and Sonic Youth in there, my girlfriend thought they sounded like The Ramones crossed with The Shangri-Las on a bad trip. Whatever, the 'Wives stuck out like a glorious sore thumb, setting a prescedent for the best bands of the day being the ones that do something different. More of which to follow next. Excellent grubby set from the 'Wives, standout tracks for me being 'Wolfman' and an inspired 'Jailhouse Rock'.
Drop out Wives gig list
7 Jun 2008 20:00
Voodoo Club Manchester, Northwest
11 Jul 2008 23:00
West Coast Rock Cafe Blackpool, Northwest
13 Jul 2008 20:00
The Alabama Showboat, Blackpool Blackpool, Northwest
7 Aug 2008 20:00
West Coast Rock Cafe, BLACKPOOL Blackpool, Northwest
24 Aug 2008 14:00
SUMMERDAZE FESTIVAL @ Stanley Park Blackpool, Northwest
5 Sep 2008 20:00
The Dirty Water Club London, London and South East
