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Ash Latest
Kerrang! June 01 1996
Live in Southampton review
The Guildhall, Southampton
Thursday, May 16
MOST ROCKING MOMENT:
Got to be 'Lose Control',
which begins both the
album and the live set in furious style.
LEAST ROCKING MOMENT:
'Oh Yeah', at a pinch, even though it's not really
supposed to rock.
BEST ONSTAGE QUOTE:
Nothing much, apart from the odd bit of mumbling.
VERDICT:
The summer of Britrock starts here.
5/5
THESE ARE high times for those cheeky Ash boys. In
the week that their debut album,
'1977' went straight
into the UK chart at Number One, the trio kicked off
the biggest tour of their lives. Apparently, their next
day off is six months away. Everybody wants a piece of
Ash these days, and it's plain to see why. They're
f**king ace. Simple as that.
A few readers have written to Kerrang!
in the past
few weeks moaning about Ash being featured in the
magazine. Some people reckon Ash are more Britpop
than Britrock and that they shouldn't be in Kerrang!, let
alone on the cover. Those people don't think much of
the Manic Street Preachers
either. Or The Presidents Of
The USA. Or anyone else with a degree of pop suss in
their music, for that matter. What's the problem?
Whichever way you look at it, these are some of the
most exciting rock bands around.
Right now, there are few better places to be than an
Ash gig. There's a huge buzz about them - and what
better way to kick off the show than
'Lose Control'
with its frantic, pumped-up rift and faintly ridiculous
lead guitar squiggles? The inevitable mats pogoing
ensues.
The excitement turns to full-on hysteria when Tim
Wheeler sings the first line of Girl From Mars. It's almost too much for two teenage girls, who can't stop bouncing up and down as they run to the front of the stage to drool over Tim
Girl From Mars is surely the best single of the past year. but Ash have so many top tunes - even at this early stage of their career - that they can afford to toss it away in the first few minutes. As if to emphasise this point, they follow Girl From Mars with their most recent smash hit, Goldfinger No doubt about it, Ash have got this post-Nirvana punky pop thing completely and utterly sussed.
A few critics have said that Ash are a weak live band,
but if this showing is anything to go by, they're ready to
knock the cynics for six. Ash are fun, pure and simple.
And although Tim is stuck behind the mike for much of
the time, bassist Mark Hamilton does enough work for
the two of them. He is, evidently, mad for it.
Ash finish up with Angel Interceptor - their most
perfect pop song - and a couple of noisy oldies. They
encore with three songs guaranteed to get the
audience pogoing: 'Darkside Lightside',
Petrol and the
Irrepressible 'Kung Fu'
with its classic Ooh, Jackie
Chan hook. Fantastic stuff.
If you're still undecided about Ash, catch them on
this tour. Because, love them or loathe them, their time
is now.
PAUL ELLIOTT
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