OUT AND ABOUT
- JJ72, the Motorhomes & the Buffseeds, at the Cavern -

TOM'S VIEW

Well, upon discovering that two of the bands on the current URE playlist were playing the Cavern, who would be able to resist the siren-like lure of this gig, with its high, wailing voice. For yes! Wailing voices were out in force. The Cavern was packed with oddness. The strange 9ft tall goth blokes in big fur coats and ill-fitting t-shirts. The old men, dancing in an odd way to the Stone Roses. The Marines, obviously there by mistake. Julie Lovell and Dave Killingback. Pausing to look at the upcoming bands at the Cavern, we noticed the Dum Dums were playing. We considered the effect of a protest. The Cavern didn't open until after they said they would, because the security guards were late. Onto the bands.

The Buffseeds have a strange name. What does it mean? I do not know. But this much I know... they have a lead singer with a high voice. Their bassist, Joel Scragg (left), is utterly hilarious, looking like he is in absolute ecstasy every time he plays a not-too-hot bass riff. Once or twice he came up right behind the lead singer in an attempt to create some sort of homoerotic Bowie and Ronson thing, which didn't really work as the lead singer just ignored him. There was a strange bearded man playing keyboards and a strange female drummer, hitting the drums like she was killing a pig, and the lead singer and guitarist was strange and occasionally flicked his wrist in the air as if casting off a heavy watch. How did these people meet and decide to work together? They are all odd!

JOEL SCRAGG of the BUFFSEEDS

The Motorhomes are from Sweden. I like their single on the URE playlist, "Into the Night" because of the way the lead singer sings "Moo-hoooooon li-hight". Firstly, at several points there were three guitarists on stage, which I like because it reminds me of my old band Injured Hamster. The band are Swedish and therefore all have strange fringes and odd, gaunt looks, apart from the lead singer, who could be described as 'swarthy'. He looks into the crowd, as if deeply disappointed, for ages, goes to sing something into the mic, stops, goes to sing again, stops, smirks, raises his eyebrow and then sings something. He toys with us like a bat divebombing people by a river. (what?!!) Anyway, he too has a high voice. Very high. They were quite enjoyable to listen to, and Julie Lovell and my friend LeeAnn commented on how attractive they were (see left).

THE MOTORHOMES having a LAUGH in a TRANSIT VAN (or maybe a motorhome)

JJ72 were headlining. Guess what? The lead singer has a high voice. The other good thing about the lead singer is that there is a high potentiality that he may be absolutely mad. At one point, one of the crazy moshers immediately in front of the lead singer crashed into his mic stand, perhaps moving it a little. The lead singer glared at him with psychopathic intent, and then shouted his next couple of lyrics. He did a song on his own. Everyone ignored him. With the right media taunting, he could well go completely insane. However, the main thing I want to harp on about is JJ72's bass player. Hillary Woods... welcome to stalkerdom. She stood, she played bass, she slightly tilted her head once or twice, she nodded, she pouted, she is the new object of my psychotic desire. Her cheekbones stood like Stonehenge. Her nose, it was so pointy and so small. She had a microphone and a mic stand, but didn't use them once. Believe you me, there will soon be a new shrine on this site. All in all, quite a strange night. This is before we even mention the man in the entirely white suit wearing a stetson and the man in front of me in JJ72 smoking a fag which seemed to be made from psychedelic paper. Hmmm...

I'M NOT EVEN JOKING, THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE WILL BE MY BRIDE.

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