Rebellion review

[MARKXE]

http://louderthanwar.com/rebellion-festival-day-1-thursday-8th-august-2013/

Craggy dreadlocked bean field soldiers 

[Master Ray]

That's about as good a summary of NMA as you can fit into a single paragraph... kudos to the writer!

I saw a poster for Rebellion a couple of weeks back in Shrewsbury... it seems like NMA were very under-represented.  There were a whole bunch of bands who, with the greatest of respect, are trading on past glories and has their own big logo, whereas NMA were way down on the poster with the also-rans...

No matter... maybe it brought a few new folks into the fold?  If so, welcome...

[Fatalist]

having seen a few of the bands higher on the Rebellion bill recently at various gigs, I would say a couple of them wouldn't even be particularly strong support for NMA. Still, it's a punk festival first and foremost from what I can gather, and NMA have always been about just a little bit more than just that I think

[Wessexy Witch]

 

Nice.

[Fatalist]

Oh and yeah it was a nice review, forgot to say in favour of previous rant

[sozbot]

I was there, and it was bloody brilliant! Also agree about a lot of the other bands not even being a worthy support act for NMA... I lasted five minutes watching **** Sparrer, for example. I know they have a following, and they probably stand for something I don't understand, etc etc blah blah blah... But yeah.

NMA, plus the JS&DW acoustic set, were the main reasons we went to Rebellion. We saw a lot of good bands we hadn't previously heard of, but most of them were well down the bill and playing afternoon slots. One of the best sets I saw was King Prawn, who were playing at 6pm... should've been much later!

[Frank]

I was there, and it was bloody brilliant! Also agree about a lot of the other bands not even being a worthy support act for NMA... I lasted five minutes watching **** Sparrer, for example. I know they have a following, and they probably stand for something I don't understand, etc etc blah blah blah... But yeah.

NMA, plus the JS&DW acoustic set, were the main reasons we went to Rebellion. We saw a lot of good bands we hadn't previously heard of, but most of them were well down the bill and playing afternoon slots. One of the best sets I saw was King Prawn, who were playing at 6pm... should've been much later!

Sozbot - I was there as well - did you see Chron Gen on saturday night?

[sozbot]

Sozbot - I was there as well - did you see Chron Gen on saturday night?

Frank - nope, was taking a few hours off the festival on Saturday night. Worth checking out, though?

[Frank]

I think so but then again I am mates with the band  (We travelled up on the Friday, great laugh, good weekend)

Check them out on the link below - good second wave punk band, toured with exploited, Anti-Pasti, defects etc but more melodic than most!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jADFcSQ8zQ0

[Anna Woman von NRW]

Craggy dreadlocked bean field soldiers

I'm happy with that except for "craggy"! Pretty good review I think. Seems the press might be starting to put behind them the whole non coverage thang. Wonder if NME (Does anyone still read that? Actually is it still going?) will have a review or any sort of coverage for the new album.

[dark horse]

I saw a poster for Rebellion a couple of weeks back in Shrewsbury... it seems like NMA were very under-represented.  There were a whole bunch of bands who, with the greatest of respect, are trading on past glories and has their own big logo, whereas NMA were way down on the poster with the also-rans...

NMA were headlining the main stage on Thursday night, which presumably puts them quite far up the bill of the festival. Not sure why that wouldn't be reflected on the poster...

Or, to look at it from another angle - when was the last time NMA played a 2,800 capacity venue in the UK?

[Master Ray]

Craggy dreadlocked bean field soldiers

I'm happy with that except for "craggy"! Pretty good review I think. Seems the press might be starting to put behind them the whole non coverage thang. Wonder if NME (Does anyone still read that? Actually is it still going?) will have a review or any sort of coverage for the new album.

Anna, sadly the NME is still going and, after buying it recently for a read on a long train journey home, I can confirm that it is utterly dreadful.

NMA aren't teenagers and fashionable in the eyes of people who don't really like music, just whatevers 'cool' right now.  They have no chance of a decent review.  I remember when they reviewed the last Skunk Anansie album (one oftheir best, I think...) and they gave it 1 / 10 with absolutely no mention of the music, just concentrating on the fact that they were in their 40's, and ending with the quote 'this band needs to split up now'.

I'm more interested in how Q might review the album.  I still have some hope for that magazine...

[JohnnyM]

Anna, sadly the NME is still going and, after buying it recently for a read on a long train journey home, I can confirm that it is utterly dreadful.

To be fair - i'd imagine we're not quite in the NME's demographic.. or Q's come to that - though maybe Mojo's. I know in the mid 80s when i used to read Sounds & NME every wednesday from cover to cover - I wouldnt have been too interested in articles about middle aged bands from the 50s no matter how good they were!

BTW - good to hear King Prawn were on form at Rebellion- i saw them a few times years ago & they were always a great live band. Did anyone go to the crusty/anarcho/peace punk afternoon with the mob, zounds etc - was it any good?

[sozbot]

I remember when they reviewed the last Skunk Anansie album (one oftheir best, I think...) and they gave it 1 / 10 with absolutely no mention of the music, just concentrating on the fact that they were in their 40's, and ending with the quote 'this band needs to split up now'.

Jeez. That pretty much sums it up. Skunk are still kicking major ass, as far as I'm concerned - I have loved their two recent albums and have seen them live a few times recently, and they put on a bloody great show.

As for that pathetic rag NME, I bought it once and thought "that's a couple quid and an hour of my life I'll never get back".

[Master Ray]

I remember when they reviewed the last Skunk Anansie album (one oftheir best, I think...) and they gave it 1 / 10 with absolutely no mention of the music, just concentrating on the fact that they were in their 40's, and ending with the quote 'this band needs to split up now'.

Jeez. That pretty much sums it up. Skunk are still kicking major ass, as far as I'm concerned - I have loved their two recent albums and have seen them live a few times recently, and they put on a bloody great show.

As for that pathetic rag NME, I bought it once and thought "that's a couple quid and an hour of my life I'll never get back".

Totally agree.  SA are bloody amazing live... other than NMA, the only band I conisider truly unmissable when they play in the UK.