Back at the end of January, Terrorvision got themselves noticed on a large
scale with their release of Tequila. It saw the appearance of rock coming
back into the mainstream music charts that had since been dominated with the
lesser talented bands with singers who class their music as 'pop' nowadays.
It also provided Terrorvision with their biggest chart hit to date, making
its debut at a very respectable number two.
Last time they were on these Scottish roads, they were provided with support
by Fungus, a Swedish band that were nothing like Terrorvision. This time, the
support was provided by Leafeater who were much more like Terrorvision on two
counts. They are from Bradford, and they rocked almost as much. In fact, they
were f***ing excellent. They had the crowd moshing right from the beginning
of their set and didn't bore them by the end unlike a certain Swedish band,
who I won't name again…
Leafeater have supported Terrorvision only once before and it's not a big
surprise that they have joined them to do it all again. Consisting of only
three band members, they made an amazing amount of noise for a support band
and the fact that two thirds of the band had no hair only added to their
likeability. The crowd loved them and they quickly became everything that a
support band is supposed to be.
However, Terrorvision have always been contenders for the best live band, and
still are. But after the sudden and completely unexpected success of Tequila,
will they still live up to their name? In a word, yes. And nothing could
surprise me less.
Beginning with their most famed opener, Alice, What's the matter? which is
accompanied by Tony Wright jumping about the stage like a maniac, the crowd
contracts a serious case of Lets-copy-Mr-Wright-because-he-knows-better-itus,
and have their own little energetic party by themselves which continues
through the whole gig. Even from hearing just the first song, it's obvious
that Terrorvision still have the ability to get a crowd of normally wary
Scots and turn them into the mad, hyperactive people they are so widely known
as.
This particular gig has it's highlights, the loud American TV, the slow and
touching When I Die, the vigorous Babyface, as well as the beautiful
Middleman which all add to their ability to keep their audience on their
toes. They preview their Friends theme tune rip-off, TV on TV, and have the
crowd join in with the little clappy bits at the beginning and end. Also, Too
Stoned To Dance, a huge favourite among the big Terrorvision fans, makes its
appearance with the crowd enjoying it just as much as the others.
Unsurprisingly, Tequila is the song that everyone knows and loves. The whole
crowd dance their own individual Tequila dance and helped with 4 girls picked
out from the audience, they play the song that most of the new fans want to
hear so much. Their last song is the wonderful Perseverance, always a good
song for the encore, and proves that their crowd still has the energy to mosh
like they did to all the others.
The absence of one of their most moving songs, Bad Actress, is probably the
only disappointing fact of this gig, or even the fact that Tony chose to wear
clothes that were completely normal and didn't decide to wear any peculiar
outfits for this tour was also a bit unexpected. Oh well, there's always next
time…
Melissa Gunn