Breed 77
I started Saturday morning at around 9am getting up having a cuppa and getting ready for my trip to Bath. Very much looking forward to it! My plan was to arrive, check in and suss out the lay of the land, including making sure exactly where the venue was. Strange venue in my opinion for a rock band such as Breed 77 as it was an all seated one…but we shall see.
On arrival I easily found my hotel (it was half past 3 by this time and rather warm), which was a five minute walk from the train station. Settled myself in and went for a wander into Bath. First things first I treated myself to a wonderful late lunch. Spaghetti Carbonara without the meat ;) And a couple of pints of Guinness later and a few pubs later and it was six oclock. Time to prepare for the gig. Headed back to my room, dumped everything I didn’t need, checked hundreds of times that I had my ticket and headed off to find a pub near the venue, thinking I might come across like-minded B77 fans. I was out of luck and only came across the local chav venue, yuck!
Ah well, time was good and I ventured to the venue. No Guinness…but the wine was good enough for my purposes. Got chatting to someone who was there on the guitar course and part of it was free entry to all the gigs (the gig was part of the International Guitar Festival). And we met a number of times on fag breaks outside the venue. Good to talk to someone who was coming to the gig with a completely open mind and looking forward to seeing them and what they’re like as musicians.
Lunarmile opened, and boy were they good. Lead singer is the daughter of a member of Black Sabbath no less! They did an amazing cover of When Doves Cry, very rocky, very good and made me think about my next gig ;)
Went out for a fag break after, which had to be cut very short when I realised Breed 77 had entered, stage right!
They were FANTASTIC. An amazing band, I really wish I’d discovered years ago. I’ve missed out on so much, but I am sure going to make up for it now!!
I "quite" enjoyed the gig and managed to get the setlist too, woohoo!
For those in the know here's the setlist:
World’s on Fire
Alive
Empty Words
Individuo
The River
A Matter of Time
Remember That Day
Final Prayer
Zombie
Blind
La Ultima Hora
Hung around a little while after and then tried to find the tour bus, I was unsuccessful. But that was no dampner on my evening. FANTASTIC gig! Really amazing. I would encourage anyone reading this to check them out, even if you’re not a fan of rock music, you may just enjoy!!
But really, damn him when he sings in Spanish. I laughed, I cried, I got bruised and it was amazing!!