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SPOTLIGHT
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Dedication
Event for Comic Relief, The Shed, Yeoman St, Leics
Dedication
was a massive musical event in aid of Comic Relief on April 16th. It was
held over four heats and eventually whittled the bands down to four finalists.
This is a run down of each one, as taken from Marcus Lazaar’s program
notes:
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| Switch: Switch’s
style is predominantly guitar based rock with atmospheric undertones and
dynamics that compliment a well presented stage performance. Their use of
heavy guitar based riffs are maximised by the dropouts that they employ
(with reservation) to emphasise the emotion that they are trying to purvey
at particular points in their songs. |
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To Differ: Heavily Punk influenced, Beg To Differ utilise elements
of Green Day’s quirky attitude and combine it with the Sex Pistols’
flat out aggression. This provides an energetic performance that is pretty
much guaranteed to initiate a mosh pit brawl - which I’m sure is the
desired effect! Beg To Differ are the genuine article. |
| Duffmonkeys: Duffmonkeys
are a tight indie pop/rock outfit with some catchy tunes and a tongue in
cheek attitude that comes across well. The performance was animated and
exuberant which fitted well with the quality of tracks that they chose to
perform. In short, some great songs, well presented. |
| Raising
Lazarus: Raising Lazarus performed an outstanding set of atmospheric
rock. Some excellent lyrics that are beautifully supported by fine musicianship,
which was well received by the audience. Tight, professional, what more
can I say? |
Beg
To Differ
Photo
courtesy of the band
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THE WINNER IS:
This was
such an outstanding night, any one of the four bands mentioned above
could have won it. Let’s not forget the main aim of the night though
- raising cash for red nose day which was achieved in a big way with
a sum of £2,000.
The eventual
winners were the excellent Beg To Differ, so watch this space
as I will hopefully get an interview with them ready for next month’s
issue.
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