Venue: The Ding Dong Lounge
Date: 16th November 2007
Reviewed By: Lyn. Photograph by Mark Geisel.
I have been waiting a long time to see Electric Mary. It’s been at least 6 months since they’ve played and a year since I last saw them.
I rocked up very late at Ding Dong, so I just saw the last song from the support but judging from the amount of people up front they must have put on a show as the crowd seemed to be getting into their music.
Soon Electric Mary entered stage, Pete on guitar, Irwin or guitar, Tommy from Juke Cartel on bass (in the absence of Neilo) and Venom on drums. The crowd went wild, and then in strutted the man you cannot miss in his long coat and cowboy hat - Rusty on vocals. There is something about this man, I can’t take my eyes off him, he grabs the stage with such vengeance and adoration and the crowd seem to love him too.
The set started with Let Me Out then One in a Million, which contains dirty, dirty riffs. No One Does It Better followed, then with the song Hey Now Rusty sang while holding a jug of water! After about three songs Rusty exited the stage whilst we were given an instrumental break from the guitarists, and when Venom started his solo the audience chanted his name over and over. The way those boys play their guitars is amazing - sweaty guitar with huge rock beats. Then Rusty came back on stage and like a lion eating its prey he launched into Luv Me with much zest. Luv Me is an amazing song, beautifully sung, and showing off Rusty’s strong voice. We were welcomed with a new song called Sorry, which was apparently written on one of their road trips.
Electric Mary are a fast-paced band, short songs but well worth seeing. The last few songs were Crash Down On Your Head, which is a melodic tune, One Foot in the Grave, and lucky last was I Fell Out With My Best Friend, during which I almost felt like linking arms with my neighbours and swaying back and forth. Then they were gone, no encores, much to the crowds disappointment.
For those wanting more there was the EP Definition Of Insanity and tees available for purchase.
