General Fiasco Little Civic 20th May 2009

General Fiasco Little Civic 20th May 2009

It's true to say that General Fiasco made the best of a bad situation when they performed at Wolverhampton's Little Civic. ''Superfans'' stood in the front row trying to make conversation throughout the gig and at one point were told to keep down while they continued with the set, which was fast paced and brilliant despite them being a little drunk when playing. Every song I had heard before seeing them was in everyway better when performed live, as they did just that, performed; they had electric presence and involved the slightly minuscule crowd. All the songs were delivered quickly, creating quite a raw sound which converted many people to fans that night. The drums were possibly the loudest I have ever heard, with the playing being immaculate and the bass guitar being the most attractive one I've ever seen. The best track in their set was 'Ever so shy', maybe that's a bias opinion as I believe it to be the best recorded track, however it got many people dancing and seemed to generate the best response I'd seen in their set up to that point.

There is only two criticisms from that gig: the fans and support bands. The support in all was a little odd, with Mr Cricket being first on. Mr Cricket seemed to have few fans, possibly due to their 'weird' sound which was quite frankly poor. Next was Paradoxic who have catchy songs which grow on you throughout the set, however the lead singer I found rude as he arsed around throughout the set of the following support band, The Marquee and headline act General Fiasco. The Marquee demonstrated an impressive performance and seemed to enjoy their set although none of them stayed around very long to watch the band they had come to support which, to me, doesn't seem particularly fair.
I think General Fiasco will be ones to watch for later this year and early next year as they are an amazing live act. Given another opportunity, I would pay more that £6 to see them, and would see them again without a doubt. During the summer, get to a festival and see these guys!