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Mark Burgess ex-Chameleons' new band. Remarkably Chameleons like, and while I saw them doing a reformation show a few years back, and they made no good impression whatsoever, this trio was suitably jangly and interesting in a way the whole lot of 'em weren't. Despite doing some Chameleons tunes.

New Model Army - what can you say about a band that's been going for a quarter century in some form or other? There's a bit of a cultish element to the Army, Justin has got all the right charisma, the little twinkle in the eyes and the way with putting a grandiose statement into a snappy soundbite to win anybody over. Two hour show, nice mix of material from the new album and from the back catalogue. Green And The Grey sends a shiver up my spine as arms and voices are raised in unison - it's such a great song. It was good and healthy to combine the gig with seeing some people and places and laying a few more demons to rest on the North Circular.

* In a suitably rock n roll footnote, I realised I was getting a little sleepy on my way home, and pulled over at 2am for a quick kip. And woke up at 6.30 to drive the rest of the way home - it's a very long time since I got home from a gig in daylight!

Labels: gigs, New Model Army, rock