Worming Drummers Ahoy
When a 700 capacity venue has only sold 83 tickets, you get the feeling that the band you�re going to watch are rubbish. This, however, isn�t always the case. In the last 24 hours The Mooney Suzuki have had Radio One airplay, been on Kerrang! Radio and had Jonathan Ross speaking highly of them � or so their tour manager informs us.
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From the second that they walk out on stage, there is no escaping one fact. This band are American; everything about then oozes American excess � from the bushy-haired bassist to the farmer-George drummer to the sideburn-laden front-man.
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For such a small crowd, The Mooney Suzuki certainly knows how to control it. Proclaiming that their new album will not just �blow your speakers [but also] your mind�, the crowd cheer as Graham Tyler, guitarist, jumps over the security barrier and in to the centre of the crowd. After a brief stint back on stage it is time for Augie Wilson, drums, to rips a fan out of the wall and walk across the stage with a John Cloose �ministry of silly walks�-style jig. One thing The Mooney Suzuki can never be accused of is lacking in stage presence and performance skills.
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With swaggering solos that ring through the venue and music that makes your ass shake whilst your face smiles, it�s easy to see why The Mooney Suzuki are, so quickly, hitting the big leagues with their yet-to-be-released but already acclaimed, �Alive and Amplified�.
If their current on-stage shenanigans are anything to go by, The Mooney are not only destined for great things, but they�re going to keep you dancing from the second you hear them. If that�s not enough for you then it�s got to be worth seeing Augie doing the worm across stage.
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