Black Guns
» Valentine - venue, Sat, January 10
» Gaslight Radio + Amaya Laucirica + Popolice - venue, Sat, January 10
» The Yeah Bears (Syd) + Psyus (ACT) + Zebras Can’t Be Tigers - venue, Sun, January 11
» Future Sun Gods + The Ovals + Adam Pavitt Band - venue, Tue, January 13
» Ouch My Face! - venue, Wed, January 14
» Fireships + The Sharks, They Bite! + These Ocean Arms + Green Green Green - venue, Thu, January 15
» Curse Ov Dialect + Ultraviolet MC + Mark Barrage + Syringe Stick Up Mama (aka Professional Savage) + Aoi - venue, Fri, January 16
» Moe Grizzly, Elizabeth Pistol Club, K Mason - venue, Fri, January 16
» Valentine - venue, Sat, January 17
» Cherry Rock 2007 - Cherry Bar, Vic - May 6, 2007
» Black Guns - Tote, The, Vic - November 19, 2006
» The Vines - June 26, 2008
» Downhills Home - July 6, 2007
Squinting into the sunlight i had two things on my mind.. a GnT and some LOUD music.
Late on a sultry arse sunday afternoon, oily pendulous beads of sweat, slid of the crowds skin and added a glossy sheen to the bitumen(carpet)..the back room, seemingly the only venue to accomodate the black guns was the venue du jour..
Like a partially popped blister - the show was short, tight and hot..
But what also was delivered which was high energy musical assalt executed with fluidity and muscular playing. .
The energy between the two guitarists Nick ‘DD’ Black & Tommy ‘guns’ Elliot was playful, intense .. packed with energy...
So as the story goes , it was such a short span of time between the launch oftheir debut EP and the formation of the band.. They’ve gained a lot of attention and big props from industry folk - primarily suppporting bands such as the Screaming Jets, Airborne and the Spazzy’s.
2006 was the release of a highy anticipated EP ‘In the City’.. flogging themselves by performing venue after venue in Melbourne + Interstate.. the Black Guns are building a solid reputation as a band that are bloody hardworking... they are!
And the show was non-stop.. superbly expressive singing.. lots of sweat, lots of lunging, lots of long hair.. and that was the band.. in the pit there was a fare deal of black leathers, some very skinny legs belonging to some very old men ( veteran rockers p’haps) throwing their fibrous bodies, i imagine there was not a dry gusset in sight. Overall good music and lots + lots of fun.
