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I didn’t really catch the support band immunise, they were tight but I was distracted by a few heads I hadn’t seen in a while so I can’t say too much about them. I have heard that they have big things on the horizon and I hope they do well. After
immunise a white screen was put up on the stage, this led to a
discussion, was this going to be a Fish with Marillion (circa
1982) silhouette show? Thankfully they kickedoff with a film show
of their ‘dead heroes’ as featured on the cd cover.
As Gerry Mcgerigal (guitar) put it, how
'Sunrise
on the trenches' was next, a song about the battle of The Somme,
roll intro and out with the acoustics, which led into a little
‘lord of the rings’ keyboard wizardry from Chris Norby,
before the band chilled a bit with the acoustic laden ‘third
light’. Another surprise cover awaited us ‘Roger Waters’-the
bravery of being out of range’ fitting nicely in on the same
The band left the stage to great applause from the audience before returning for an encore a genesis medley that ran from classic Gabriel era 'Selling England by the pound' & bits of ‘back in new york city’ before ending up as 'Turn it on again'. At this point I was having a prog overdose, breathtaking to say the least, then that was it. After such a performance, the music the theatrics where do the DHC go next? Somehow I don’t think they’ll have a problem pulling something out of their sleeves and surprising us.. Set
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Sometimes
a cd can make such a good impression that you don’t know
if the live show will live up to that little shiny disc. So at
the Nerve centre on the 24th the Dead heroes club had big shoes
to fill when they not only had their official cd launch but inaugural
performance.
The
band came on stage to the sound of a telephone ringing, soupy
(vox) decked out in a long leather coat, hat and sunglasses a
precursor to later theatrics. The band kicked off with ‘falling
from grace’ the track on the cd, so mid song I went to snap
some pics from the site, after storming their 
tracks
on the cd. Complete with sound samples triggered, this was no
half assed show, they were tight. This led us into another surprise
cover a storming version of Tull's 'living in the past', brilliant
stuff. This is a band who wears their influences proudly on their
sleeves, never detracting from their own material which sat perfectly
with the cover tunes. 'Press any key' was up next and I know some
people think this track was a bit weak on the cd but in fairness
it shone live, they hit all the right buttons.
theme
as sunrise’. I haven’t listened to Roger Waters ‘amused
to death' for sometime, but after this I’ll give it another
spin. A brief break, some fancy fretwork by Gerry and we were
into ‘one day too soon’ featuring , that legend in his
own bathwater’ Frankie Robinson’ Frankie known to most
people in the town as great guitarist joined them on saxophone
this was another song that really sparkled live. Then more familiar
noise clocks ticking..clocks ticking ..’time from ‘pink
floyd's’ dsotm leading into 'Breath', the band were again
joined by Frankie on sax. A bit of info on the dead heroes from
Soupy before we went down the road to 'Jerusalem' a song about
our peace, or lack of it without being preachy. Partway through
the song Soupy pulled out a handheld spotlight and began to ‘buzz’
the crowd, the band and the hall with swathes of light.