When
two members of your band do the dirty on you and quit just before a couple of
gigs there are two things that you can do; crawl off somewhere and feel sorry
for yourself, saying poor old me or in the case of Pete and Christopher Coyne
of The Godfathers get some shit hot replacements that make the former members
look tired and redundant. They say success is the best form of revenge and
never has that been more apt. After a couple of false starts on Halloween I
finally managed to get to see The Godfathers live at their sold out gig at The
Lexington in Islington. And boy was it worth the wait. Pete and Chris were
joined by Mauro Venegas and Steve Crittall on guitar with Tim James on drums
and to quote Pete they were “Red Hot”. All aspects of the band career were
played with some tunes being dusted off after a long time away, obviously for
me they were all the first time I’d heard them, but they most defiantly won’t
be the last. Kicking the show off this week are The Kult 45s who like The
Godfathers I’ve been trying and failing to see. Obviously for not as long as
the aforementioned Godfathers as the said Kult 45s have only been blasting out
their brand of Dirty, Filthy Punk ‘n’ Roll Blues since the beginning of the
Summer, but with a reasonable stage time of 8:15 The 12 Bar beckoned. Talking
about The 12 Bar; I also put in my two Denarius over the reshaping of Denmark
Street and surrounding areas due to CrossRail.
