Back with a VENGANCE!!!!!!!!!!

Now, I like most of the punters at the Horn on Friday, was expecting a night of sweaty rock covers, beer that whatever you had, was sufused with a hint of Snakebite and because The Scratch were playing their first gig in 6 months, a welcome fix of experimental punk glamour. I was not disappointed... with the exception of sweaty, that is...cos the Horn on Friday night more closely resembled the refridgerated section of the local Iceland, infact the people I was lurking next to were complaining of the early stages of frost bite. Anyway enough blether ...I’ll get to the nitty gritty, if 6 months away results in a performance like that everytime, then I’m gonna push for them to split up and reform in 10 years. The Scratch tonight were fantastic ... transformed infact even since Christmas from edgy post punk princes, to the rockin, punkin, funkin, experimental king peacocks that they had always showed the promise to be. If DIY was the wake up call, judging by the new material, and the brilliantly enthusiastic response of everyone there, the next album promises to be amazing. All this was coupled with a near faultless performance and wild manic gyrations from the normally more passive John and Grim, it truely was the best gig I’ve seen in ages from anyone, let alone the local heroes. So onto The Borderline and hey they'd had better watchout in July, 'cos The Scratch are truley reaching a special moment in their existance. I've said it before, you've got to catch them now, before they all buy houses in Geneva and retire with more habits than The Abbey, I just hope people get off their arses and put their faith in the boys, 'cos pub gardens can be drunk in any day of the week, in any month, in any year. Special new tracks to watch out for ... Ajax Boogie woogie bugle boy of Watford Gap builds like a runaway rhino! and Glam, Ska, Punk, Jazz stormer and track of the night Dear Maniac, the most bizarre pop song i've heard since The Specials, Black Sabbath, Miles Davis and the Damned supergroup that never happened in 1979!!!

Dave