A SUN(DAY) THAT NEVER SETS

AFTER THE FUN OF MY SWANS MARATHON i WAS THiNKiNG WHAT OTHER BANDS COULD i DO THiS WiTH?

THERE REALLY iSN'T THAT MANY TO CHOOSE FROM AS iT NEEDS TO BE A BAND WiTH A LOT OF MUSiC AND FOR ME TO OWN EVERY ALBUM ON RECORD. 

SOME BANDS ARE OUT SiMPLY BECAUSE SOME OF THEiR ALBUMS ARE CD ONLY. 

AND MOST BANDS ARE OUT BECAUSE THEIR ENTiRE OUTPUT WOULD HARDLY FiLL AN EVENiNG. 

i SET MY ALARM FOR 6AM FOR THiS WHiCH iSN'T TOO BAD AS THiS iS NORMAL WAKiNG TiME FOR ME ON WORKDAYS

PAiN OF MiND WAS ON BY 6.04AM AND FiRES WiTHiN FiRES PLAYED iTS FiNAL NOTE AT 6.04PM SO WAS BANG ON 12 HOURS OF MUSiC INCLUDiNG ME CHANGiNG SiDES ETC

i'M NOT A PUNK BUT i WENT TO REBELLiON 2025

THURSDAY 7TH AUGUST 

CiRCLE JERKS - MiGHT AS WELL HAVE JUST GiVEN KEiTH MORRiS A SPOKEN WORD SLOT ON THE LiTERARY STAGE

FRiDAY 8TH AUGUST 

WONK UNIT - i REALLY LiKE WONK UNiT, THEY ARE FUNNY, LOOK LiKE THEY ENJOY PLAYiNG AND BEiNG AROUND EACH OTHER AND THEY KNOW HOW TO WRiTE SOME CATCHY TUNES.

M.D.C - i DiDNT REALLY LiKE THiS BUT i TOLERATED iT TiLL THE END. 

THE EFFiGiES - i OWN A COUPLE OF THEiR RECORDS BUT REALLY DiDNT CARE FOR iT LiVE AND LEFT BEFORE THE END. 

SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST

WONK UNiT ACOUSTiC - ANNOYiNGLY i MiSSED THE START OF THiS AFTER A LOAD OF BULLSHiT WiTH HOTEL PARKiNG AND KEY CARD iSSUES. 

i THEN RAN TO VENUE JUST iN TiME BUT COULDN'T FiND THE STAGE 

LADY iN FRONT OF ME KEPT SHOUTiNG FOR HORSES. SADLY THEY DiDNT PLAY iT

iRViNE WELSH - i THiNK PERHAPS i JUST DON'T REALLY LiKE LiVE MUSiC AS i MUCH PREFERRED JUST LiSTENiNG TO iRVINE TALK

PETER HOOK AND THE LiGHT - i DON'T KNOW iF ANYONE ELSE WAS FOOLED BY THiS BUT iT APPEARED THE SECOND BASS PLAYER WAS THERE SO PETER COULD STOP PLAYiNG EVERYTiME THE VOCALS CAME iN. i GUESS HE CAN'T SiNG AND PLAY AT THE SAME TiME. SEEMED LAME TO ME SO i LEFT. 

SLOPPY SECONDS - i WASN'T FAMILIAR WiTH THiS BAND AND i AM NOT CONVERTED 

TO ME iT JUST SOUNDED LiKE ERiC CARTMAN SiNGiNG ALONG TO A GUITARiST WHO WANTS TO BE THAT SCHOOL BOY FROM AC/DC

PiL- i WALKED iNTO THE ROOM LATE, iT WAS PACKED, i LiSTENED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN LEFT. i LiKE PiL i JUST HATE ANY BAND FROM THE BACK OF A PACKED ROOM 

SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST

XRAY VEZ -WONK UNiT TAKiNG OVER THE FESTiVAL HA

HR BAD BRAiNS - iS THAT PADDY DiNGLE ON BASS?

D.O.A - i DiDNT REALLY CARE FOR THE MUSiC BUT THE SET WAS MADE INFiNiTELY BETTER BY THE GUY DANCiNG iN FRONT OF ME THAT LOOKED LiKE HE HAD COME STRAiGHT FROM WORK COMPLETE WiTH SHiRT AND TiE

HE HAD A PROPER PATRiCK BATEMAN ViBE.    

TSOL - i THiNK THE iSSUE i HAVE WiTH OLD BANDS LiKE THiS iS iT REALLY FEELS LiKE BUSiNESS, HARDLY ANY ORiGiNAL MEMBERS AND PLAYiNG SONGS FOR DECADES i JUST DONT BUY THE PASSiON. 

HELLE- THiS WAS GREAT, i ONLY CAUGHT THE LAST FEW SONGS BY ACCiDENT AFTER ABANDONING BORiNG OLD TSOL AND THiS WAS SO GOOD BY COMPARiSON. YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYiNG LiKE THEY ENJOY iT AND GIVE A SHiT BECAUSE THEY DO STiLL GIVE A SHIT AS i DOUBT THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYiNG THE SAME SONGS FOR DECADES, UNLESS THEY ARE A LOT OLDER THAN i HAVE ASSUMED. 

PROBABLY MY MOST ENJOYABLE PART OF THE WEEKEND YET THEY HAD A SMALL AUDiENCE AS THEY WERE PLAYiNG LATE AND PROBABLY CLASHING WITH SOME OLD ESTABLiSHED BANDS GOiNG THROUGH THE MOTiONS

THE EXPLOiTED - i DiDN'T EXPECT TO LiKE THiS BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD TO WATCH LiVE AND THE AUDiENCE WAS WELL iNTO iT.

GREAT BASS PLAYER WiTH EVEN GREATER DREADZ

BAD MANNERS i ONLY CAUGHT A COUPLE OF SONGS AS i WAS HOPiNG THE ROOM WOULD BE FULL OF MADNESS STYLE DANCiNG BUT SADLY NOT. 

ALL iN ALL i DiD ENJOY REBELLiON A LOT MORE THAN i THOUGHT i WOULD AND WOULD CONSiDER BUYiNG A TICKET TO GO AGAiN NEXT YEAR       

  

 i DiDNT TAKE ANY PHOTOS AND DiDNT WATCH THiS BAND 

 

THE DAY i THOUGHT iT WOULD BE FUN TO LiSTEN TO ALL 17 SWANS ALBUMS BACK TO BACK

 i DONT KNOW WHAT POSSESSED ME TO DO THiS BUT ON SATURDAY 5TH JULY 2025 i SET MY ALARM CLOCK FOR 3AM AND BY 3.03AM HAD STARTED PLAYING FiLTH 

OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 21.5 HOURS i LISTENED TO ALL 17 SWANS STUDiO ALBUMS.

i BANNED MYSELF FROM READiNG OR LOOKiNG AT PHONE ALL DAY. 

SO iT WAS JUST SWANS/FOOD/EXERCiSE/STROKiNG CATS FOR THE DURATiON 

THiS WAS A STUPiD WAY OF DOiNG iT AS GETTiNG UP EARLY MEANT i WAS TiRED THROUGHOUT AND i FIND SWANS REALLY RELAXiNG SO KEEPiNG MYSELF AWAKE WAS THE BiGGEST CHALLENGE. 

EVENTUALLY BY 10.33PM i WAS PUTTiNG ON THE LATEST TRiPLE LP SET "BiRTHiNG"

BY THiS POiNT i WiSHED THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A SiNGLE LP RATHER THAN ANOTHER BLOODY TRiPLE 

21 HOURS AND 22 MiNUTES LATER AND i CAN GO TO BED. 

THE CATS LOVED iT THOUGH AS THiS WAS A DAY OF MORE STROKiNG THAN THEY HAVE EVER KNOWN BEFORE.

SO WHAT MUSiC DiD i LiSTEN TO ON SUNDAY? 

DRAiNLAND OF COURSE

i JUST HAD TO LiSTEN TO ANOTHER TRiPLE LP :)