The Alley - POLYVINYL, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, CHARLEY HORSE

My band listings of who played when are gathered from the Time Off website. I think there are a few inconsistencies with the acts that actually played at The Alley. Yes, the headliners, Polyvinyl were there, but I didn't catch Love Lies Bleeding and I don't think Charley Horse were even there..
Having left my place at 9, we may have missed Love Lies Bleeding as we arrived in time to see the band playing before Polyvinyl and the main band.

The journey to the gig was an interesting one. My flatmate and I have a mutual disliking towards Black & White cabs for our own reasons. So genius flatmate decides to bring one of these along..


Vile vials filled with ammonium sulfide. These things aren't the Crazy Clark's $2 stink bomb packets, these are glass vials of pure gross. Here's some text off the box:

"Throw the glass-ball to the ground or crush it down under your foot. When it is breaking to pieces, an evil smell spreads about, but soon disappears again. Don't swallow, injurious to health."

Now why I proclaimed my flatmate as being a genius before is because he failed to follow a suggestion of mine. I had said to him that you only 'detonate' the bomb after we have made payment for the ride. "Genius" had crushed the vial 3 blocks away from our destination and the cabbie suggested that one of us on the back seat seek medical advice.


Following in the tradition of firsts, it was my first visit to The Alley. I am jealous of Milton folk who call this their 'local'. It's raw, it has pool tables, top music and a dartboard.. I think I will be heading back there soon to start a night out again. I was also impressed with the sound quality and the setup. I looked around and said that I liked the joint.

As mentioned before, the bill announced on by Time Off seemed incorrect, as the band that played before Polyvinyl were The Murders. These guys were a great curtain raiser for Polyvinyl. They played some great 'dirty' rock that I have been missing for quite sometime. The bass guitarist looking like an escaped 1770s convict (probably not his desired look) accompanied by his freaky facial expressions added to their really enjoyable set.

David or Michael, I was quite flogged by this stage of the night, the lead singer of The Murders also posed for a photo whilst Polyvinyl were setting up..


Lovely. Now the gig that my mate and I had been hanging out all week to see, Polyvinyl, kicked off. It was short, it was sweet and it satisfied my "rockin-out" urges. My mate and I were up the front for a few songs that commanded us to sing along with some cracking tunes. Ahh, the full-flavoured taste and aroma of three guitars jamming out in unison:


Here is my Polyvinyl-In-Action series of photos from the gig:




























Cheers guys for another stellar performance..