The Peel in Kingston is a great venue with an excellent stage and cool sound system and tonight there is a good crowd.

The Nutrajerks take to the stage and launch into “Anyone Who looks Like You”, this is a raucous little number from their “Protection” EP…I still can’t believe two guys can make so much good noise between them, Greg Reinel - Gibson Les Paul guitar hero poses and Jeff Wood in the engine room beating the shit out of a Yamaha drum kit….with no break from first to second song, they blast into “Deleted”, another “Protection” tune.

By this time the audience has started to get interested in the gig and have moved forward and even started jumping about. Greg starts to feed of this enthusiasm and lunges around the stage, then during “Celebrity Fist” he is off stage and getting down and dirty with the audience. And for the rest of the gig he spends more time off the stage than on. Cool or what! “Spy Sinker” sees Jeff up and bouncing around his kit and then at the end of the song he jumps skyward off his stool!!!

Greg introduces “Vicious Intent” which he dedicates to Emma Peel, half way through the song he puts down his guitar and jumps into the audience with the mike while Jeff carries on the beat. He thanks all the people involved with the tour, then gets back on stage to finish the song.

To finish the set they play a great version of The Saints’ song “(I’m) Stranded” which ends in a cacophony of feedback and clashing cymbals.  They leave the stage to huge cheers from the audience, these guys have definitely won a ton of new fans tonight. Thank God, real punks not dead.

Setlist included:

Anyone Who Looks Like You
Deleted
Vicious Intent
Celebrity Fist
No More You
Spy Sinker
Alternative Nation
I’m Stranded

Special guest reviewer - Shen Spencer