It’s not often you get to see good up and coming British rock bands live.  It's even rarer to find three of them on the one bill, but tonight that exactly what we got.

Tucked away in the middle of Hartlepool, The Studio is a small but perfectly formed venue that for its size, has a great sound and every time I come here that fact just amazes me.

First up tonight were Whitefire, a young band who I have a lot of time for as they always give 110% on stage and really believe in what they do musically.  They opened up with ‘Cant Get Enough’, a great opener from this young band with a very mature sound and attitude.

The set continued with the up tempo rocker ‘I Feel Alive’, with Jon Sibley giving one of his finest vocal performances I’ve heard so far and with Chris Mills ripping it up on the lead guitar, the band seemed like they were really enjoying playing live.

The band showed they can bring a little southern groove into the mix with the likes of ‘Better Believe’, but it’s the high octane rocker ‘SLR’ that 'shows what a true rock n roll band they are, as Mills looks at ease with his guitar and with rest of the band sounding as tight as ever, these young guys have it all.

Another favourite song of mine by the band is ‘Soul Stealer’, a track that starts off slowly, but gradually builds into monster of melodic riffs and thumping drums.  A real rock song from a real rock band who can certainly know how to play.

The band finished off their all too short set with their tribute to a classic and their own rip snorting version of ‘Wishing Well’.  A worthy tribute it was indeed as the band stamped their own mark on this classic.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this band is destined for great things and I hope they get the breaks and rise above the like of The Kooks, Arctic Monkeys and their like and bring classic style rock n' roll back to the masses.

Second on the bill are another of my favourite young bands at the moment Stockton’s Get Vegas.  Another young band who wear their hearts on their sleeves when the play live and although front man Jonny had a severe cold, he still gave his all.

It's plain to me that the band have gone for a more relaxed set tonight because of Jonny’s voice problems, but they still went all out to impress.

One thing that has really brought this band on is not only Jonny’s relaxed demeanour on stage, but also the talents of new guitarist Rich who has given the band a greater edge guitar wise.

The bands performance wasn't as all out as Whitefire's, but I think that was mainly due to the choice of songs for the set due to Jonny’s voice problems.  With songs like ‘Burning My Soul’ and the excellent bluesy tones of ‘Heartbreak Woman’, the band proved they can still rock n' roll with the best of them.

After a quick plug for their website it was back down to business with one of my favourite Get Vegas tracks ‘Hard Loving’, which also gave drummer Martin a short stint in the spotlight with a short drum solo.

Things got a little bluesier with the outstanding ‘Mama Told Me So’ with Rich shining on the guitar once more.

The band finished off their set with another blues up-tempo song, this time with Rich ripping it up with a touch of slide guitar on ‘Sweet Honey’, which rounded of another impressive set by the band despite Jonny’s obvious problems with his vocals, but he’ll be back.

Now to the main event probably the hardest working and the most travelled band around today Birmingham’s Rattlesnake Remedy, on what Lee Stone describes as their 'Still On Tour' Tour 2007.

This must be venturing into double figures now for us going to watch this band perform, and actually, since this gig we actually ventured North of the Border to catch this band again on the following evening.

With Rattlesnake Remedy what you see is what you get.  Five tour weary bodies who live for rock n' roll, but when they hit the stage, no matter how small or large the venue, they always give it their all and more.

Things got underway with the usual high charged ‘Black Sheep Fiddle’ with frontman Stone his usual vibrant self, as both he and the rest of the band rocked from the off.

The set continued with ‘Hangover Blues’ which saw the heavily bearded guitarist Ben Bartlett join Stone on the vocals.  Then it was time to get things really rocking with the showstopper ‘Reach For The Line’ and the hard-hitting rocker ‘Falling Away’, which saw Bartlett ripping up a storm once more.

Things kept their up-tempo feel as the band carry on with ‘End Of The Line’, a song which Stone informed us is about women and girlfriends who are just after you for your money and just want to spend it all.

Then it was time to slow things right down with the Hendrix styling of ‘Freestyle’, before picking things up again with the excellent ‘Better Than You’, with Ben Bartlett taking up the vocals on this one as Stone quickly exits for a change of attire.  Then he returned back to the stage and got down to business with ‘Free To Feel’ and the outstanding ‘Paying My Dues’, before it was time to wind things up for the night with the title track of bands debut album ‘Magic Man' with said titled 'Magic Man’.  This led nicely into the lads finishing off the set with the bands first single off the album ‘Drag You Down’, which rounded off another in a long line of superb shows by the band.

If you haven’t seen this band live then keep checking the local press as they are sure to be playing a venue near you during 2007.  I suspect they probably intend on beating last years 126 shows in a year, so there's a very good chance of seeing them live near you as the 'Still on Tour' tour 2007 rocks and rumbles down the highway.