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These veterans of all
things rock have tonight come to play the North East's favourite rock
bar Trillians. The Force are well known throughout both the North East
and the UK as a whole as one of the more established cover bands over
the years. They know what they are good at and they have stuck to it.
Not for them are the bright lights that beckon so many others who try to
break into the world of rock with their own material.
The Force are good at the covers they do, they carry them well and so
they continue to do this.
The crowd here tonight are largely 30 and older. Which isn't such a bad
thing as it means that those who have turned out are more relaxed and
just here for a good night out with a classy band who are going to bring
back happy memories of yester-year by playing all their old favourites.
Well no one could complain at the gig we were given here tonight. If you
are over 30 then you would know all the songs like the back of your hand
and chances are you would have most in your own personal record
collection.
For the few that were younger, well they enjoyed themselves, even if
they did have to keep asking what the songs were from the older ones
amongst us.
This impressive band consisted of the mighty Mick Hunter on lead vocals.
Behind him we saw Franco Zuccaroli on drums. Then the remaining band
members were lead guitarists Phil Thorell and Dave Shaw. Both of whom we
saw take the position of lead singer throughout the two sets they did.
Although this may sound like a strange thing for a band to do it
actually works exceedingly well as all three vocalists take turns in
playing the guitars and also singing. Each has a very different and very
individual sound to his voice, thus meaning they can cover a wider
variety of songs without anyone of them sounding naff basically.
Their sound is most definitely Classic Rock, even their own music sounds
like it was etched in the very corner stone of time. If this is your
kind of music then you'll have a good night out at one of their many
gigs.
Setlist included:
Red Barchetta, Jacobs Farm, Boys are back in Town, Doctor
Doctor, I Surrender, Purple Haze, Burn, Don't believe Me, Spirit of
Radio.
They did actually sing a lot more covers as well as a few of their own
songs. But by that time I was up dancing and was having too much of a
good time to keep stopping to write them down for you! If you want to
hear the rest of their sets you will just have to come along and watch
them yourselves next time! lol.
*The Force would like us to point out that their setlists for all their
gigs include not only covers but also a large proportion of their own
material.
They do in fact have two very good albums out which are available at
their gigs called Breakin' Free (live) and Different Worlds. Both of
these albums feature original material - with one exception - Action by
The Sweet. The band pride themselves on their ability to work at all
levels, ranging from little pubs to the Newcastle City Hall and even
Wembley.
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