A Written Apology

These guys were around for a few years in the mid 00s and initially I wasn't too into them but after a few high energy gigs they really grew on me and their final show (although they reformed for a set at Motionfest) was one of the most intense sets I've witnessed in such a tiny space as the Balcony.
Martin went on to be a photographer, Bobby plays in Lost Limbs now, and Ryan is in Bed Of Wasps.
I put a couple of their tracks out on the This Is Scotland Not LA comp with ENZK #10 and this is one of them put over every photo I took of them from 2004 to 2006.

Here's the photos if you don't want to watch through the vid:

21 Meadow Street - Westport Bar, Dundee, 20th Feb 2006

These Welsh guys came all the way up to play Dundee so it would have been rude not to go five minutes down the road to watch them. Sort of modern (2006) hardcore, not my particular taste but they were good live and played with a lot of energy.
I think they released an album at the time too.

Alkaline Trio - Somewhere in Glasgow

I'm presuming this was 2001 on the From Here To Infirmary tour.
I had no interest in going as it was in a big venue with a barrier and I've never enjoyed a gig in such a place and I wasn't particularly into the band, I thought they were alright butnothing I was desperate to go see. Rodi and the gang wanted to go and were paying for the petrol and entry if I drove so why the hell not?
I'm glad I went Matt's voice sounding amazing live and turned me on to the band in a big way.
I even went to see them next time round when they played the Barrowlands because I enjoyed them so much, unfortunately that was as shit an experience as any other gig I've gone to in the Barrowlands. And the band was a bit pants to boot. No I still prefer small clubs with no barriers after all cheers.
I didn't have a digital camera at this point and looks like I only had a couple of shots left on the film, snuck up to the balcony, which was pitch black and I nearly killed myself tripping over something, (maybe the body of the last person that went up there?) and got these two shots using my point and click camera I had found in the street many years before.