Face Of Cheam

Went along to Bush Hall last night as the first of my four concerts in four days spree. After watching Arsenal lose to West Ham in two nearby pubs (One for each half) we entered the venue to see this young Nashville band Be Your Own PET. Fronted by the lovely Jemina (pronounced Geee-mean-na) they played forty minutes or so of thrahy pop punk. Nearly all songs were played at 100 mph and were very short. However their attitude and musician-ship did show through for a great time. Many a crowd surfer we got a good place as usual down the front on the left. Towards the end of the set you could see that the bouncer was having a torrid time in keeping people from the stage and clearly panicked when the singer surfed the crowd too! To describe their sound would be a twisted mix of Blondie, The Strokes and Elastica with a Plasmatics style punch. If given time to progress then Jemina could become a modern day icon. A shame the bass player looked a little like Alan Sunderland when he scored the 79 cup final winner. Looking forward to the BYOP album which is released in March which promises to be a corker. A top notch evening though was somewhat let down when the penultimate 164 bus at Wimbledon failed to materialise leaving a somewhat cold wait! Still good fun!

Set List --- Wildcat! / Bicycle Bicycle You Are My Bicycle / Fuuuun / We Will Vacation You Can Be My Parasol / Girls On Tv / Damn Damn Leash / Hillmont Ave / Lets Get Sandy / Fire Department / Adventure / Bog / Fill My Pill ////encore//// Bunk Trunk Skunk