Ash at The Hippo
Two great gigs in a week this week - after The Specials on Bonfire night, Ash played at The Hippo the following Sunday. (Photo from Ash website) Ash originally came out of nowhere into a chart devoid of much guitar and drum and Tim Wheeler's paper thin vocals and garagey guitars was such a welcome change from the soulless over produced rubbish they couldn't be anything else except a success. Mind you, so many other worthy performers never get the recognition they deserve but I'm glad to say that it happened for Ash. And they've stayed the course since and seem to be bigger and better than ever (although there are now only three of them). The time is ripe for Ash to blow us a way again. And they did. For this gig I was re-united, not only with The Usual Suspects (see earlier posts on my punk rock friends) but also with Chas'n'Shaz who I last saw in a night club in Truro about ten years ago. They are great fans of Ash and were also at The Specials gig...