Despite a random drunk gentleman from Crete and the world slowest bar (seriously, I nearly left without my Flaming something or other) I took the misuss out for her birthday to the Wardrobe, a small bar close to the Leeds Playhouse and the BBC, excellent spot and 4 member funky rock group were playing - The Screaming Citizens, I have to be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect from the name ...The started with an all time favourite of mine, though this is usually a bad move - (nothing worse than a good song done badly) but in this instance it was awesome - "Play that funky music", seriously my foot didn't stop tapping for the evening, there is one pre-requisite for that track, getting the bass line right, and it was spot on.
The 4 members are made up of the usual drums, bass guitar, another guitar and then the lead singer - who is also an awesome flautist (yeah, plays the flute) - which oddly enough mixes in really well. It is unfair to single out any of the four for special mention - but Kev Mooney on the bass was pretty damn brilliant (not the same bass guitarist from Adam and the Ants though, not sure if he is any relation) ...
Honestly though the evening was made all the more better by some drunk Salsa dancers, think they were Crete, but wasn't quite 100% about that...
Anyhow a few links -
Screaming Citizens on MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/screamingcitizens
the Wardrobe - http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk/
and the Wardrobe on Twitter - http://twitter.com/wardrobeleeds
If you can - definently try and see them ...
