Like a mother-fucker from hell

On Saturday the 6th of January, I went to one of the coolest shows I have ever been too. My expectations were high, and oh my, were they fulfilled.

The Datsuns and Shihad show was by far the best kiwi act I've seen, and the show was second only to the Foo Fighters.

Shakey Hands were the support, and although they were good, they weren't amazing. Their songs weren't consistent; the beginning of a song was completely different to the ending, making you wonder if it was indeed the same song. However their cover of Split Enz 'Shark Attack' was very well done, and after seeing that I felt I didn't need to see their last song (although I could hear it) and went and got myself a drink.

Next were the Datsuns, with the prettiest hair in Rock n Roll. Seriously - amazing hair. It took two songs for Dolf Datsun's (don't know his real surname) hair to get messy, but it stayed perfectly messy through the rest of the set. Amazing. Anywho, although I was already a Datsuns fan, many who were there for just Shihad were converted, and I have heard comments about how the Datsuns were the most professional act of the evening. Although all the Datsun's boys are wee, that’s an amazing voice coming out of Dolf (I'm pretty sure that's his first name) and the rest of the boys stayed sturdy.

Shortly after the Datusuns came Shihad (staying on the hair theme, John Toogood finally got a fucking haircut) and you can imagine how that just went off. They played most of their bigger hits (like Pacifier and Home Again) quite early, but pretty much all of their well-known songs were played, along with a couple of newbies. The only downer of the Shihad set was John Toogood talked a bit much (I personally didn't mind, but others complained), I nearly lost a boob to the mosh pit, and Sweaty McNo-shirt was going mental next to me. Urgh.

But then came the encore. My God.


Shihad did 'Bitter' from Killjoy, then called out the Datsuns (by then the Datsun's boys hair was all pretty again) and together (with two drum kits, two bases, three or four guitars) they did a song called 'Gates of Steal' which was fucking good. But none of us were prepared for the final song. My friend who I went with keeps saying "best live song I've seen ever... ever... EVER"- the Datsuns, Shihad, and a couple of members of Shaky Hands did a cover of Split Enz 'I See Red' and it was loud and fucking cool. We've since listened to it by Split Enz and had to turn it off, it just wasn't good enough for us anymore. I am actually concerned that now I wont ever see a performance that good again in my life - seriously cool cover.

So there you have it kids, Roz's review of The Datsuns and Shihad gig - O 4 Awesome. Go see either if you get the chance!!!

Lusty out.