Live Review : Collateral + Before The Storm + Cry For Mercy @ The Live Rooms, Chester on May 13th 2022

Tonight’s main support should have been Empyre, but unfortunately they have been hit by the dreaded ‘rona (get well soon guys) so local band Cry For Mercy were drafted in to open the show instead. They are a 3-piece outfit from Wrexham, and they open with just a guitar and vocals, which I quite like. Unfortunately though this is due to a technical issue rather than by design, and once someone works out how to plug the bass in the sound gets a lot better! The style is bluesy, but in a commercial and catchy way, and it’s OK. My first thought on hearing them is that they sound a bit like Thunder.

Gig ReviewJohann Wierzbicki16 May 2022The Live roomsCollateral, Before The Storm, Cry For Mercy, The Live Rooms, Chester, 2022, Live Review, Jo Crosby, Jason SamuelsComment

Live Review : Scarlet Rebels + The Karma Effect + Before The Storm @ The Tivoli, Buckley on April 29th 2022

Tonight kicks off with Before The Storm, a local-ish band from Wrexham who play radio-friendly rock that crosses a number of genres. I didn’t catch any song titles but the band were competent and the music was OK. Personally I wasn’t keen on the vocals, the singer has a flat, nasally style that is like nails on blackboard to me. Don’t get me wrong, he can sing, he has both power and range, just not to my personal taste.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Jo Crosby30 April 2022The Tivoli VenueScarlet Rebels, The Karma Effect, Before The Storm, The Tivoli, Buckley, 2022, Live Review, Jo Crosby, Jason SamuelsComment