It’s as relevant today as the day it was written and this South Coast crowd respond accordingly. No messing around, straight into opener “What Have We Got”. First Robin Guy (drums), then Parsons (guitar) and Treganna (bass) respectively, then a few seconds later Pursey (vox) strides onstage. And on tonight’s showing that hasn’t changed.Īfter a forty-minute break the lights go down and Hersham’s finest take to the stage. One cannot fail to like The Mistakes who could be at home in any Punk/Oi/Streetpunk line-up. Ross does the merchandise thing and they leave to great applause. They take the plaudits from this generous audience and depart us on ‘Self Control’.
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It must be one from the archive as it’s raw as hell. ‘Quitters Get Nothing’ precedes a track added to the set list by popular punter demand, simply entitled ‘Dead’. Richie (bass) is no less important either, playing his parts. ‘Walk Tall’ seems somewhat slow by comparison but sees James’s (lead) guitar intricacies and pulling shapes to match. If you’re new to the band then they probably got away with it however, what show is ever perfect?! The first singalong comes during the now live staple ‘Never Be Quiet’, which is delivered at breakneck speed. On ‘That’s What You Get’ things appear to go a little Pete Tong – a false start and then a confused band all playing and singing different parts. ‘MDMA’ is as powerful as ever, Lewis (drums) tucked away at the back is no less powerful than his last live outing. The slow build-up and the fast mid-section make this a crowd favourite and winner live. They start to really enjoy themselves during ‘Together’. There’s between-song banter and piss-take aplenty this evening – one could be forgiven for thinking they’re not taking it seriously, such is their in-band camaraderie. He is grinning like the proverbial feline and looks like he’s loving every minute. “Brainstorm” is an early highlight that sees Shane (guitar/vox) project himself as chief shapeshifter early on. Watching him in action one can make parallels between Jeff Turner and Jimmy Pursey, another rabble-rouser from the new breed. With a large area to move around in Ross patrols the stage from side to side, bellowing out the lyrics.
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His delivery is full of rage and bile – this might be one of the biggest stages they play for a while and they are not playing it half-arsed. Ross (vox) enthusiastically leads us through their intro track before the band explodes into life with ‘”The Underdogs”.
With an album’s worth of material to pick from they are afforded a generous timescale being the only support on the night.
There are no train strikes this evening so one expects a sizeable audience, and the rain has stopped so no excuses!! All the way from along the coast come Poole’s finest The Mistakes, who are steadily building an ever-growing fan base both here and abroad.
Leading lights of the second wave Sham 69 have returned after a successful gig here last summer. It’s also the night when one of Punk’s elder statesmen are in town. It’s Saturday night in Southampton, on the night the clocks go back.
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