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Live Music: Reel Big Fish - The Garage, Glasgow, 22 October 2015

23/10/2015

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A warm, sweaty cheek slapped me in the face as the mosh pit got into full swing at The Garage in Glasgow. A half-full beer was flung across the crowd, flying across the room in slow-motion and giving my hairstyle an unwelcome rework along the way.

I was now covered in a variation of unpleasant fluids, only 5-10 percent of which were probably my own. That percentage was only likely to decrease in the following hour as well. This was one hell of an atmosphere, and it was only the second song of the night.

In our books, a Reel Big Fish gig was only going to go one of two ways. We would either turn up and do some skanking in amongst an aged, muted audience, or we would turn up, do some skanking, and get battered around by a crazed crowd dancing to the wonderful noises coming from the stage. We’re pleased to report that it was the latter that proved true... and then some.
Reel Big Fish - Take On Me - Clip

Reel Big Fish bringing the skank to Glasgow last night!

Posted by Just For Culture on Friday, October 23, 2015
Reel Big Fish have been around since way back in 1991. That’s 24 years. And they’re still absolutely packing out venues around the world. Why? Because a Reel Big Fish gig is real big fun. Aaron Barrett is the frontman and the only one to have been a member of RBF since the start. He knows how to put on a show, and he still has a smile on his face while he’s doing it.

They’ve got a cult audience – fans with bright blue hair, spiky jackets and Hawaiian shirts – and they know how to have a good party. RBF hardly have the most intellectual lyrics in the world; most of them are about swearing, beer or ex-girlfriends, but they have instrumental melodies and big solos that you just can’t help but dance too. They perform with so much energy and character that it’s impossible not to get involved.
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After opening with a cover of The Final Countdown, RBF blasted out Everyone Else is an Asshole to loud cheers, singing and moshing around the packed out venue. It set the tone for the rest of the gig, which was entirely along the same lines. Reel Big Fish simply don’t let up. Every song is a dance-along, sing-along, foot-stomping party track.
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Party Down, The Kids Don’t Like It, Trendy, Where Have You Been and Monkey Man were the early set bangers. 1997 hit Sell Out was dropped somewhat surprisingly early too, though it’s great to say that the rapturous reception it received was not far from the scenes for the rest of the setlist too.

Covers from Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit to Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing energised the crowd, and an encore which included Sublime’s Boss DJ lead into smash hit Beer after the chants of the audience. That was split up with another fantastically unexpected cover of The Offspring’s Self Esteem and paved the way for the big finale, Take On Me. A wonderful finish

​The gig was everything you would want from a ska-punk showcase; the fun, the charisma, the energy, the madness. One of the most enjoyable experiences you can have in front of a live band.
Stuart Kenny
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