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28 October 2014

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The A.K.A.s (photo: Ged Camera)

The A.K.A.s at the Roadhouse - 7/10

Ged Camera (gig: 15/02/05)
Whether they are playing in front of a huge crowd (when supporting Less Than Jake) or the fifty plus here tonight, everyone is treated to a display that is representative of an A.K.A.s performance.

The A.K.A.s (photo: Ged Camera)

This normally involves a 100 mph riot of rock on roll drawn from the well that Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Free drank from.

Songs crash into each other so that it鈥檚 about four numbers in when vocalist Mike Ski pauses to consider the vagaries of the English language (Pound? Quid? Squid?) from his New York perspective.

The A.K.A.s (photo: Ged Camera)

As a front man, Ski would put a prime time Jagger performance to shame; backed by solid riffs and keyboards, he struts, preens and prowls around the intimate Roadhouse.

Take the microphone out of his hand, and he becomes instantly relaxed and genial, appreciative of everyone who turned up. Put the mic in his hand and he becomes a whip cracking ring master, grasping your attention and leading you to his lair.听 He has a voice suited for aggression and primed for action.

When it鈥檚 all over, and the debris has settled, he鈥檚 only too happy to go across and chat to the new strangers he calls friends. It鈥檚 that simple, yet it works so well.

last updated: 18/02/05

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Gareth Jones, Hazel Grove
My girlfriend Caroline said she could see this band Again and Again and asked me to accompany her - I had to see what she was proposin. And I wasn't disappointed! Reminded me of Exerted, a local Hyde band who really rock, and their best moment was the Mystery Song, Roadhouse Meley, a hark back to the glory days of Quo