WARRINGTON Youth Zone seniors ‘The Odeens’ played their first half hour showcase at HMV Warrington yesterday, Saturday.
The band, with an average of just 17 are Lex on Lead Vocals, Anthony on Lead Guitar, Tyler on Rhythm Guitar and backing vocals , Lunar on Bass Guitar and Gordon on Drums.
Their performance space was literally a 15ft by 15 ft square in the middle of the shop and they had brought along their small box amps and dampened drums to keep the noise down before starting their short set of original material and a couple of covers. There were a number of teenage fans and family members in support and many passers-by stopped to watch the performance , obviously the lads were a little nervous but that didn’t last for long and with deserved applause for this rock- like band they quickly settled down.
Their performance brought back vivid memories for the author from many (many!) moons ago when his own bands timing was a little out here and there, the sound was a bit screechy for obvious reasons and we weren’t always certain how to finish songs either! Yes, there were mistakes from the youngsters but that’s live music for you and they recovered very well indeed. At one point Gordon on drums had a stick break, and without a replacement he did a magnificent job playing the Arctic Monkeys hit ‘Good on the Dancefloor’ with half a stick!! Once frontman Lex gets to know the songs better he will rid himself of his ‘comfort blanket’ phone and adapt the role of the true frontman – he certainly looks the part!
It’s always a pleasure watching young bands begin their musical journey, these lads can play their instruments and they do have something about them, it’s in there somewhere and just needs time and patience! Hopefully they will soon acquire the gear they are short of and Gordon’s drums desperately need replacing! With a decent sound system and a gig booked on the 8th Sept at #The Pyramid in Warrington, plus a DIY recording of their first single ‘Dirtbag’ being produced by the Sound Engineer (Loz) on the 18th Aug at #YouthZone, the author will be watching very closely and reporting their progress, well done lads – great job.
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Very proud Mum. My son Michael playing the bass guitar. Just a shame you didn’t get a photo that showed him.
We’ve added the video now
Hello Anne , You are quite right to be proud but unfortunately in such a confined space Michael was stood behind the other guitarists as I tried in vain to get a full ‘line-up’ shot of the band .
I have a couple of other photos where you can see clearly see Michael, but that is at the expense of the other band members so it is always difficult to select the right shot!!
If you drop me a mail at: [email protected] I will be more than happy to send them to you.
Kind Regards
Glen
Really proud mum off ty n all the lads they’ve all put so much into this and hopefully will go far doing doing what they love
There just too good
Actually an amazing concert. Was screaming my lungs out when the played artic monkeys. No other words for the band other than. Amazing
Euan