Pure Rawk – Accept No Substitutes

Words – Sexy Dave / Images – Trudi Knight

No doubt nursing a sizeable collective hangover, there’s a decent sized and noisy crowd here just after 2pm to catch the first band of the day – Imicus. Good solid metal, melodic yet still angry enough not just to be a bunch of emo wankers. I can think of a lot of worse ways to start the day.

Over on the main stage, we have a surprise addition to the bill, a London band familiar to many, King Lizard. Having been drafted in at the eleventh hour, this lot are certainly not what most people here were expecting of today’s main stage, but for us certainly bringing a very welcome glam injection to proceedings. Overcoming initial microphone issues, King Lizard play the show as if it were an arena headlining slot, obviously revelling in having a bigger stage to work with, and winning initially cautious, but later convinced, support from the swelling crowd.

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