Porcelain Roach were inside the bar down below, the venue upstairs hadnt yet opened so we all congregated downstairs, some of us sat around a table checking out the new rocksound whilst some were sitting by the bar area, Bob went off to meet some friends of his, two girls one of whom who had got to know one of the band members last time they were here, no names or I will be wearing concrete boots at the bottom of the Thames.

Upstairs got opened when the people turned up, the joyous process of carrying equipment upstairs began, the place wasnt big but it wasnt small, it was one of those places that got real hot real quick kinda venues.

Porcelain Roach had unloaded everything but then decided that they couldnt go ahead with the gig, Nick had bodged his voice after a night out and they thought it would be for the best to save his vocals for tomorrow but then things took a turn for the better, Nick said they should play a shorter set moments before they were going to load up.

Soundcheck got underway, it all sounded pretty good, after which the band headed off to get some food, I declined and wandered around the area looking for the posters advertising tonight to take a photo of, it was odd seeing their faces on walls, must have been stranger for them though to see their faces covering walls.

People were starting to gather outside, quite a lot by the time doors were about to open meanwhilse downstairs in the bar was some guy performing on an acoustic guitar whilst people sang along.

The place packed out pretty quick, it was like rush hour on the tube but without the briefcases and attitude.