As we missed their last gig  due to Mab playing on the same day, we made a special effort to go and see Carnival of Souls play at the St Moritz club, even though we knew they were playing at midnight and both of us had to get up at 7.30 the day after...
 We arrived 2 hours before, after having eaten in Garlic Shot, this garlic -goth bar in Frith Street. The meal there was very garlicky indeed, as an apetiser they even proposed garlic heads roasted in the oven... Delicious.
  The St Moritz was very quiet as we got in, and we heard as we arrived " Some Punters already!" by this mistress looking woman with a top hat on. We never understood who she was in the club .
Carnival of Souls were there, socialising, and the singer Gronk was changing unprudely in the main room where we were having a drink. Lizzzzzzzy, the ever Creel fan, was with us and didn't dare looking...
 They eventually came onstage, and at that point the venue was crammed...The dance floor, playing 50's music was so busy we had to push our ways through to the front of the stage... Most of the crowd which came to see the band that evening were the singer's friends, aparently. St Moritz is a venue where Carnival of Souls play about twice a year.
It was very hot and became even hotter as the band started...They were all dressed up for Halloween, Gronk with a mad scientist outfit, Gus with amazing make up and alien's hair, Hugo had a beautiful Venitian mask on, and oh my god John had a scary skull mask on... The gig was very long and very energetic, and it got so hot most of the band except Gronk ended up topless, to the delight of all the ladies. (well, some we know, anyway) 
 IT ended at 1.30, with no time for an Encore, but by that point we were ready to go home and get some fresh air! Excellent gig, and the lighting was very good at times.  We do not recommend the night bus journey, which never arrived and we got home about an hour and a half later, having taken another bus and a cab from a nearer place... Why don't Carnival of Souls, as part of the strange places they play in, play in the night bus 7? It would just be oh so handy. At least we would know where the hell would be one.  
 O-F

Hot, Hot, Hot. Today was a record breaking 21°C in London. In the evening Carnival of Souls turn up the heat at a basement in Wardour Street. Apparently 'Gaz's Rockin' Blues' at the St Moritz Club was the scene of the first ever CoS gig back in 1998. On stage at 12.30 playing a long sweaty set before a rapturous crowd.
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