A last minute decision to go and see Subdivine play at the Mother 333 bar in Hoxton where Wildblanket previously saw pop band USER . Greendrummers was threatened by anonimous Subdivine's members of their presence at the next Green Drummers gig, May 19th 2006, at the Klinker. Green Drummers therefore decided to attack first and check them out so, as well as hear them play, they would see what they look like and would save embarassment if one turns up and says "hi" and the subject to reply "who are you? Did we meet before? "

To go back to the show, we arrived early at the venue so 2 very charming door people marked us with a ball point pen and sent us out so we could have something to eat, around the corner in this "japanese canteen" restaurant. The restaurant was average but the portions were generous and it was quite nice as a whole, particularly the grilled mackerel and the miso soup.
Half an hour later we went back to Mother 333 and just arrived as Subdivine were starting up. A 4 piece band, with the lead singersquatting on stage whilsttwicking his guitar.
They started the show a few minutes later, time to have a Kronenbourg pint from the bar(no Guiness or dark beer in there) and time for Neil to set me up the camera as I still cannot do that alone.
He offered a Fuji with a 1.4 lense, but the lighting in the venue being so crappy and red, the test photos were that horrible that I had to beg him to put the flash on. We know how much we dislike flashy photos, they are just crap. Nothing better than ambiant light(when it exists and isn't red) for beautiful photographs of bands.
The band were doing a fantastic show, very raw and energetic as well as catchy tunes which aren't heavy metal nor poop; I suppose they could be classified as "indie" . The guitarist switched beautifully between his guitar and the keys, and after I had teh camera flashing at him in the eyes and possibley blinding him for a minute, he stared my way and offered me a round eyed face(famous photo to be kept in archives) which looked so comical as well as scary.
They finished with their famous song (am I going to get it right?) Cyanide, which left me with aexcited after taste of energy and long lasting impression.
Actually I am not sure it was Cyanide. Was it?
Well done Subdivine, Green Drummers can now do their own gig in peace, undisturbed by strangers coming or not to this vile and fantastic place which is the Klinker. Whether you come or not, we enjoyed your show greatly and will hopefully see you around.
O-F, as Green Drummers.

Wildblankethad a quick mealat The Japanese Canteen, 37 Hoxton Square. Where the service was very nice and the place was very clean. Good value if you need a quick bite in Hoxton.

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