Tommy Ill at Whammy

Tommy Ill last night was absolutely rocking!

After some flat interviews, a couple of friends came over for some pre-drinks at my place before we headed off down the road to find Whammy.

None of us had been there before and we took some time to find it, but once we did we were quite impressed. It's a sweet wee bar with booths and some awesome stuff on the walls and it's a great location for gigs.

We sat around for quite a while people-watching (and evesdropping on the 14-year old kids from one of the support bands, which proved to be an interesting experience), drinking Tiger and chatting before the two support bands.

The first band, Bandicoot, aren't really my thing, although they would have been when I was 15, so I mostly sat them out. Same again with 1995 who were tighter than Bandicoot, but weren't really what I was there for. I was there for Tommy Ill.

Tommy jumped on stage after midnight (not fantastic for those of us who had to be at work at 9am the next day but oh well) and rocked it. He's tight and he's entertaining and his raps are clever. It was a great show and it was great to see so many fans in the audience - one guy who was at least 40 with a big bushy beard and leather jacket dancing next to me knew all the words.

The show ended with the audience jumping on stage for an encore of Come Home Mr. Ill which was great fun - moshing with an audience and artists to a great song in a random club.

If you get the chance to see Tommy Ill play, take it. It's great fun.