Gig Review: Bill and the Jerks

Friend of a friends band was playing on Smith St last night, and given that I've got to clock up another 7 or so gigs before the end of the year, thought why not head down and check it out. Venue was The Blue Tile Lounge (95 Smith St Collingwood), a pretty grungy bar with similarly grungy crowd. Felt a bit out of place not having tats and a checkered shirt but was prepared to overlook that (and the smell of stale beer from the bar) considering that $2 pots and free live music were on offer.

1st act up was the hastily put together Robot Mugabe - I think they formed the night before. Cool name, not much talent. Next was Jame Forbes who put his spin on a few classic covers, my favourite being an acoustic hip hop version of Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dog, which was pretty awesome. The next act was the friend of a friends band, Bill and the Jerks. Describing themselves as pshychedelic funk rock, they definitely had a broad range of styles - apparently they have a few people write their songs, which could explain it. First few songs were well-rehearsed and pretty good, however the rest were a bit 'meh'.

All in all though, good night out - close to home, cheap and easy. Cross another gig off the list, so only 6 more to go.