Hans Briikx in Camden
By MNJ
Meet Ed Jack, our returns manager, in his natural state, (he wore a tie for the job interview but threw it away soon afterwards), fronting his rather fine neo-punk realist rock and roll band called Hans Briikx, (sorry, no idea either), at their Sunday gig at the World’s End pub in Camden.
I’m loathe to make comparisons with other bands so I won’t, but the influences are obvious, punk, grunge, metal and a nod to good old fashioned rawk with some twin lead. I loved it!
The double guitar onslaught was brought on by Ed, using a Gibson Les Paul Traditional into an Orange Tiny Terror through two Epiphone cabs, and Mike Fletcher, using a Gibson Les Paul Standard into a Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier 50 through an Orange 4 x 12. Amazingly, the Orange held its own against the Boogie and as we all know, less distortion, more distinction.
Bass duties were held down by Tim Maude using a Fender P Bass Special through a Hughes & Kettner BK 300. (Far too) up tempo drumming by Roy Brockington on a Mapex kit. I haven’t seen such abandonment on the traps since Rat Scabies ploughed his way through ‘Problem Child’. Very apt.
All band members were supplied by Digital Village.
As usual, website and CD are under construction, you have been warned.
Tags: Epiphone, Gibson, hughes & kettner, orange