A superb and pretty sweaty headline set from young Worcester band Redskies at the Marrs Bar. This was a celebration of the release of their third single, Life I Saved.
And it was this infectious new track which kicked off their hour long set with loads of fired up heavy guitar riffs and thunderous drumming. Frontman Taylor, whose rockstar vocal delivery really impressed throughout, was at pains to bring the party atmosphere to the crowds… it took a couple of songs to really get the room completely bouncing, but there certainly was plenty of chanting, cheering and a bit of moshing from then.
The band definitely veer towards a heavy alternative rock meets grunge style in their tracks. The ferocious assault of original tracks like New Blood was absolute quality with a very strong rhythm section of Sam on bass and Olly on drums. Around halfway into the set, the band chose to strip off their T-shirts in a manner of which Iggy Pop would be proud, as the sweat absolutely leaked from them.
Redskies influences were clear with covers of Deftones (Be Quiet And Drive), QOTSA (Song For The Dead) and even Hendrix (Foxy Lady) mixed in the set. Of these covers, it was the QOTSA classic that was the wildest track of the night. It’s a go to track for rock drummers to really show off their chops. Olly’s wildly menacing assault on the drum kit as a Grohl homage was immense. He nailed every part of the riffs in near drum solo fashion! He’s such a good sticksman. It was also good to see Phon frontman, Olly Ridley, giving some guest vocals at one point here.
The last two tracks were pretty epic too. See Me Now built up the crescendo of guitar noise that really excited the crowds. The band teased that this was the end. However, final track (kind of encore) was their debut single, Be The One. I loved Dave’s lead bluesy rock guitar licks on this one. It was awesome to see the crowds really getting behind this one with its passionate and infectious chorus especially.
These guys definitely have the potential to breakthrough beyond their local scene. They have brilliant onstage chemistry, they are pretty tight, and they have an increasing catalogue of their own material to play alongside the odd cover.
Both supports absolutely delivered too. Hard rockers, Phon, were quality, and featured Sam from Redskies. Lukash’s frontman is Taylor’s dad. They had been encouraged to reform for this gig with a catalogue stretching back 20 years. Their tunes were feel-good stompers that got the crowd moving.
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