Live Review: Terrorvision - KK's Steel Mill, Wolverhampton
28th February 2020
Support. The Virgin Marys
Review Cat Finch. Photos by Tim Finch
“Alice, what’s the matter?”
The battle cry of many a rocker from the mid to late 90’s. Bradfords own Terrorvision at the height of their populism were everywhere from Top of the Pops to chart topping success. Twenty odd years later Tony and the gang are still going strong; a U.K. tour this February will swiftly be followed by festival appearances, including Stonedead at Newark on August Bank Holiday weekend.
This evening they roll into Wolverhampton and KKs Steel Mill, the venue that bears the name of Judas Priest legend KK Downing and which is quickly becoming the best venue in the West Midlands. Along for the ride are Macclesfield's finest rockers The Virgin Mary’s.
As the hour nears 20:00 the venue springs into life, near 800 fans greeting The Virgin Mary’s to the stage. Forty five minutes later we are left hot and sweaty from a blistering set of pure rock fury. The blues fueled rock and roll express swiftly warm the crowd up for what is to follow and the fans love it.
The atmosphere in the room is electric by the time Terrorvision take to the stage and the roof gets blown off with the opening number...Tony Wright screaming “Alice, what’s the matter?” like it’s 1994 all over again!
The two hour, twenty five song set is any Terrorvision fans wet dream. Nearly every song the ultimate party anthem and the fans all singing along. ‘Discotheque Wreck’, ‘What Makes You Tick’ and ‘Come Home Beanie’ have fans dancing along in swathe of drunken, sweaty bodies.
The pace is slowed down with ‘Day After Day’, those old school enough to still carry a lighter raise them in the air as the ballad is played out.
‘Tequila’ became a radio hit thanks to Zoe Ball’s campaign, tonight it’s less the radio friendly remix version and more how the band originally intended it, but still with the kick to get the crowd bouncing along. The pace starts to rise again from here, the intro to ‘Josephine’ with its southern American twang slowly rising in pace and intensity. Then it really ramps up... “D’ya wanna go faster?” comes the call with that distinctive Bradford drawl.
They close out the set with a the ever popular ‘Oblivion’, ‘Pretend Best Friend’ and ‘Perseverance’. A trio of songs up there with the best. If you are looking for one of the best, carefree, rock and rolls shows... look not further than Terrorvision. Long may their reign at the top of the rock pyramid continue!
Photo credits: Tim Finch Photography
