A sea of black, leather, biker jackets surge forward in anticipation, as the whole room is engulfed in darkness, before Black Rebel Motorcycle Club take to the stage and the entirety of Manchester Academy comes alive.<\/p>\n
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The trio begin by playing Little Thing Gone Wild<\/em>, their newly released single, which fans were treated to in September this year. This is the perfect song to open with as it\u2019s so full of energy and really does get the crowd going wild, whilst allowing vocalist and guitarist, Peter Hayes, to effortlessly flaunt his vocal talent. It is the first we\u2019ve heard from the band\u2019s new album Wrong Creatures<\/em>, due to be released in January 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Provoking fans to clap along to the beat, singing and dancing, Beat The Devil\u2019s Tattoo<\/em> is an entire show within itself. Guitarist and vocalist, Robert Levon Been, explains that the song was influenced by Edgar Allen Poe\u2019s short story, The Devil In The Belfry,<\/em> after drummer, Leah Shapiro, gave him a book of Poe\u2019s writing. The song encapsulates so much of what the band has to offer, from their laid back, stoner sounds, to Shapiro\u2019s drum thrashing, to the bluesy and funky guitar jams throughout.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In an interview with Express, Been said, \u2018I noticed that every 20 seconds in the song, something changes. It tripped me out. It\u2019s actually down to the second.\u2019 And he isn\u2019t wrong, the song really is a journey from start to finish.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The whole atmosphere changes as the band announce that they\u2019re about to play two acoustic tunes. The brief break is welcomed with attentive ears and gentle swaying from the crowd.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vocalists and guitarists Hayes and Been take turns to play a song respectively. Marked only on the set list as \u2018Acoustic #1\u2019 and \u2018Acoustic #2\u2019, the sound of the first song is almost transcendental but in keeping with the badass, moody vibes the Californian trio\u2019s music oozes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The second is dark and progressive, causing the feeling in the room to gradually build in a way that foreshadows the climax to come at the end of the night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s fair to say that the only way to properly end a BRMC gig is to close with what are their most well known songs, Spread Your Love<\/em> and Whatever Happened To My Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll (Punk Song)<\/em>. Been takes centre stage and riles the audience up, holding his guitar out in front of him as though it were a gun, prompting further cheers from fans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The energy becomes electric as plastic pint cups, still full with beer, are launched with excitement into the air. Fans sit on each other\u2019s shoulders to catch a better view of the stage and the air above everyone\u2019s heads is filled with hands throwing the \u2018rock on\u2019 gesture, as the well-known lyrics are belted passionately from peoples\u2019 lungs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BRMC captured the essence of everything rock \u2018n\u2019 roll tonight, with their easy going attitude, all black attire, and a glorious mixture of sounds from punk to blues – being there really did feel like home.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A sea of black, leather, biker jackets surge forward in anticipation, as the whole room is engulfed in darkness, before Black Rebel Motorcycle Club take…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1216,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4975,1],"tags":[1221,1220,596,7],"class_list":["post-1602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-uncategorised","tag-academy-one","tag-brmc","tag-gig-review","tag-manchester"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n