So I actually made it out to another gig. Just down the hill from where I live is a new autonomous space - "The Audacious Art Project"... as soon as Carolyn got in from work I legged it down and squeezed in past the kids to see 4 local hardcore punk bands tearing up the place!! - I got down there just after 9pm and just caught the end of Death Job's set who were standing in for The Pact... followed by Dry Heaves, Howl and Sheffield's D-Beat masters - Skiplickers. All great bands - Howl and Dry Heaves were both new to me - and both played excellent sets. I picked up the Howl demo cassette at the end of the gig, and I've been playing it all morning. The Gig space was really nice - a good crowd of people managed to fit in there and it was a nice atmosphere... although I was a bit surprised there was no no-smoking policy...Since the UK smoking ban, I've quickly got used to not going home after a gig coughing my lungs up and smelling like a shitty ashtray. In such a small space I would have thought people would have been a bit more thoughtful for others, I did notice that most of the older punks went outside to smoke in between bands, but the younger folks didn't seem to bother. Just an observation.
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So I actually made it out to another gig. Just down the hill from where I live is a new autonomous space - "The Audacious Art Project"... as soon as Carolyn got in from work I legged it down and squeezed in past the kids to see 4 local hardcore punk bands tearing up the place!! - I got down there just after 9pm and just caught the end of Death Job's set who were standing in for The Pact... followed by Dry Heaves, Howl and Sheffield's D-Beat masters - Skiplickers. All great bands - Howl and Dry Heaves were both new to me - and both played excellent sets. I picked up the Howl demo cassette at the end of the gig, and I've been playing it all morning. The Gig space was really nice - a good crowd of people managed to fit in there and it was a nice atmosphere... although I was a bit surprised there was no no-smoking policy...Since the UK smoking ban, I've quickly got used to not going home after a gig coughing my lungs up and smelling like a shitty ashtray. In such a small space I would have thought people would have been a bit more thoughtful for others, I did notice that most of the older punks went outside to smoke in between bands, but the younger folks didn't seem to bother. Just an observation. 
