We didn't do the Charters Towers gig as
originally planned but the Townsville gig at the Dalrymple hotel was pretty decent. There were around 300 people there, way more than at the
Spazzys gig. The crowd were forced to listen to way too much U2 before the show started, so seemed glad when we went on. They really liked our last song "Got Low" and gave us a pretty good amount of applause and even some dancing.
The Radiators were great. I thought they exuded class and sounded really good. They are quintessential 80s Aussie rockers and their sound was perfect 80s Aussie rock. The crowd (mostly in their 30s and 40s) took a while to fully get into the show but by the end the place was rocking. They threw in some covers, The Beatles, Revolution and The Angels, Coming Home, which had me thinking, "hang on, was this a Radiators song?", and an encore including a bass solo and a killer drum solo. The lead singer, who looks like a cross between Roger Daltry, Steve Kilby and (cricketer) Geoff Lawson is very charismatic, even though he doesn't say much, preferring to leave the talking to the bass player. Anyway, overall I give it a solid B+.
I took
some photos of the gig.
In response to
Michael,
| Band | Position |
|---|
| AC/DC | Kings of Oz Rock |
| The Angels | Queens of Oz Rock |
| The Radiators | I'm bumping them up to Prime Minister |
| Jet | Assistant to the Shadow Treasurer of Oz Rock |
| You Am I | Assistant to the deputy Mayor of Oz Rock |
But seriously, I saw You Am I a couple of times. I didn't think that were that great.
Click the link above to view some new Stationwagon photos. The photos were taken by Sharyn and Alex (I think) at the Radiators support gig on January 14th at the Dalrymple Hotel. 
