Pink Side Of The Moon

We don't often feature Pink Floyd cover bands on this site. Truth is, there are so many of them, we would get deluged with requests from the others! However, we are going to make an exception this time, and see if we can give these guys a bit of a push along.

Our good friend Old Hippie (Sue to her friends in the real world) recently got to see Pink Side Of The Moon and filed this report of their gig on 29 July 2005.

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Based in Kent, Pink Floyd tribute band Pink Side Of The Moon have been playing together since 1999. After reading about them on the Brain Damage website, and noting they came from my home county, I decided to check them out in Romford, Essex, last night.

After a good curry, sis and I arrived at the venue shortly after 9 pm. It was a small standing one with a bar (you know, the best type) and a small dance floor in front of the stage. At 9.30 pm the band came on and opened with In The Flesh . a great start. This was followed by more excellent songs from The Wall and some special treats like SOYCD to which the crowd erupted, Have A Cigar (great vocals here - it was a joy to hear those opening lines), Learning to Fly and Coming Back To Life. The first set ended with a great rendition of On the Turning Away.

During the start of the performance, I noticed a large number of the crowd singing along and it was clear that everyone was well up for the evening's entertainment . but nobody dared step right up on to that little dance floor in front of the stage. God forbid! A Floyd fan seen standing on a dance floor let alone dancing . never! So it was great when half way through the first set, Jools (one of the guitarist) joked about the audience coming up to the front and everyone took several steps forward.

During the break, sis and I got talking with several people . these were no ordinary Pink Floyd fans, they were die hards . everyone had a story to tell from Syd to Earls Court 1994 and indeed Live 8. Needless to say, I was in my element and certainly ready to hear the second set which consisted of nearly all of the DSOTM ... Time went down a treat!

The encore was blinding and just what I'd been hoping for ... WYWH, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell . which was a lot of fun and had the audience pointing their fingers and singing Run . (I like doing that bit)

My sister and I really enjoyed Pink Side Of The Moon . they were tight and together. Justice was done to Pink Floyd's music and rather than play to a recipe like some tribute bands, PSOTM gave something of themselves to the performance. I was impressed by the two guitarists Dan and Jools and also thought the rhythm section were very good particularly during Time and Money. It was good to see Bassbuns come to the fore in the second half .he looked like he was having a great time. The lead singer, Paul, did a great job with Roger's lyrics and we loved hearing the following lines from Happiest Days ...

But in town it was well known when they got home at night their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives

... bet there's not many singers that can get their tonsils around that one

All in all it was a great gig, great band, great crowd and a great venue. Thanks for the 2½ of excellent entertainment . we shall see you again!

Set 1 In The Flesh / The Thin Ice / Bricks Pt1 / The Happiest Days Of Our Lives / Bricks Pt2 / Mother Empty Spaces / SOYCD (featuring A Crowd of Mad Essex Dogs and two Kentish Maids) / Have A Cigar / Learning To Fly / Coming Back To Life / On The Turning Away

Set 2 Breathe / Time / Breathe Reprise / Money / Us & Them / Any Colour You Like / Brain Damage / Eclipse

Encore WYWH / Comfortably Numb / Run Like Hell

Thanks Sue!

Pink Side Of The Moon are now known as Just Floyd