Wasted Life gave a brilliant performance at the Bennetts pub in Cobridge on Sunday the 15th. The band played a set of classic punk songs mixed with their own compositions.
Wasted Life is a band I have seen at many occassions. It is not only because they are one of the most active local acts, constantly playing around the Stoke on Trent area. The reason for which a numerous group of regulars, including me, attends almost every single show the band puts on is that it is always sure to be a truely good performance. In addition, the group members make a real effort so that each show is different than the previous ones. So was the gig they played last Sunday, being at the same time probably the best one of them I have witnessed.
The 2-hour set started off with one of a few ska songs Wasted Life usually performs, during which the group’s lead singer Stumpy did an impressive trumpet solo. After the energetic beginning, the band carried on with the more punk rock part of the show, covering a song of the legendary London oi group Cock Sparrer. The gig continued as the band provided the audience with their own versions of tracks originally done by the ones like the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Sham 69 or the Buzzcocks.
Near the end of the gig, Stumpy went off the stage leaving the microphone to the band’s talented guitarist and backing vocalist C.J., as the group performed “Nuns Overtaking”, a song off Up the Ranks’ repertoire, for which C.J.’s the lead singer. The band then played a few songs of their own and finished the show by doing another cover version, this time of a song from Section 5, who Wasted Life shared the stage with last month. However, as the audience strongly demanded them to carry on playing, the group served Cock Sparrer’s “England Belongs To Me” for an encore, bringing the truely great performance to an end.
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