Calling All Cars @ Ding Dong, Melbourne (11/08/2012)
Calling All Cars stormed the stage to the roaring applause of the eager fans. Most times when you go to see a band, they might take one or two tracks to warm up, but not Calling All Cars.
They begin the set with a crowd favourite ‘She's Delirious’, it's a killer track that shows they’re true genuine rockers and you know that they aren't here to mess around.
The band is relentless throughout the entire set brandishing their loud ballsy rock, and it's great to see how involved they get the crowd, after all what’s better or more unifying then screaming the words to a song with your mates on either side of you doing the same? Not much I wager.
After some more melodic (although still very rocky) tracks, the band stops and Haydn tells everyone to raise their drinks and on the count of three scull them down as the band does too, an incredible drum solo from James ensues and the atmosphere is spirited and unifying, there’s a great sense of brotherhood in the air.
The crowd’s ready to roar again when we are all commanded to step it up a notch as they begin to blast into an old crowd favourite ‘Animal’ during which Haydn leaves the stage and climbs up onto the bar where his head almost hits the roof and finishes the song while the crowd belts out the lyrics.
We're treated with a taste of the new album now after some banter between Haydn and Adam about the name of the new song before they rip into the track aptly named ‘Bad Ass’ with absolute ferocity. By the time they finish ripping through a gut-wrenching cover of Nirvana’s ‘School’ the crowd is exhausted but one of the band’s best talents is that no matter how worn out you are, when they start to play another song you pull some energy out of nowhere and can’t help to move around to it.
‘Reptile’ is a great closing track, crazily powerful drum beats, driving bass lines and raw vocals that give a real punch.
Everyone left the show more than content with the performance, if you haven’t been to a Calling All Cars gig yet then I strongly recommend you do so, and trust me once you have, you’ll wish you could go to one every night of the week.
Josh Grech
They begin the set with a crowd favourite ‘She's Delirious’, it's a killer track that shows they’re true genuine rockers and you know that they aren't here to mess around.
The band is relentless throughout the entire set brandishing their loud ballsy rock, and it's great to see how involved they get the crowd, after all what’s better or more unifying then screaming the words to a song with your mates on either side of you doing the same? Not much I wager.
After some more melodic (although still very rocky) tracks, the band stops and Haydn tells everyone to raise their drinks and on the count of three scull them down as the band does too, an incredible drum solo from James ensues and the atmosphere is spirited and unifying, there’s a great sense of brotherhood in the air.
The crowd’s ready to roar again when we are all commanded to step it up a notch as they begin to blast into an old crowd favourite ‘Animal’ during which Haydn leaves the stage and climbs up onto the bar where his head almost hits the roof and finishes the song while the crowd belts out the lyrics.
We're treated with a taste of the new album now after some banter between Haydn and Adam about the name of the new song before they rip into the track aptly named ‘Bad Ass’ with absolute ferocity. By the time they finish ripping through a gut-wrenching cover of Nirvana’s ‘School’ the crowd is exhausted but one of the band’s best talents is that no matter how worn out you are, when they start to play another song you pull some energy out of nowhere and can’t help to move around to it.
‘Reptile’ is a great closing track, crazily powerful drum beats, driving bass lines and raw vocals that give a real punch.
Everyone left the show more than content with the performance, if you haven’t been to a Calling All Cars gig yet then I strongly recommend you do so, and trust me once you have, you’ll wish you could go to one every night of the week.
Josh Grech