Meatraffle at Fighting Cocks

Fighting Cocks

If you were lurking around Old London Road in Kingston Upon Thames late Friday night, you would have stumbled upon the sweat of the socialist spectacular that is Meatraffle. Finding their way from the 'south side of the river called the Thames to the south side of the river called the Thames' (quoting frontman Zsa Zsa) they came to the Fighting Cocks with an aim to create carnage, but instead all the they got was a luke warm sway. However, although the crowd was tame, their performance was anything but.

Performing first before Meatraffle, and seemingly who most of the crowd had come to see, were non-binary trio The Misters of Circe, and yes they were a Sisters of Mercy tribute act too, nonetheless. The second were the shouty foursome Fightmilk, who sang about the drags of working in admin, and how they envy your girlfriend (apparently). 

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After struggling with technical difficulties and already rocking a sweet sweat shine, Meatraffle were ready to serve a fat slice of death ragga. With loopers and trumpet sounds in abundance, they created a sweaty leftist utopia that apparently only a select few of the crowd were able to feel- given that they were the only ones dancing. The constant wait for a crush of people seemed to be endless and anti-climatic, despite the fact Meatraffle's setlist was a creation based on a socialist's wet dream. Playing tracks from their album 'Hi Fi Classics', The Wickerman, The Horseshoe, and Madame Hi Fi, as well as Brother From Another Mother, they offered a trip more psychedelic than taking lsd in 1943.

Drawing a close to the evening, the band performed The Bird Song, sung by their bassist (also known as DJ Lady Gaga) which addressed the fact that 'no one is any one's "bird"' and that we are all just humans. Unfortunately it was a great shame that some members of the crowd ignored this fact and instead took advantage of being in a gig environment and completely violated the personal space a friend of mine. This kind of behaviour is a disgusting act of objectification of another human who is definitely 'not your bird'.

However, despite a relatively monotonous crowd, Meatraffle still pounded out tunes as if their fingers were hammers and sickles.

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