LATEST BOOSTER LIVE REVIEW - Sept 17th 2008 -
BOOSTER (***1/2) myspace :: By Spoz
Opening act to this one-two uppercut to the midweek hump, sums up all this awesomness (and more) when Sean Kemp their drummer and lead singer is heard to remark "Aaaaah Wednesday night: the PERFECT night for rock & roll!!!!" to which the crowd responds enthusiastically to with deafening silence (while everyone collectively wonders if he's simply taking the piss or not), followed by nervous laughter and then mute applause. Yup this is Adelaide, you're standing in it (and you may need to hose it all off afterwards). Still if you're a band as seasoned, salted, pickled and damn near floating face down in it as this band is, then this is just the sort of insane challenge you damn near LIVE for. This is Booster, and this is them winning the crowd over one apathetic punter at a time. You may remember them as the support act to other such brilliant live acts as Spiderbait, TISM, Machine Gun Fellatio, Airbourne, Skybombers, Goodshirt, The Checks, The Casanovas, The D4, The Devilrock Four and Peabody. Or likely you don't. They're sneaky as fuck like that. They're a hit and run. They'll do all the rocking supports. They'll run through an entire set in less than half an hour. Sean will crack some off colour jokes. Josh on bass will make a sound on vocals rather akin to a smoke alarm being hit high velocity in the nuts by a cricket ball, whilst Craig on guitar (aka: the grumpy old man) will display the gobsmacking ability to thrash out the most mindfuckingly awesome cock rock riffage whilst simultaneously looking like all the excitement of someone filling out a tax return. They'll double the crowd, flood the bar in drunks and get everyone cheering, only for everyone to collectively wonder moments after the dust has cleared: "who the F*** were these idiots, and why have both my kidneys gone missing!?".
