josh smith

The show opened with a well received set from up and coming blues rock guitar maestro Ali Clinton.

He is a great player and his band are tight - well worth checking out.

Inglorious hit the stage to a backing tape of the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and launched into "Until I Die" from their debut album.

Augmented by keyboards, they are able to bring their full sound to the stage and they certainly make an impact.

Singer Nathan's range and power dominate proceedings as they perform most of their recently released CD, plus Rainbow (and Russ Ballard's) "I Surrender", Toto's "Girl Goodbye" and "Lay Down, Stay Down" from Deep Purple's "Burn" LP.

The cover's indicate the style of music - 70's classic rock with dualing guitars, harmony vocals and lots of hair! Their own material stands up well to these covers and the quality of musicianship is top notch.

The band put a lot of energy into their show and while an extra 15 minutes would be fine, there is only one album to plunder for material and the keyboard player was only making his third appearance with the band, so maybe that is a bit too critical!

The Robin2 is a great venue (my favourite)and the sound is always great so a band like Inglorious will certainly have benefitted from this.

I would love to see them there again, next time around perhaps, but they appear to be on the crest of a wave and may be moving on to bigger (though probably not better) things.