Woodunnit

I've seen Tricky Woo on three occasions (or maybe four ... the memory grows a little hazy). The first time was at Zaphod Beeblebrox II, which used to occupy the space over what is now the Rogers Video on Bank St. Back then they were a three piece, and they broke up a little later (as I recall, The Dead City Rebels also played that show). They got back together as a fourpiece with axeman Adrian Popovich and Eric Laroque on bass and played the Dom to a packed house (pictures of that show are at the Birdman Sound website). And, of course, they played Babylon March 3 and rocked harder than ever before. The quotient of bluesy psychedelia is way down, straight-no-chaser hard rock is way up.

Andrew Dickson flaunts the chest hair.



Adrian Popovich rocks the 1970s gay cruiser look. Not that there's anything wrong with that.



Bassist Alex Crowe wants to kimono your house.



Drummer Patrick Sayers is not as hairy as Dickson.



Twin guitar fury!



Adrian works the crowd (and plays behind his head, flosses regularly, works the feedback ...).



Rock action! (I probably should have posted this one up front instead.)



"I - I need to feel the audience!" "Give this man cuddles!"



Patrick plays the other side for once.



Yet more rock action!



Brought to their knees action!



Fretwork action!



All praise the power of rock!



Leaning action!



More leaning action!



And finally, bowled over by the power of rock.



The audience had them back for two encores, both of which also killed.

• Show reminder: CHUO wraps up its funding drive with performances from Manpower, Sick Fits and Four'n'Giv'r at Zaphod Beeblebrox.