End at the bottom

I wasn't sure that The Suppositories would be able to get the crowd as revved up as Holy Cobras ... brother was I wrong. In fact the audience turned into such a seething mass that I felt the floor begin to wobble (heaven only knows what the folks downstairs thought).

Ian shouts!



Mark frets .. unfortunately I didn't get any good pictures before I made my escape ....



Closeup action!



The crowd was getting so active I scuttled over to the side (which incidentally let me take better pictures of the rest of the band).



Smiley Ilona action!



Billy rocks the traps!



Assorted rocking action!



The crowd goes wild!



Shadowy Ilona action!


Ian Manhire does his balancing act ... shortly after running off the end of the notorious Nine railing and, as he later told me, messing one of his legs.





I wanted to get a good fisheye Billy shot. Nope.



More shouty Ian!



Hell with it, I'll get the reg'lar kind.



Big finish!



They've just played the Raw Sugar, no word on future shows just yet.

• Show reminder: Speaking of Raw Sugar, Richard Laviolette, Dave Tough and Jessy Bell Smith play there tonight; The Start are at the Elmdale Tavern; 10-piece R&B combo Mixed Nuts roll into The Rainbow; The Dead Letters are at the Avant-Garde (as are Django Libre, doing their regular gypsy jazz spot); Manny Makris and bluesman JW-Jones bring their Rock'N'Roll Riot to Irene's.