Brainstorm

I think it's fair to say that the Lemmy Kilmister tribute night is now an official tradition. Since the Motorhead kingpin died in late 2015, there has been an annual cancer fundraiser at House of Targ, with local and not-so-local groups playing their favourite tunes from his lengthy career in music. First up were GOAT - or GOATerhead, as the dubbed themselves for the occasion - with some Motorhead tunes. Here's Ohio!



Paulie sings!



Mikey hits!



More Ohio!



Extra Paulie!



More Mikey!



Ohio sings!



They also had event organizer Chris Landry up to do some soloing.



Rhythm section action!



More Paulie and Chris!



Next up, Hamilton's Xanadu, with some more Motorhead action. I gather there's a connection with doomsters Astral Witch.



Guitar action!



Bass action!



Fretful action!



Percussive action!



More bass!



More drumming!



Aviators action!



Even more guitar!



Bass-lifting action!



The whole lot!



Chris Landry's own Motorhead tribute act, Motormouth, also featuring Morgan from Criticull and Chris from King Swan. Here's Chris! Again!



Bass action with Morgan!



Percussive action with Chris!



More Chris and Morgan!



Faceoff action!



Chris sings!



More Landry!



Most of Monobrow, a bit of Slim & Popular and Chris Landry (again!) brought the evening to a close with some super renditions of Hawkwind tunes. Here's Dave from S&P!



Adjusting action with Sam!



Chris sings!



Guitar action with Paul!



More Dave!



More Sam!



And so on!



A great night for a good cause.

Hot and cold

There was an eclectic bill at the House of Targ last week: Funk-meets-metal combo Criticull, sleaze rockers In Heat and art-rockers The Haig shared the stage for a varied musical experience. First up, The Haig, and some wide-angle action with Treawna, Dean and Richard!



Richard was experiencing a missed connection.



Chris hits!



Microphone-sharing action!



Treawna sings!



More Dean!



Rhythm section action!



On to critucull, who always put on a lively show. Here's some guest guitarist roof-raising.



Saxophonic action!



More guitar!



Cutter sings!



Hair-tossing action!



More hair-tossing action!



Masked action!



Singalong action!



Stripey action!



The crowd goes wild!



In Heat's set began with some birthday cake delivery for guitarist Tony.



Gripping action!



Classic rock appreciation action; they played a heavy covers set, alternating between their own tunes and such acts as Cheap Trick, Teenage Head, David Bowie, The Dead Kennedys and the like.



More guitar!



Track-suited action!



Singalong action!



It was an energetic evening!