On October the 13th Skindred played at the Carling Academy in Bristol. I had been waiting for this gig for weeks, and my wait was rewarded. They were absolutely amazing, their front man, Benji Webbe is probably the best front man ever, he’s always making jokes and his singing is brilliant, with his Jamaican/Welsh accent. Their songs are a mixture between reggae and heavy metal, sounds weird, but it works really well, they had the whole Academy jumping up and down and singing along. Recently, they released a n
ew album called “Shark Bites and Dog Fights” they played 2 tracks of 8 on that album, their cover version of “Electric Avenue” originally done by Eddie Grant and “Invincible”. I hadn’t heard the album before but I was impressed and bought it afterward at the venue.
The support band “Carnivool” was very good, when they first came on I just thought “uh oh” because their front man looked very strange, with glasses, a very geeky-looking buttoned up shirt and had the demeanor of a stoned meerkat. But he surprised us all because he had a very strong singing voice and their music was really good.
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