UK SUBS
12th February 2000
Folken,
Stavanger
NORWAY
Well, what can I say. The gig is 30 minutes old, my ears are ringing and I feel great. I
talked to the Subs before the gig and they said that the tour in Norway was good. Lots of
people on all the gigs. In Stavanger there were between 100 and 150 people and they made a
lot of noise. I got Charlie and the boys to sign my warhead single and the poster from
"Another Kind Of Blues" LP. I also brought with me some old pictures from some
gigs at the 100 club. The band really enjoyed them. I asked to see the list of songs that
they were going to perform and said, aren't you going to do "Countdown"? Charlie
then said "If you want to hear it, we'll play it.
Back to the gig. The warm up band "Lint" was good and the last song they did was
"Dead Cities" by the "Exploited.
The songs performed by the UK Subs were: Warhead, Stranglehold, New York State Police,
Endangered Species, Emotional Blackmail, Countdown (by my request, thanx to the subs),
Party in Paris, C.I.D., Cyberjunk, Police State, Organized Crime, I Live in a Car, Crash
Course, I couldn't Be You, Teenage, and 3 or 4 songs that I don't know the name of.
The response from the crowd was enormous and the UK Subs really enjoyed themselves.
Charlie was smiling and laughing, Nicky Garratt was great on guitar. I would say he is a
great guitar player. Alvin Gibbs did his stuff and Tommy Couch really gave it all. The
whole band had a lot of energy on stage and it really rubbed of on to the crowd.
The biggest moment of the evening was "Warhead". The response from the crowd was
really good. Nicky Garratt hit a home run with his guitar on a plastic cup during
"Warhead" This tune really hit the roof.
UK SUBS did two encores (That really pleased the crowd). On the last song Charlie called
in Lint and they did it together. Nicky made the crowd throw more plastic cups up on stage
so he could hit them with his guitar. This guy is full of energy, he was all over the
stage. The gig was fantastic. UK Subs really know how to deliver. Did anybody say legends?
Heinz Haugen
13-Feb-2000