HWOFF: Bedouin at Zaks in Wolverton

[Nick Lee]

Another fine set from Alan and the boys on Friday.  Guitarist Glenn sems a
lot more at home now and new boy Dan provided some fine vocals, although he
doesn't seem totally comfortable with being up front on stage yet.  Give him
some time though.  The set included (in no particular order): The Call,
Goodbye to Babylon (I think, a newie), LSD, Queen of the Night, Elric the
Enchanter pt 2 (bit of a surprise there), Vision Quest, Sword of the East,
As Above So Below (which, along with Queen of the Night, Alan dedicated to
the fetish party going on in the upstairs venue...), Wings and Sputnik Stan
encoring with Demons in Denial and Chasing the Dragon.  All in all a damn
fine hour and three quarters.
Chatting to Alan afterwards he said he had some strong interest from a few
German major labels for the new album with Snapper in the UK as a fall-back
option.  The band will be playing at the Bulldog Bash this summer and
posibly headlining it.  I suggested that maybe Danny's dad could pull a few
strings to get them a slot at Cropredy and he replied that this was a real
possibility if they had the album on the shelves by then.
The band are returning to the venue on May 12th for an Ace of Spades gig.