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It is sometimes said music can
transcend styles, age and most other barriers put to it. A
live music event known as The Stage Benefit Concert was held
at the G.A.S.A Clubhouse is proof that it can happen.
The purpose of the concert was
to raise funds for the transport of a much-needed stage for
GLMS. This stage will be used by all the performers at Summer
Nights and other such events.
A great variety of performers
joined forces for an evening of entertainment and musical
diversity.
“The Individuals” Left to Right: Zoë Torres, Henry Attard,
Steven Belilo (Drums) Keeran Slade and Ernest Slade
The first band to perform is a
new concept band known as “The Individuals”
which is not your traditional band with a steady line up.
Instead “The Individuals” feature members from
other bands or solo acts which change at each event. Having
already played with success at “Bash X” last November, the
band once again recruited an array of musicians and vocalists
for the up and coming function.
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On this occasion the band
was made up by Steven Belilo (Ex Toy Zoë)
on Drums, Keeran Slade on Bass Guitar (eazi-k)
and yours truly on Lead Guitar (eazi-k).
The band was fronted by 3 different vocalists, Henry
Attard (Ex Toy Zoë), Michael Gonzalez
(Ex All Gone) and the only female performer
of the night Zoë Torres (eazi-k) who also
played rhythm guitar. The Individuals
played a variety of commercial rock covers from artists
such as the Goo Goo Dolls, Alanis Morisette and U2.
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“The Individuals” Zoë Torres & Michael Gonzalez.
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Next were the function’s
Special Guests, the ever-popular Adrian Pisarello and
Eric Rowbottom duo.
They provided the crowd with energetic
acoustic sounds and songs from well known bands like
Estopa. Also a crowd favourite, the Travis version of
Britney Spears hit single “Hit me baby one more time”.
Their close-knit harmonies and contrasting vocal styles
make for an exciting sound, which they have made their
own.
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Adrian Pisarello and Eric Rowbottom
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Soul Survivor: (Left to Right) Andrew Ashwin,
David Victory, Luke Bossano, David Candeas and Brian Chipolina.
Next was a totally different type
of band. The newly formed Soul Survivor are
a reggae band consisting of Andrew Ashwin on Lead Guitar &
Vocals, David Victory (Spider) on Vocals, Brian Chipolina
on Drums, David Candeas (Mr Lova) on Bass Guitar, and the
youngest member of the band Luke Bosano on Keyboards. Although
this exciting new band have only performed live a few times,
they seem to have been together longer and sound very mature.
The instrumental parts are well rehearsed and sound tight
and their main feature of having two lead vocalists works
very well with Andrew singing in the style of Ali Campbell
of UB40 whilst David provides a sound more akin to traditional
reggae with an occasional fast spoken passage.
A fantastic performance, which
got the audience going with their infectious reggae rhythm.
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Now later into the night
the well-known Punk quartet Underhill were set to close
the evening with their heavy punk sound. An excellent
performance full of feeling and emotion came from this
great band that once again rocked the audience with
their guitar crunching performance. My personal favourite was their upbeat version of Aerosmith’s
hit song “I don’t want to miss a thing” from the Movie
“Armageddon”.
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Underhill: (Left to Right) Aaron Ignacio - Guitar, Wesley Fernandez - Drums/Vocals,
Albert Fernandez - Vocals/Bass, Johan Fernandez - Guitar/Bass.
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In conclusion a great concert,
which truly showcased the great variety of musical talent
that exists in Gibraltar.
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