Originally published by L.S. Media. December 7th 2009.

It is not often a big band come to a city twice within a calendar year but the superb Electric Six have never really stood on tradition or been fans of sticking to the routine.

Electric Six are a band that you cannot ignore. You might love their genre blurring music, one minute electro pop, the next hard rock or you could find them irritating and beyond the pale but you cannot dismiss them. With a fun night in the offering the Detroit musicians opened the night with the storming Body Shot from the new studio album Kill but they never let the heat die down once during the night from that moment.

Vocalist Dick Valentine knows how to play a crowd and get them on his side as he continually noted the difference between Liverpool and Manchester where the band play later in the week. Certainly the fans that attended the gig were more vocal than almost anywhere they played on the last tour in March. This energy transferred itself to the band easily as they crunched and cajoled their way through an impressive set which included one of their biggest hits, the bizarre Danger! High Voltage.

The new album got a considerable showing as One Sick Puppy, Waste of Time and Money and Steal Your Bones were sprinkled throughout the night and got warm appreciation from a hungrycrowd.

The main set was finished in style as the group played the eagerly awaited Gay Bar and its sequel Gay Bar Two and a stunning version of Synthesizer before they went off stage for the customary couple of minutes (just to get the already excited crowd more worked up) before finishing a riotous night with some superb encores which had the capacity audience gripped, especially on You’re Bored and We Were Witchy Witchy White Women from the fifth studio album Flashy.

This could be the moment when the band finally come of age, it’s been a long time coming but good things come to bands that wait!

Ian D. Hall