It Bites – I got your words
I went to an It Bites gig a few weeks ago with my prog ‘confidente’ Harry. We used to go to It Bites gigs fairly frequently when It Bites were at the height of their ‘power’ in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Despite not having the original singer Frank Dunnery the band were on fire. Although John Mitchell’s voice is a little harsher it fits the bands sound very well and he does a fine job as a singer. He may not have Frank’s stage presence or personality but then he is not supposed to: he is there as a new member, not a clone of Frank.
It just proves that there is no justice in the world of music. Whilst the masses watch Amercian Idol a superlative band like It Bites seem to perpetually struggle to gain any sort of momentum. It is a total shame. To me they are the epitome of the modern prog band. Their music is very catchy, very well arranged, innovative and well played by skilled musicians. Songs like Oh My God, Memory of Water, Farenheit are so eminently singable I have been singing them since the gig.
Unfortunately the gig at Glasgow ABC was cut short (we didn’t get the encore of This is England) due a club curfew or some other nonsense which was a joke. It was not the fault of the band but it was not well received by the fans and rightly so. However It Bites are finally back with us after many years in the wilderness and the prog rock world is better for it.
That’s was an awesome gig and no mistake. Looking forward to hearing the new Syn album in a couple of weeks starring the mighty Dunnery. By the way…”I got your words” is actually called “Oh My God.” But I suppose that just shows how catchy the opening vocal is;-)
Tsk tsk is that apostrophe poor spelling poor grammar or both? Either way I got the gist so it is really no big deal.