Image16.jpg (159460 bytes) AMOEBA PERSONA:THE FLAPPER&FIRKIN

Beauty is born not created right,so five young good looking lads walk into sound station and as we re kicking them out of the room at the end of their session,we notice beautiful melody, a remarkable voice and a great guitarist all in one little space.

Tonight is their first gig and I,m shaking more than they are, I have my hopes for the midland music scene tied up in this lot and if they let me down , "I ,m never gonna dance again,guilty secret got no rhythm"(copyright george michael).

They creep onstage like five lost sheep and then "wham bam I am the man"(sorry george),the singer,with his shirt and tie, has turned into the new Ian Curtis and the band are rocking out with the best songs I ve heard in a decade.

Ok so they re still too young not to heavily wear their influences like magicians sleeves but I ve heard the stuff in development and they re evolving and changing and becoming a band for themselves.

I feel smug now and though I ll never be able to claim any credit for their success when it comes,they ll still have made an old man happy…….cheers lads