23rd March 2010 – If you were there then mark it in your diary, if you weren’t then what the hell was more important than watching four lads from Wolverhampton storm the stage at the O2 Academy 2 Islington…

From the sound-check to the final chords of Couldn’t Wait,  The Razorbax laid seige to the intimate surroundings  of this iconic venue.    Watching the lads take the stage for sound check with a quiet assurance that comes from just knowing your so damn good at what you do, the sound engineer politely asked if the boys wouldn’t mind checking the levels for their loudest song, 2 bars in and the engineer had whipped off his ear phones and was waving furiously for the boys to stop while he regained what was left of his hearing, again politely enquiring if  Louis the drummer could possibly hit the drums a little lighter, the immediate response was, “well can’t you just turn everybody else up”, and so there it was the scene had been set, The Razorbax were coming for your ears and they weren’t going to be ignored…..

And so with sound check complete the boys were ready to do business with the London public, bringing along a following in excess of all the other bands playing that night they were ready…

Welcoming the London crowd and then bursting into Wake Up, they seized the crowds attention and those that had never heard them play before were about to never forget their first time in the company of The Razorbax, delivered with precision, passion and great ease the crowd stood captivated, and dare I say those unfamiliar with the boys work were soon tapping their feet along and nodding their heads in appreciation as the boys slipped effortlessly from one track to the next, the set linked up neatly with some witty banter, between the band and the crowd, lead singer Leigh Bucknall even pausing as the band were about to strike up into Stupid Boy to ask if anybody knew the score in the West Ham v Wolves game, that level of interaction and ease with the crowd is often only ever seen with bands that have filled stadiums and arena’s who have honed their act over years of touring.  The Razorbax are so at home on stage that you start to wonder how much better they’re going to get and how long it will be before they’re filling those stadiums and arena’s.

With a set list comprising of  Wake Up, Something to Believe in, Maggie, To have and to have not, Stupid Boy, Don’t, Picture on my Wall, Shot Down, and Couldn’t Wait, to say they were supposed to be onstage for 20mins it was closer to the 40 and from the reaction of the crowd you could have wagered that they’d liked to have seen another 40.  With the set complete you could see the crowd, turn and search out the merchandise stall, with the crowd taken I think  The Razorbax will once more get a calling from London…..

If you weren’t there then we’ve only one thing to say STUPID BOY! (or Girl)

If there was any doubt of The Razorbax global reaching and growing international fan base then we have included this email received at the Nova-Caine Offices following the gig in London….. Sent in by J’Net Newton a fan from Oklahoma en-route to see the American Idiot Musical in New York….

“I was talking to some random young college guy on one of my planes yesterday, and he asked me why I was going to NY. I told him a bit about the show and some of my Green Day activities. Then we started talking about other music, and I mentioned the Razorbax. He said, “Oh yeah, I just heard of them just the other day – my friend in India knows some people in Europe and he told me about them. Aren’t they from England?”

Just wish you could have seen the look on my face :LOL:! Gobsmacked doesn’t even start to describe it!!!

Just thought y’all might like to hear about this… ? .”

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