Eyes On The Scene Episode 2
Review by; DeeDee
Hosting a magazine type programme the ‘Eyes On The Scene’ series offers something different in this world of online music shows that are rapidly spreading in number. Mucka Jay and Guido McFister, a pair of comrades we are used to clocking at the Breaking Bands festival, have created a bunch of 2 hour extravaganzas. Apart from my ‘boat race’ being in the opening credits I did have an urge to see what the guys were up to and there were a couple of mates playing, so at 7pm Sunday night, it was time to tune in.
A great video from Jiva Sakti was first up with ‘You Are The Light’. Then we were shown around the Black Sabbath collection of Mark Roberts, who has some decent rarities, I wonder if he knows my mate Stephen Knowles who had his memorabilia on display at the recent Exhibition in Birmingham, put those two together and they would be inseparable for weeks.
The first band up were White Tyger a local band for me, coming from the West Midlands and with Jack Ryland Smith on drums who recently departed on good terms from Gin Annie. Lots of covers during their pre-recorded set, ‘You Could Be Mine’ and ‘Seek And Destroy’ were executed in their own style and were certainly without fault. The band have existed for a number of years now and should make the decision to add original material to their repertoire, they definitely have the talent to do it.
‘What’s The Point Of It’ was a quiz, where Rob Wylde of Tigertailz and Midnite City was in the chair to answer ‘Random Ronnie’, ‘Rockin Robin’ and ‘Personal Percy’ questions. I was ok on the first section until the Telly Tubby one; I have no clue what so ever as to which one wears which colour, but surprisingly Rob got it right! A bit of fun and we learned a lot about Rob during the interrogation.
Next, Jay had a chat with Ethan Grice, bass player with Call To The Faithful and discussed their song ‘Demons’ which addresses the subject of mental health. The video for the song can be seen on the link to the show below or on the bands social pages, it’s striking and to the point, with some hard hitting footage.
The final subject matter was White Raven Down the Essex band provided a recorded performance from a studio. ‘Broken Door’ with its brutal pulse of a riff and ‘Not Alone’ that whirls like a tornado, were on the list. As was their first single ’Take Me’, before the punishing menace of ‘Salvation’. A fabulous band, which you should see live once the plague has receded. Guitarist Stu Bailey even donned his Breaking Bands T-Shirt, which went down well. With snippets on screen, disclosing little known facts about the band, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Supporting bands in this way, is fast becoming the norm and offers a way to help out those struggling musicians we often forget rely on us. With are more episodes planned, which I recommend, Eyes On The Scene is watchable and not too lengthy, the 2 hours, with bands and videos are broken up with humour and interesting ingredients. The next episode is at 7pm on September 27th and all previous episodes are still available to watch, see the link below.
5/5