Ahhhhhhhhhhh Dodgy, we go back a long, long way me
and Dodgy. Way, way back in fact to the days they used to play The Hibernian in
Stirchley in the early 90s before hitting the big time with a string of
absolute pop classics. Music has that incredible power to drag you back to a
particular time and place and (cue grainy sepia tinged footage) I only have to
hear the opening bars to Staying Out For The Summer and I’m driving along in
our old VW Polo in the bright sunshine in 1995 listening to a mixtape (remember
them?) on the way to our first Glastonbury (back in the days when you could
still buy tickets from HMV in Brum the weekend before...seriously).
Since then I’ve seen ‘em in various incarnations (lead
singer Nigel left for a while but they wisely reunited in 2007) and venues from
the big (Glasto) to the not so big (the basement of The Flapper in Brum). I had
the very great fortune to bump into the band’s drummer Math at The Great Escape
a few years back too and he very kindly popped us on the band’s guestlist for
The Cornbury Festival. What a bloody nice bloke. In fact they all seem like
bloody nice blokes, supporting charities and good causes without making a big
fuss about it all. Most important of all they’re still releasing some rather
bostin’ music too like rock(s)tastic new single You Give Drugs A Bad Name. Enjoy!
Dodgy's new album What Are We Fighting For is out in September on Cherry Red Records and you can catch them live at festivals here, there and quite possibly everywhere over the summer. What's that? You want me to stick Staying Out For The Summer on here again? Oh go on then...
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