So last weekend saw Mental Deficiency’s 5th Anniversary Show go off with a bang! With support from The Runaway Bears, Eighty Four, Little Miss Stakes and BeeMickSee, there was no doubt this would be an interesting night out, to say the least.
Now as soon as I walked through the doors of Stiff Kitten everything got a little hazy (that was maybe something to do with the shots of jaeger we’d downed before we went out, but who knows? ) – so forgive me for the lack of any great detail in this review. However, anyone who knows me knows that Stiff is my all time favourite place to drink; it’s dark, it’s dingy and it’s filled with good times and last Friday 10th May was certainly no different.
Things kicked off at 9pm and the place filled up pretty quickly. Stage times looked like this: Eighty Four – 9.15pm, The Runaway Bears – 10pm, Little Miss Stakes – 10.45pm, BeeMickSee – 11.30pm and Mental Deficiency – 12.15pm.
Little Miss Stakes tore up the stage, with lots of UV lights and strobes, but BeeMickSee and Paul Denver really stole the show as far as support was concerned. There’s something heart warming about seeing a skinny white boy (in the most endearing way possible) strut around the stage with the audience in the palm of his hand – and that’s exactly what the Oregon born Belfast boy did. It was slightly surreal and very very entertaining (it’s not everyday that you see an artist end his set by slithering off stage on his belly).
In between sets, our very own Chris (Los Muertes) Caldwell DJed up a storm, playing such homegrown favourites as The Wonder Villians’ new single Blonde, and a whole lotta Pocket Billiards, gearing us up for the local festival season! So many gigs just stick on a CD between bands and having a live DJ really created the party atmosphere that a Mental Def party truly deserves.
Next up were the boys themselves,; pyjama bottomed, top hatted and all sequined up. There’s not really much point in even attempting to describe a Mental Def gig, but this one had it all – tons of energy, catchy songs, extravagant costumes and respect for women.
Mental Def are five years strong, and hopefully they’ll be around for a hell of a lot longer. With them you’ll be guaranteed a good night out. You may not remember it. But it’ll be good nonetheless.
