Thursday night definately had a different flavour than the last semis. There was more 'rock' than screaming gutteral vocals and hardcore thrashing antics. The energy was brilliant. The night kicked off with local band Inkout who came on to rock the stage with more punk than funk. A drummer obsessed with hi-paced beats, using the hi hat and crashes wherever possible. While the vocalist came to the floor, the two guitarists and bassist thrashed out melodic riffs on top, waiving their instruments to the sky then bringing them down to the ground in unison. They were tight, and despite looking incredibly young they put on a great show that set the bar high. Next up were a band direct from the great Asian giant country of China. Starting off with a cover song of Bon Jovi's newest single 'It's my life' (sorry I'm not in a band, can't play any instrument but fuck if I had to choose to do a cover song at any show it would be anything but that song... I thought it was terrible). They followed with some Mandarin tunes that sounded quite folky in nature. They weren't the tightest of bands. I wondered at first how they had got so far, but later realized they had a sound that was quite unique. Or was it? All of that time I thought they were doing original Chinese song with tambourines and keyboards (they seemed quite innovative), apparently they were all Mandarin children's songs. Finally Flybar came to the stage. As soon as they came on, they commanded the stage both with their presence as performers and as an extremely tight band of musicians. Performing orginal songs they continued taking control of the stage, keeping a very old school rock'n'roll vibe to their sound. Hands down, these guys are the one to watch out for. If you want predictions, then I'll give you one, these are going to steal the show, they'll go right to the top and win this competition.
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