Summer fun

It's summer (almost) and the hometown surfer-made-good is back in town. I'm not sure what inspired Jeremy Gluck to fire off a couple of surf-inspired singles in punk-rock London, but he certainly started something, didn't he. Back in his native Ottawa to kick off a mini-tour and gather some recruits, he started things off with an appropriate ‘Surfers Are Back’. I get the impression from some of his stage banter that he's a bit irked by the whole cult legend fandom thing, but that didn't stop him from rocking out, flinging his microphone stand one way and his exercise jumper the other, going down on his knees for a couple of songs and making the occasional crack about performing his band’s old chestnuts.

Here's a couple of shady characters: Gluck and John Sproull of Secret Lovers, etc.



Daniel Collins of Beach Blankets and Zebrassieres is on board as bassist.



The whole lot, with Mother's Children/Sick Fits /Beach Blankets guitarist Kenny!



Gripping action!



Rhythm section action!



Stand-twisting action!



Gluck goes down!



Singalong action!



More singalong action!



Gluck goes down again! This time during a cover of Codeine, if memory serves.



Kenny sings!



Gluck gets up! On the PA, that is.



Working the crowd ...



Gluck handed his microphone off to man of many bands, Davey Quesnelle for I Want My Woody Back. "I have found the man who can now sing my songs to fans in Spain!"



Summer Fun action!



Yay!



Raucous and a trifle chaotic, but all good fun!

• Show reminder: A couple of hot ones tonight ... Meisha & The Spanks are at Zaphod's with PELT and The Sphynxs; Natural Child, The Middens and Rat Tales rock the Kent St. Legion; Boneblack, Vanishing Act, Nightmare//Reality and Antimony roll into 654 MacLaren; Dissentient, Deformatory, Fumigation and Accursed Creation perform at The Rainbow; Remember The Fire are at Greenfield's Pub; the Elmdale hosts Al Tambay.