Glasgow - King Tuts - 2-24-01 (from ccmreviews.com)
It's Saturday night, and King Tut's in Glasgow is less than packed. In fact, there's a weird mood in the venue tonight, as thirty-year-olds stand in leather jackets sipping their pints with glee whilst the younger generation perform acts of insanity, which includes the one-man-crowd-surfing taking place. No, it isn't the psychiatric ward. This is the venue where Sunna are playing.
The Bristol five-piece are Jon Harris (Vocals/Guitar), Ian MacLaren (Guitar/Vocals), Shane Goodwin (Bass), Richie Mills (Drums) and Flatline (Decks 'n' Sampling) and before you ask, they are not cashing in on Limp Bizkit's success. Indeed not! Sunna are far more musically talented than any Fred Durst. And as for cashing in, the future of this tour was uncertain from the very beginning, until the lovely people at Kerrang! decided to sponsor the tour. Well, we at CCM Reviews would've gladly helped out, but, quite frankly, we're all a bit skint. And anyhow,
Crackout and Miocene were the two support bands of the evening, with the first a three-piece punk band accepting the polite applause with grace and the latter a heavy rap/metal group. Forget Slipknot, Miocene are vicious (and also need a place to stay after each gig). As a live act they are fantastic, and that's a complement as I've not heard any of their recordings.
But the crowd grew restless until Harris and co made their way onto the tiny stage and blasted out I'm Not Trading, their latest single. Yet still the crowd weren't happy, in fact, the only song the crowd truly enjoyed was the MTV2 success Power Struggle. O.D. was also accepted warmly, though there were times when I thought it was just the front rows that were 'moshing'.
Amongst the non-album songs were the fantastic Ache and a song we know only as On One, which basically ruled. Can't say fairer than that! Thanks to littlemiss for grabbing the set list!
The real highlight of the show was 7%, the beautiful acoustic lullaby taken from their debut "One Minute Science", combined with heavy guitars and the live treatment it truly deserves. Sunna are definitely a band to see live, but whether they'll survive amongst all this Limp Bizkit nonsense is doubtful and a terrible waste of excellent talent.
G-String