The crowd gape as Adebisi Shank tear it down in Andrews lane Theatre 29th Aug 09

Adebisi Shank play loud music. A frenetic mutant combination of noise rock, punk, metal and intricate instrumental. To put it simply they owned the stage during their support slot to Bats in ALT on Saturday. The casual observer might well have asked who are these madmen? Why aren't they ripping it up to more and more people on a wider, grander scale? A support slot to Faith No More at the Olympia a few days beforehand should help on that front - to a certain extent. Watching them on Saturday a side of me wondered why I'd really not taken the time to get beyond the band's recordings. Well, because they are so so so much better live. Hopefully someone will bottle that energy and chaos and they'll make an album befitting a gigging prowess that few Irish bands can muster right now.

 Just go see them, stand close to the stage...and watch

Barry