THE HIGH ROLLERS 2, THE STANNARY, FALMOUTH (2ND JUNE)

MARVIN AND THE GAYES

Throughout the night the DJ sets from Vicar and the T-Bone, kept the people busy, but never more so than in the last break of the night before the much praised Marvin and the Gayes made the evening there own. The audience were whipped into a frenzy by the tunes from the decks and hyped up for the post-midnight appearance of the criminally youthful band of skinny little heroes.

And then disaster, first the Gayes` decks weren`t plugged in properly and then the bass cut out... all this and they hadn`t played a note yet! The DJs tried to fill the silence as the crew worked feverishly to mend the problems and keep the restless throng happy, and finally the band were away.

Cranked up by now, the audience joined in with the band and we briefly saw the first crowd surfer of Spring, before he was swallowed by a `people wipeout`.

Marvin and the Gayes played distorted indie rock that was mixed live with samples to create a vortex of sound which travelled around the cavernous Stannary like a whirling dervish and left no ear unburned. Loved by their fans with a passion that`s almost religious, this young band will be learning on their feet for sometime to come.

(Photos by Johnny Echo Echo)