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It's funny how this Last.fm thing works. The "giant computer brain" recommended I read a journal entry (I forget whose), which mentioned Pelican. The band sounded interesting, so I checked out their home page... and discovered they were playing at the Corporation in early March. Worth a punt, I thought...

So it's the usual plan: andyda, cazabam and myself to meet up at the Dev Cat for pre-gig food and beer. Sadly, the pub is heaving, so we repair to the Frog & Parrot. And onto Subway after a couple of pints. It's snowing too. We get into Corporation about halfway through The Zico Chain's set. I'm none too impressed - West Coast punk metal that owes a little too much to early Nirvana - but both andyda and cazabam like it. So much so, in fact, that andyda buys their CD. Reminds him of his teen years, he says.

The set finishes, a crowd of roadies start shifting kit about and fiddling with mikes and the drum-kit... Until about twenty minutes later, four figures appear on stage. …