The Paranoid Squirrel ep 460

All the way from Atlanta, Georgia the Biters descended on the UK at the end of last month as part of their “Warriors Worldwide” tour in support of their full length debut album “Electric Blood” which is out now on Earache Records. The tour started off at the Barfly in London on the 25^th September and ended yesterday in Sheffield. I caught them at the Borderline in London on the 6^th October and what a fine time I had watching their Ramones meets Thin Lizzy via Cheap Trick style of Rawk! Catchy songs? Tick. Huge riffs? Tick, Power Pop Heaven? Tick. The Biters certainly look to that most diverse of decades that had Prog, Rock, Glam, Disco and Punk all vying for our attention as the song “1975” encapsulates. Frontman Tuk doesn’t take himself seriously taking the mick out of himself and various audience members, all in an endearing way. With only the aforementioned “Electric Blood” and a spattering of eps to draw from the band slipped in a Thin Lizzy cover with The Squirrel claiming that the band played two Lizzy covers, the other being “The Boys Are Back In Town”. Obviously she was talking about “So Many Nights” which is an inadvertent cover……but whatever, as it was a great night for all concerned as you will hear.