With support acts like The Famous Class (www.thefamousclass.com) and MC Frontalot (http://frontalot.com/index.php) you knew that this was going to be a very special gig. The O2 Academy in Islington, London was packed with fans that have stuck with Wheatus (www.wheatus.com) since childhood and still knew every single word to every single song. New fans were even there.
The Famous Class was a perfect choice to warm up the crowd with catchy tunes that have you singing along and beats that you just have to jump to. They most certainly got the crowd going. Beach balls and large inflated bananas (yes, you read that right) were flying around in the air as the fans punched their fists in time to the music.
After such a punky band it was a complete shock when MC Frontalot then came onto the stage. Completely different sound, well it’s ‘geeky’ rap. Lyrics made you laugh but at the same time you could relate to them easily. Sample Lyric- “I hate your blog. It’s incredibly terrible and bad. I hate your blog. You own a dog, and you feed it. You post about it. I get to read it. Plus: five paragraphs on the socks you bought.”( I hate your blog- Secrets From The Future, 2007) However for the last three songs of the set, the crowd got to see the Wheatus as they joined the rapper on stage.
At last the long wait to see Wheatus was over! They perform the songs we all know and love. It was when Teenage Dirtbag – hit single of 2000- was played, that Brendan Brown actually forgot to start playing again once the crowd sang every word perfectly, as if in praise. With no set list they were the perfect crowd pleaser, how he heard what the fans were yelling at him is beyond me. It was your choice to what you wanted to hear and they went along with it. Some fans were in tears at seeing them on stage once more in the UK and others just plan speechless.
With new songs under way that sound -dare I say it- better than the older stuff, Wheatus is one band that don’t plan on leaving our hearts any time soon.
