first of all i would like to say that as a neutral person in the audience i think monty is talking out of his arse and is just bitter because he didnt get to play his set.
- there was a reason as to why lovelust sound checked for a frustratingly long time..this was mainly down to the massive incapabilities of the sound guy. lovelust even had to stop half way through their first song because the bloody keyboards hadnt been turned back up..a simple error.
2)lovelust did not turn up 'off their tits' at all, each and every one of them were sober and looking forward to playing a good set and not having a monumental cock up of a sound check which normally never takes anywhere near the amount of time that it did.
3)the only reason 1 or 2 members of lovelust were hurling abuse and threats at the manager was due to their sheer disbelief - lovelust have used a smoke and strobe machine in several different venues in manchester, birmingham, stoke on trent, london etc and these have never been a problem...however it is fair enough to say that by the end of the set there was probably too much smoke in the room...but the thing to remember is that most of it had cleared after about 15 minutes at the end of the set..time enough before the next band were due on...
i thought that the manager was the most stubborn and unbelievable person i had ever seen - surely there wouldnt have been a problem with letting the smoke clear for 15mins and then the next band go on - he surely saw lovelust testing the smoke machine in sound check so why didnt he say to them then that he didnt want it bein used?..he also said they came here solely to take the piss, which is complete rubbish because they take wot they do seriously and have had good reviews from other gigs and from people like cath aubergine.
finally i would like to say that lovelust probably are 'the worst support band ever' (unless they are supporting a band with a similar sound/genre) because the atmosphere they create is usually memorable and a real statement, so to have them on first just does not work because they like to give the audience an epic finale and an experience..
