Blog: I Saw Lazarus Clamp Play Down The 100 Club

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On Monday evening I set off into London's fashionable LONDON area of London to go and see a ROCK SHOW! Get me!

The venue was The Prestigious 100 Club, with Lazarus Clamp playing (on a bill supporting Say Sue Me) and thus featuring our very own Tom 'The Tiger' McClure. I ZOOMED into town on the Elizabeth Line and arrived before the doors had opened, to find a QUEUE outside, so I popped round the corner for a bit of tea. I returned 20 minutes later expecting it to have gone down but found that it was now slightly longer but now MOVING - the door to the actual 100 Club is inside a shared office space and then down some stairs (GLAMOUR) so they had wisely got a Queueing Patiently Outside scheme going on.

Once inside I found the CLAMP CREW (as the cool kids are almost definitely calling them) and also Mr G Gargan, promoter and all-round good guy. Helloes were said and then very quickly it was time for them to go on and be GRATE. I was later told that this was their third gig in eight years, but there was no DUST to be detected as they ROCKED through a set that included much CATCHINESS, various ANGULARITY, and a totally brilliant bit where they stopped played and the whole band sang off microphone for a bit. That was especially ace!

Here is some photographic evidence of said ACE-ness:



Amazingly I took that photo WITHOUT a fancy camera - no, really!

Afterwards there was some lurking around and saying Well Done EVerybody, and the also some unexpected bumping into people I hadn't seen for ages. Cor, it was like going to a GIG used to be in olden times, it was lovely! I also saw the other support Hazy Sour Cherry who were BRILLO, although they did stir some wistful nostalgia for INDIETRACKS as they were the sort of band who would/should have been on in the tram shed on Saturday at 8pm, completely WINNING the whole audience.

I couldn't stick around for Say Sue Me, sadly, but to be honest for me the headliners had already been The Clamp (as the older kids are definitely calling them). It was lovely to SEE them all again, here in their 30th year of existing (even longer than The Validators!), and I went home with joy in my heart at the knowledge that GIGS are still GRATE!

posted 20/5/2025 by MJ Hibbett

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