UFO’s, alien abductions, Oooh La La from The Scaners at The Peli 2

The Scaners – image Ian Bourn

THE SCANERS

Brighton – get ready for some action as The Scaners land in Brighton. They park up the UFO outside, climb out and set up their gear inside Brightons Rock and Roll Hotel – The Pelirocco!

A cold, damp miserable Sunday evening was about to be transformed into a loud, exciting, hot alien crash site! The Scaners had beamed into Brighton after traveling from their home town, Lyon, France. The night had been arranged by Ivy Lane.

The Band

Pav: Lead vocals / organ
Dédé: Guitar / backing vocals
Tama: Bass
Pierrick: Drums / backing vocals

The Set

There isn’t much info about regarding this band. It was a first for me – and one I will not forget for ages. These guys gave one of the fastest, loudest, most enjoyable and fun sets I have seen in a long time. Yeah – loved them and loved the set. The performing area was pretty packed – four guys and an assortment of instruments.  So, folk always ask for comparisons so maybe a mix of The Ramones,  The Rezillos, Plastic Bertrand, The Spits, The Dickies and The Stitches – this actually looks good on paper but not really close when you see and hear this amazing band live!

The band have a new album out soon, which I can safely say I will be ordering in the hope it captures the essence of this top gig. We were treated to songs lasting anything from about 30 seconds to 2 minutes! Some of the stand out songs for me were Abduction, Checkpoint Planet, UFO Crash (single release), Leader, I Dont Wanna Go, Video Tape and so many more! We were treated to some 21 songs.

A Video

Clear away the furniture, turn it up and dance!

Pierrick, at the back on drums whilst fighting with the bass drum counted in each of the songs a la Ramones style backed with some strong fills. Pav, the man at the front and what a performer on vocals and a massive set of keyboards and other sound generating devices. Tama on bass and vocals put down some strong bass riffs and working hard with the drums to provide a solid sound. On a rather splendid Mosrite was Dédé. This can can play! He used bits of furniture to get sounds, he used a mic stand to scrape the strings and some weird thing with an ariel, maybe a theremin to produce out of this world effects – and all the while producing a face slapping guitar performance, all topped off with a Ramones sound from time to time.

This really was a treat and ticked all the boxes for me. Hell! I love this town. On a Sunday night met up with the crazy but absolutely stunning The Scaners. The night was a mix of Oooh La La and UFO’s. The Scaners are just terrific – hailing from France – one of the hottest – good time – fun – punk rock and roll bands I have seen this year. Pav said they will come back across the channel in the summer, if it’s warmer! If they play near you for goodness sake just GO!

A huge thanks to the guys for letting me do the photography for this – Thank you Scaners!

The Scaners are on Facebook

IVY LANE is on Facebook

Hotel Pelirocco is on the web

Thats it! See you down the front, come and say hi!

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