Friday 28 December 2007 – it was just starting to spit with rain as I left the house. I paused for a moment, Should I go back for my big coat? And, in a rare moment of common sense, I did. Just as well as the heavens opened on me as I walked into town and by the time I arrived at the Roman Bath I was saturated, with wet jeans clinging to my legs like a schoolgirl crush. We were here tonight to listen to Syncrownized, a York band that I had heard of, but never heard, despite the fact that they have played Fibbers before.
Syncrownized are billed as a power trio and consist of Leon Banks on vocals and lead guitar, Ben Darwin on vocals and bass, and Tony Batchelor on drums.
For the first ten minutes or so we were graced by the presence of Rick Witter and one of his Dukes, bass player Stu Fletcher (also of The Yards). Rick didn’t recognise me, the last time he saw me he was very, very drunk!
Back to Syncrownized and they played a bevy of rock classics. The ones I remember were: Jimmy Hendrix (Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower), Cream (Sunshine of my love), The Jam (Town like Malice), Chuck Berry (Johnny B Good), Stevie Wonder (Superstition) with that famous drum solo in the middle, Neil Young (Rockin’ in the Free World), Beatles, Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil), The Undertones (Teenage Kicks). They were brilliant, Highly recommended.
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