This was the last of their four UK club shows to promote their debut album Surreal. Man Raze feature Sex Pistol Paul Cook, Phil Collen from Def Leppard and their old mate Simon Laffy who used to play in Phil's pre-Leppard band Girl.

Both the Sex Pistols and Def Leppard have completed huge summer tours so now they can concentrate on Man Raze for a while.This club holds about 200 and there is no pit so you can get up nice and close which always makes a gig better. Before they come on Paul Cook's Union Jack Sex Pistols drum kit sits proudly at the back. Like their Spitz show a couple of years ago this was strictly about Man Raze and there was to be no SP or DL tonight.

The 50 minutes set started off with This Is and Connected To You, and for the third song Phil Collen had discarded his shirt. Phil was 51 yesterday and has a very fit flat chest that puts most of even the younger males here to shame. The songs come thick and fast. Uptempo pop rockers with a splash of reggae on some. Every Second of Every Day was great. The dub reggae of Runnin' Me Up was a pure joy to hear, then rockers Turn It Up and Skin Crawl knocked the crowd for six. Paul's drumming was on top form and Phil Collen has always been a great guitarist.

A couple of pukka covers at the end; Search And Destroy and the encore of Jimi Hendrix's Fire sealed a great set. After a few minutes break all the band came out to say hello to anyone that stayed behind. Ray McVeigh was here too.

Set List: This Is / Connected To You / Spinning Out / Every Second Of Every Day / Halo / Low / Cant Find My Own Way / Runnin' Me Up / Turn It Up / Skin Crawl / It's Entertainment / You're So Wrong / Search And Destroy. Encore: Fire. It's not too much asking Santa for 2009 shows by Man Raze and The Professionals. We shall see. For more Man Raze info check out www.manraze.com

Review by Ray Morrissey