Having been living abroad in London the last few years I missed the rise of both Violent Soho and Bad//Dreems. Violent Soho were still just a rising Brisbane band and some Bad//Dreems members were still moonlighting in the band, The Shiny Brights. It was exciting to return to Australia last year to find these guitar driven garage rock bands were ruling the airwaves, playing on big stages and wreaking havoc - in a nice way - reminiscent of the Australian pub scene in '80s.

Tonight's gig sold out weeks ago. Slowly the fans started to stream in on this mild Adelaide Saturday night. The beer garden is always a favourite for the punters to enjoy a pre-show drink and by the smell of it, wacky tobacky.

10.45pm rolls around and the lights went down, cue the crowd roar. Four silhouettes stroll on stage, pick up their respective instruments and set down whatever booze they brought on stage. I think I witnessed a six-pack of West End Draught being propped up on the drum riser - the bands' massive backdrop design borrows heavily from the brewer to great effect and features heavily on their merchandise. It was a sea of Bad//Dreems and Violent Soho bands t-shirts tonight!

The Adelaide band burst into Blood Love off their (rather excellent) latest album, Gutful. Straight away, the crowdsurfing punters are screaming back every word. They continue playing tracks off their two albums and the crowd continue to throw an assortment of beverages at each other, at the band, the lighting and just anywhere they please.

A special moment came when Mr Wilson - father of drummer Miles - came out on stage to play sax on two tracks. Sporting a Bunnings cap - his favourite according to singer, Ben Marwe, jokingly - Wilson played his heart out during My Only Friend in front of his son's fans. What a cool dad!

A minor microphone failure at the beginning of Mob Rule proved not to matter as the crowd sang all the words as the band continued to play before Marwe's mic finally kicked in again some 30 seconds in.

The band finished off with a God cover of their track, My Pal. They ended on the amazing Gutful, which also included a stage invasion from the crowd. Very mob rule!