Brendan Hitchens, Journalist

There’s the arrogant emcee 360, who at over six feet tall commands the stage.

Although the crowd humour him laughter, they’re clearly not the biggest fans of ‘80s metal

Frontman for Californian pop-rockers Train, Patrick Monahan tells Brendan Hitchens that the band will be checking at least one thing off their bucket list when next in the country.

"Towards the end of the set they take on Sonic Youth’s 1992 hit, 100%. Recreating its fuzzed-out, no-wave glory, it’s ambitious but works and cleverly breaks up their own songs, which were beginning to sound all too similar."

I take my cues as much from watching footage of James Brown as the punk bands I grew up on.”

Littered with more hits, the sound fills the room and the audience fights the urge to buck the warnings and dance in the aisles.

"Like our music, it’s pretty repetitive with a lot of senses going on.”