God it was hot! One of the hottest days of the year and Wax Music faves Rhesus are headlining the Metro. Sweaty basement gigs are top fun; you can’t beat sweat dripping from the walls to create an atmosphere. I first saw Rhesus just before Christmas last year and although it was evident they had potential they didn’t blow me away. But now Rhesus are a band transformed (Hey even the bassist has changed sex, but not in a Big Brother type way) Jim looks every bit the Rock Star especially with his Rock Star Guitar and Wayne looks like he has escaped from The Ramones (A Good Thing).

Rhesus do remind me a lot of early Manics (Also a Good Thing). This was a shambolic but totally enjoyable set. After breaking strings on the opening track, they played Wax Music fave Juvenile this punk pop anthem set the tone for the rest of this gig. Performance is a tune although it does sound uncannily like Placebo (Rhesus claim it was stolen from them first) Art Is Dead is already on its way to becoming a new classic. The song is so punk rock even the drum kit combusted during it, leaving Arran to bang away on one tom tom. (Now that is cool). After hastily rebuilding the drum kit, it didn’t stay up for long with Jim diving into the kit during the last song, the gig ended with Jim under a drum kit in a hail of feedback. It was a top night from a top band, here at Wax Music we are expecting great things from Rhesus.