Tiny Masters of Today

On Friday, Lisa, Kirsty, Elizabeth, Lucy, Dave, Danny, Evan, Roy, Colin, and I went to see ‘Tiny Master of Today’ live at Walsall Library.

Their debut album has contributions from the Yeah Yah Yeah’s, Fred Schneider, and Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers. The album is produced, and all the drumming is done by Russell Simmins of the Blues Explosion. The two main band members are 12 and 10 years old respectively. This was one odd gig. Whereas the vocals are distorted heavily on the album, live, they sound exactly for what they are, children’s voices. The tunes are very catchy, and there was something really great about watching kids that age playing good garage music, and seeing the honest excitement on their faces.

They finished with a cover of House of Pain’s Jump Around, which was in the charts before they were even conceived I’m guessing! Kirsty enjoyed the gig but was scared to meet the band afterwards. As a huge Blues Explosion fan, I met Russell Simmins for a chat, but although he was rather distant, albeit pleasantly. Confusing I know. Incidentally, Russell Simmins looked somewhat alarmingly similar to prize arse Chris Moyles, with a kinky fro’!