Nice surprise

A nice surprise or how I met Olly de Quartz

I was lucky enough to be at the right pub at the right time to discover a new band that captured my ears and filled my heart with joy. Usually I am not easily impressed by live bands in pubs mainly because I don't care what is happening while I enjoy my beer as long as my ears are not scared by the monster that performs on stage, there are few bands that captured my attention. I can recal 5 bands from pubs but none of them made me lose my last tram!

Yeah, I've lost my last tram but I enjoyed it!
They are quite interesting, I was impressed by what they can do with two guitars and one drum (not even the full drum set). At the beginning I was quite "what the fuck they are doing?" they were singing a cover but it was far from the original and I was used to hear only pure covers - german cover bands try to be better than the original (e.g. I was at an 3+ hour concert - AC/DC cover band and I can say for sure that they were better than the original when performing live). After my first shock of "wtf mate!?!?" I started to enjoy the personal touch added to the songs and a different flavor for each song, after all this is what should be a cover not a perfect replica. Well, I've remembered good old times when I prefered to listen a punk cover than a band struggling to sound 100% like The Beatles when I couldn't see any John Lennon on stage. While I was getting used with the new sound I had time to drink some beers and look closer at the band.
First one who catched my attention was their drummer, not very often you see a female drummer and more important a good one, I'm not a musician or a music expert but my ears are and she is good in what she is doing (of course I can't compare her with Mike Terrana, Lars Ulrich, Phil Collins but she has it - and is not nice to compare).
The second one that catched my attention was their guitarist, I'm not into dudes but I liked him (what he was doing) I suspect that the Les Paul guitar had its merit but you need to know what to do with it to sound good and he knows how to play it and I have seen some interesting techniques.
The last but not the least - leading vocals and guitar, their frontman (in this case frontwoman) that showed that she can play also with other instruments (harmonica, flute, bass guitar) and has an interesting voice.
I enjoyed their concert and I wanted to share my experience and to advertise them because they are good - their name - Olly de Quartz.

Here are some youtube videos of their songs

For more info:
http://www.myspace.com/ollydequartz
http://www.ollydequartz.nl/