Ministry Of Beaver @ The Beer Engine, Coventry

Continuing my own recent 'mini-photography-tour' of gigs in Coventry I went to see Ministry Of Beaver a rock covers band at the Beer Engine last night. I know the band fairly well as I've played in bands with Marc Yates (vocals) and John Chivers (drums) myself. It was Marcs last gig before leaving the band and handing over vocal duties to Ian Deering. The evening kicked off with a few technical difficulties with Andi's guitar amp head failing and then even his backup failed... eek.. they battled through a shortened first set and then headed off to pick up a replacement amp. A patient crowd waited and then they returned with a small (but meaty sounding) Line 6 Spider - dwarfed by the now redundant 4x12 stack. Anyway, the amp sounded great and they continued on through their sets. Special guest appearances by former Beaver bass player Rod and soon to be full time Beaver vocalist Ian Deering made the evening very special for the boys. Marc seemed to enjoy the gig and the audience did too. It was the first time I'd met their new bass player Patrick Dorgan (who replaced Rod) and he seems to fit in with the band effortlessly. I wish the best of luck to the Beaver boys and to Ian who seems to be a fine replacement for Marc. Well done chaps I really enjoyed the gig!

Photos from the gig can be seen here

On a technical note despite the lighting rig I had to use some flash but I think I still managed to capture the gig ok.

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