Ferriday Fireballs open tonight’s proceedings in The Cluny 2, a small, hot, dark basement beneath the main hall of Newcastle’s Cluny, and the perfect setting for what turns out to be a certain top five gig of the year. Ferriday Fireballs play a set of no-nonsense, foot tapping, old school rock ‘n roll with a real raw edge. A rhythm guitar, two drums, some brilliant slide guitar and the vocal tones of Brian Atkinson, the North-East three piece power through an 8/9 song set drawing influences from the early 1950’s, when Bill Haley brought proper rock n roll to the masses, right through to garage sleaze with a cover of The Stooges ‘1970’. And whilst most of it is good time, get off your arse and bop to the infectious beat Ferriday Fireballs can also croon, but in the darkest possi...