Review of Fat Goth on The Crabbies Hothouse Stage at Belladrum, 9th of August, 2014.
Fat Goth have returned to Bella for another year and this time they’ve graduated from the Seedlings Stage to the Hothouse Stage. More room to make more noise and make noise they do.
They stare you full in the face and proceed to sonically and aurally abuse Belladrum with a succession of face melting riffs and pile driver hooks. There’s little chatter between songs, aside from one attempt at a joke, but a punter spoils the punch line, in return receiving a baleful stare and a ‘fuck you’ from front man Fraser Stewart.
The only slight disappointment is that the attendance in the tent is on the low side but that could be more to do with the early-ish timeslot and a good proportion of the masses were likely hiding in their tents working off last night’s hangover. The wusses.
If we don’t find this lot creeping even higher up the billing in the coming years then it’ll be a crying shame. We need to see circle pits down at the Garden Stage and Fat Goth are the band to provide the backing music.
Do not mess with this band, they will make your ears bleed, but you’ll probably like it anyway won’t you? You animal.
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