March 15th, 2014. Leeds, UK.

 

For one night only, Trif and the Fun O Vics rocked, and the world listened.

 

Now, 10 years later, the world can finally look back on this seminal moment in Leeds music history and bask in all its glory.

 

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This was my leaving party before moving to Canada, before flying to Toronto on a one-way ticket. To mark my departure and send me off in style, my friends and I decided to put on a show by performing covers of 50s and 60s rock’n’roll tunes that we liked. After only 3 rehearsals (and one acoustic jam that turned into a piss-up) we were set for the stage, me with an iPad for the song lyrics that I hadn’t yet learned. We were fully winging it in every way, but it was exciting.

 

The musicianship on display - Lauren Ballinger on keyboard, Liam Ballinger on bass, Ryan Styslow on guitar, all held together by Paul Brown on drums - was incredible given the 3 or 4 practices we'd had. And the singing... Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. Was I in tune? No, probably not. Did I actually sing any songs? No, I shouted into a microphone. Was it fun and did we entertain them? HELL YES, we did!

 

And I hope it brings a smile to your face now, too.