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The Shivering Whippet trumps the Brass Monkey

Sheffield is well known for its hard (and classic) rock heritage, centrally placed 'in the zone of rock', to paraphrase Skid Row singer Johnny Solinger. Both Skid Row and the sensational Jeff Scott Soto were in residence at Corporation, Sheffield's home of rock, or so it seems! Friday 23rd, braving the cold winds, M and I ventured to see the man from Austin, Texas. The room in Corporation was pretty full of people and anticipation. A much better atmosphere than at previous shows in Cardiff and Bristol. Support bands - negligible mention for the 1st band G U Medicine, instantly forgettable. Their main support Sign were better, although the singer is incredibly thin! Thought they were American myself but their myspace profile corrects me on this, they are Icelandic. Not bad. Skid Row were on excellent form, and thankfully refrained from playing more than one song (Disease) from their rather awful current album Revolutions Per Minute. The set was predominantly classic stuff,