0:00:02 > 0:00:09This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10I'm Rhod Gilbert, stand-up comedian,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12and I've had a radio show for ten years.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13People send me music all the time,
0:00:13 > 0:00:15and some of it is absolutely fantastic.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19It's got me wondering just how much undiscovered talent there is
0:00:19 > 0:00:21out there.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25There are thousands of part-time bands in the UK,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28from barristers to bakers, dustmen to doctors,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31skiffling, punking, rocking and funking,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35every week in pubs and clubs up and down the country,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37to escape the nine-to-five grind.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You need an understanding partner and an understanding boss
0:00:40 > 0:00:41to make music.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43If you haven't got those two things, it's not happening.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Dead in the water.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47MUSIC: You Really Got Me by The Kinks
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The BBC have hooked me up with this ropey old van, and I'm off on tour.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53'I've rounded up three musical juggernauts to help -
0:00:53 > 0:00:56'super cool Soul II Soul legend Jazzie B...'
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- Bonjourno.- Jazzie. - How you doing, fella?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01'..the indie Manchester music icon Peter Hook...'
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Starting already. We've got the police behind us.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05You've brought the heat on us?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09'..and the Fresh Prince of Lip-Hair, Ultravox frontman Midge Ure.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Oh, dear.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'But this is no run-of-the-mill talent show...'
0:01:14 > 0:01:16There is no prize.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19No Christmas number ones, no recording contract,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21there is shit all.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23# You've really got me now... #
0:01:23 > 0:01:27'Like a pack of musical hounds, we're hunting down the working
0:01:27 > 0:01:30'men and women who play music for the sheer bloody love of it.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I can channel any of my problems, and release it through my music.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37'Each legend will pick their favourite two bands...'
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I just felt like an idiot. Stupid, inane grin on my face.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44'..who will battle it out at a Grand Final in Manchester...'
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Unfortunately, you've got to decide which are your favourites now.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54'..where one will be crowned the UK's best part-time band.'
0:01:58 > 0:02:00MUSIC: Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'This week, my ropey old tour bus is taking me on a monumental
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'500-mile road munch across the north of England and the Midlands.'
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Peter Hook, Peter Hook, Peter Hook.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16'Riding shotgun is the bombastic beard of bass, Peter Hook...'
0:02:16 > 0:02:17That's Peter Hook.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19'..the legendary co-founder of Manchester mirth merchants,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21'Joy Division, and New Order.'
0:02:21 > 0:02:23How are you doing? Come on in.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I didn't realise you'd be driving.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29It's a proper tour, mate.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- There were some real weirdos in that station, there.- Was there?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Yeah, I felt perfectly at home. - Yeah, I was going to say,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37for you to say that there's a bunch of weirdos, they must have been...
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh, you are a sweet talker, aren't you(?)
0:02:40 > 0:02:43# Love, love will tear us apart, again. #
0:02:43 > 0:02:45'Peter Hook co-wrote some of the most seminal
0:02:45 > 0:02:47'tracks of his generation.'
0:02:47 > 0:02:49So how long have you been a driver, then?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- I don't want to worry you, but not very long.- Oh, shit.- Er, yeah! Oh.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Wayhey, look at you, you clown.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Not you, Peter.- I know, mate. - This guy in the...
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- I was hoping.- ..car in front.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- So, Hooky. 1,200 bands have applied.- Yeah.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14We're going to see as many as we can over the next few days, and then,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17at the end, you're going to have to choose your favourite five
0:03:17 > 0:03:20to go through to the live gig in the Sheffield Leadmill.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I must admit, I'm not looking forward to that.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24But I am looking forward to seeing the groups.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26The thing you need in a group is belief in what you do.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30If you don't have belief in what you're doing,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32then you will not succeed.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37It's the first rule, and the only rule of how to make it in music,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41is to have total belief in yourself, and to never give up.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I really bloody hope these Northern bands do believe in themselves.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49The Mardi Mancunian is going to be barging into their homes,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52rehearsal rooms and gigs to check them out.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54First up, Liverpool,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58home to chart-toppers Ken Dodd, John Barnes, and The Beatles.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02There's more to Liverpool than the Fab Four.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04There must be, cos there's six in this next band.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Roja describe their music as "modern mariachi."
0:04:08 > 0:04:13IMITATES MARIACHI GUITAR
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Oi!- It's hard to imagine they're going to be...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Strumming along to that song.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20..six guys in ponchos singing Happy Birthday.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23They cite Ennio Morricone.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27They talk about Tarantino film scores and things.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31I mean, that is a fantastic genre of music.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Ennio Morricone is an absolute genius,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36and I can't tell you how many times we've sat there as a band,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40New Order, and using him as an influence.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Even Blue Monday.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Cor.- So I'm with these boys. - Unbelievable.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49After clocking up the miles, we land in Liverpool to sample
0:04:49 > 0:04:55the Latin American mystery of modern mariachi at Roja HQ,
0:04:55 > 0:04:56the singer's mum's house.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Hello, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. I'm Joan, yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Nice to meet you, Joan.- Why do they rehearse in your bedroom?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04They can't afford to do it anywhere else.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- You charge more for the lounge, do you?- I should do, shouldn't I?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13SLOW MARIACHI MUSIC
0:05:15 > 0:05:18# The evil stands high
0:05:21 > 0:05:25# The evil stands high
0:05:27 > 0:05:30# The evil stands high. #
0:05:30 > 0:05:34These Scouse gunslingers boast a doctor, a joiner,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38two arty types, a forklift trucker, and the sheriff of this posse
0:05:38 > 0:05:43is singer-songwriter and primary school teacher, Simon.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44BELL RINGS
0:05:44 > 0:05:46We will start seeing
0:05:46 > 0:05:50if your partner can make that number with the binary cards, OK?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Simon crams his music into every spare moment.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56'I used to have a bit of a rule, actually. A playtime rule.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58'If I couldn't write a song over playtime...'
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Brilliant! What are we trying, girls?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04If I couldn't do that in 15 minutes, it would never be a good song.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06MUSIC: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Theme, by Ennio Morricone
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I was thinking about this loads the other day.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11"What possesses somebody of my age to continue being in a band?"
0:06:11 > 0:06:16It's definitely not for the money, or the glory, or the late nights,
0:06:16 > 0:06:20cos I've got a 19-month-old baby, so late nights are out.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Can we double-check it by doing a column addition? 64, 32 and 4?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Double-check.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It's the most important release I have in my life,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32and, without it, I'm not quite sure what I'd do.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36And when the working day is done, Simon throws his books in the bin...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40..and heads home to see his young family.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Hello, darling. - CHUCKLES
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Just about making time. It's just about finding those little windows.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Traffic jams, playtimes, nap times, to fit in a bit of music,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55but she's the number one priority, so it's...
0:06:55 > 0:06:56BABY GURGLES
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That's why I want to start a band with her,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01cos then I can combine the two things - fatherhood and rocking.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And, keeping it all in the family, once a week, Simon
0:07:05 > 0:07:09summons his posse to his mother's bedroom for band practice.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15I like to shout at them or give them a good smacking now and again,
0:07:15 > 0:07:17and I'm glad to see the back of them when they go.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Never had so many men in my bedroom.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I loved it. Felt very filmic, I thought, it was really like...
0:07:31 > 0:07:32I like it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- Whose mum was that? Who's Joan's... - Simon's.- My mum, yeah.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- You're a very lucky boy, Simon. - She tried to exploit us.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40My mother wouldn't have me in the house with a musical instrument.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43No, and this is since I was 15, and I'm 40 now, it seems never-ending.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- Really?- And every year, it just gets that little bit sadder.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- LAUGHTER - We didn't like to say that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52We don't want to put the mockers on you.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Hey up, she's back. - Who, the big one?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Would you like to buy a CD?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- This was my job in the club. - Was it?- Selling the CDs.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Thank you very, very much, Joan.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06What you've written, I will tell you for a fact, is quite rare.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09You know, it's a great sound, and you should make more of it,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- if anything.- Do you want more gigs? Or bigger gigs?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Or is it, you'd have it exactly as it is?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18We went through sort of periods of wanting it to be a career,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20or trying to push things forward, but really,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24it's - cliched as it might sound - just to see your mates.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27It's fun, though, isn't it? - Yeah, absolutely.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I never thought I'd be 40 and still doing this, and certainly not
0:08:31 > 0:08:33doing this in the room, with you two sat on me mum's bed.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35I never thought I'd be sat on your mum's bed.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Look at this. - Oh, I've sat on you there.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45- It was always going to happen, Joan. - It was.- Destiny. Destiny.- Yeah.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46One day.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49That was fantastic.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52They were taking all those wonderful influences from
0:08:52 > 0:08:54The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the horns, the violin.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It was wonderful, it was melodic, it was uplifting.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00He was actually a songwriter that can move people a lot.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I really liked it. I just want to see them live.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I really want to see them live, and see who steps up.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Well, let's keep our fingers crossed.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Next morning, we sneak out while Joan's still sleeping, and
0:09:09 > 0:09:14head off to meet the next band on our tour, indie shoegazers The Sums.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15MUSIC: Oh, Darling by The Beatles
0:09:15 > 0:09:19When frontman Digsy started, Simon Cowell was wearing short trousers.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I know he still is, but you know what I mean.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24In the early '90s, his band Smaller were signed to a label.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I wouldn't say that we made it.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30We were successful to a point where we were selling enough records,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34which allowed us to make more records, and go on tour.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35MUSIC: Wasted by Smaller
0:09:35 > 0:09:37In 1997, Smaller's dreams of mega-stardom
0:09:37 > 0:09:41careered into a hedge, when their indie label hit the skids,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43but Digsy's still out there playing.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46SIENNA: # I gotta give it to you DIGSY: # Gotta give it to you
0:09:46 > 0:09:49BOTH: # You give me problems... #
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Digsy starts his backing singers early.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Four-year-old granddaughter Sienna is next in line,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56and daughter Jamie is Digsy's biggest fan.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00There's a song me dad wrote about me when I was younger,
0:10:00 > 0:10:01called Flaky Skin...
0:10:01 > 0:10:05# Just cos you've got flaky skin. #
0:10:05 > 0:10:08..about me having eczema, and it's a brilliant song.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09He'd done this gig one night,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and he shouted me up onstage to sing it with him,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15and it was just a lovely thing, to be standing there thinking,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17"He wrote this about me when I was a baby."
0:10:17 > 0:10:20# Flaky skin. #
0:10:22 > 0:10:30MELANCHOLY INDIE ROCK
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Now reborn as the Sums,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Flaky - I mean, Jamie - has gone from number one fan to band member.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39With her coming into the band now,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42it's built sort of another dimension.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Cos it's just always been four lads and, you know, grumpy old men type
0:10:46 > 0:10:51of thing, she's sort of put a little bit of spark back into it, like.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56# Go now forever
0:10:56 > 0:10:58# Go back... #
0:10:58 > 0:11:02As well as Digsy and Jamie, this Scouse outfit, or "Scousefit,"
0:11:02 > 0:11:05includes a chef, an odd-job man, and a stock controller.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10The songs are amazing.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12He's got a catalogue of, like, hundreds of songs.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17If he left this earth knowing that nothing did ever come of it,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19and his songs did never reach anyone...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I get upset when I'm talking about it.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I don't know why, I just do all the time.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I can tell you straight off the bat, you are the loudest band
0:11:38 > 0:11:40we've seen. Here you go, Hooky.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Stool.- Oh, I get...- Oh! - Maybe not.- I'm not in a band.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'm not the musical one here, as you can probably...
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I liked it. I thought you sounded really good, yeah.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53The thing is, you've got to turn down, man.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Yeah. I couldn't very well...
0:11:54 > 0:11:57You know, you could hear the song much better if you came down.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58We've had that for years.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- And also, it saves your voice. - Oh, I know.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Cos you were really pushing your voice then, to be heard.- Yeah.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05You don't need to hide behind the volume, cos his voice is amazing.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Not with music like that.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's funny, because a lot of your sound then, I thought,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11actually reminded me a lot of the old '60s bands.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I like what you do with the vocals.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I think that they've not really integrated you yet.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18So, obviously, you're part-time now. Smaller, was that a full-time band?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Yeah, we were signed to Better Records,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22through Oasis and stuff, and so...
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Noel wrote a song about me dad called Digsy's Dinner.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- It's on the Definitely, Maybe album. - So you're mates with Noel, are you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Yeah.- How long does that go back? - About '92, something like that.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Yeah?- But you don't like that song? - No.- Because?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37MUSIC: Digsy's Dinner by Oasis
0:12:37 > 0:12:38#..for my lasagne. #
0:12:38 > 0:12:42I don't like lasagne. It's a shit song, anyway.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- "It's a shit song."- Well, it is. - Have you told him? He knows this?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- He knows it.- He's not going to find out the hard way, is he?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50No, I've told him many a time.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Is there, you know, a goal, an ambition, a dream?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I just think the songs deserve to be heard by everyone. I think
0:12:56 > 0:12:58they're that good, and I might be biased by saying that, but...
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- So do you think, "Me dad's better than this?"- Yeah!
0:13:02 > 0:13:04See, that's why we have kids.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- That was loud, weren't it?- Doesn't do you any favours rehearsing.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I was quite interested in what you said about nerves
0:13:15 > 0:13:16and hiding behind volume,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19cos I know, as a stand-up, there was a period when, through nerves
0:13:19 > 0:13:22and lack of confidence, as the audiences got bigger,
0:13:22 > 0:13:23I just started going "nyang nyang nyang,"
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and ranting for the whole show, no light and shade, no breathing,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and that was lack of confidence.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I mean, it's easy for it to become a bad habit.
0:13:30 > 0:13:37When I rehearse, if I can't do the song just talking, like a busker,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- then we don't do it.- Yeah.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And literally, when you get onstage and you turn it all up,
0:13:42 > 0:13:43it sounds absolutely fantastic,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47but he was suffering, because he was pushing his vocals too much, because
0:13:47 > 0:13:51he couldn't hear. Guitars were too loud, they were really getting you.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55And it wasn't doing the song any favours. It was a good song.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The daughter, Jamie, wants it so much for her dad.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- That's lovely, that.- She wants the world to hear his songs,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- thinks it deserves to hear them. - That's really nice.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07# Moving, just keep moving. #
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I can relate to the family part of it,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13because I have my son, who now plays with me in the band.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Are you a steadying influence, or are you going, "Go on, my son.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18"Go for it. Do what I did. Retrace my steps."
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Now that I'm sober, I am a steadying influence.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Oh, my God, if he came in off his rocker, I'd kill him.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Would you?- Oh, what? - What a hypocrite you are.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28- It's called being a parent. - SIREN WAILS
0:14:28 > 0:14:30See, here we go, it's starting already.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- We've got the police behind us, is that you?- That's all right.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34You've brought the heat on us!
0:14:36 > 0:14:39These northerners love being in bands.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Over 450 of the buggers have applied...
0:14:45 > 0:14:52(All work and no play makes Black Kes dull boys.)
0:14:52 > 0:14:54..playing everything
0:14:54 > 0:14:58from progressive skiffle to folk, indie pop to hip-hop...
0:15:01 > 0:15:04..and rock and ruddy roll.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Juggling day jobs as vicars, butchers, bakers,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and Guardian sub-editors.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14On the break, you should go...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19..up for the notes, cos it'd drive it along a bit more.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27With so many bands to see on this epic northern adventure...
0:15:29 > 0:15:33..we're going to have to work harder than Barry Manilow's hanky.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46Hooky and I are leaving Liverpool, and heading east to South Yorkshire.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52So we're going to see a four-piece punk band in Sheffield,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- called Cadavers.- Unusual name.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59What would you expect a punk band to be like now? Today?
0:15:59 > 0:16:05Loud, intense, maybe not very songwriting skilled.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- I'd expect it to be about... - So, similar to what they were then?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Yeah. Same thing about the drive and the...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11HE SNARLS
0:16:11 > 0:16:13..and hopefully, none of the spitting.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14MUSIC: Pretty Vacant by Sex Pistols
0:16:14 > 0:16:17It was a punk gig at the Lesser Free Hall, Manchester, that inspired
0:16:17 > 0:16:21a young spit-spattered Peter Hook to dedicate his life to music.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25The fourth of June, 1976, when the Sex Pistols first played.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26There was about 50 people,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30and I think 49 of them went on to form Manchester bands.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33So it was a hell of an inspiration,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37and yet, looking back on it now, it seems quite odd that
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I'd never picked up a musical instrument, ever in my life.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I go and see the Sex Pistols, I feed off the energy,
0:16:43 > 0:16:48feed off that NEGATIVE energy, and then go out and form a group.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52# We're so pretty, I'm so pretty... #
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I remember when my mother was mortified
0:16:55 > 0:17:00when I took the dog collar off the dog and started wearing it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- Studded dog collar.- What did the dog wear after that?- Nothing.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06He just looked at me like I was completely insane.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11# ..and we don't care. #
0:17:13 > 0:17:14'Tonight...'
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I say this is the place.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19'..Cadavers are playing a gig at their local.'
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- All right, how you doing?- All right.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26ANGRY SINGING
0:17:34 > 0:17:35You can probably tell,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38these hoodlums' lives have gone seriously off the tracks.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Morning, Clive. - Oh, hang on, they're doctors.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42How are you feeling?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Junior doctors Jamie
0:17:44 > 0:17:47and Cash have been in their punk band for three years.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So we ended up going with IV ceftazidime,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and he's actually getting much better.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54At work, they're charming patients with their breezy bedside manner.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Water works all right?- Yep. - That's what I like to hear.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00But once a week,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03they're trashing out their stress in a sweaty noise spittoon,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06with bassist/sound engineer Rob,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09and Adam, Yorkshire's premier naked drum teacher.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11There's anger in our music, because we are angry at the minute.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Our whole profession's angry, and we're all demoralised, and...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- BLEEPING - ..currently being bleeped.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I think it's important to be part of the competition, because there's
0:18:23 > 0:18:26a lot of stigma surrounding punk music,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28but punk music's for everyone.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Sometimes the jobs can get a bit stressful as well,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34so it's very cathartic and good stress release.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Hey, man, how you doing?- Good to meet you.- How are you...? Oh!
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I loved it. I absolutely loved it.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I thought it was amazing energy, I loved the drumming,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I loved the pants. I loved the coming into the crowd.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It felt so together. Did you enjoy it, Hooky?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Yeah.- What were you thinking? - I was just thinking,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03"Youth. What a wonderful, wonderful thing it is."
0:19:03 > 0:19:06So you were doing this kind of music before being doctors?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's not just being doctors that's caused that?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10There's just always been a part of...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13If I'm not in a band, then I don't really know what I'm doing.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15One of my favourite parts about playing a show is getting
0:19:15 > 0:19:16- the crowd involved.- Yeah.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21And looking at their faces. Some of the looks of terror.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23"What the hell is this?" You know?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25My best one was when I got really carried away,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27picked me guitar up, and nutted it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31And went like that, "Oh."
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Fucking knocked meself out.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39I mean, it was a perfect embodiment of the exuberance of youth.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43It really was, and it was a fantastic performance.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45It's just, you've got to have the songs to back it up.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48But can you be specific about what the songs were lacking,
0:19:48 > 0:19:49or why they were...?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I suppose you'd have to say they were lacking staying power.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I think they could write much better songs, and they probably will.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- They're only in their early 20s. - Exactly, that's what I mean.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00It's a wonderful place to be.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- They look great. - So have they got it?- Definitely.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05If they waste it, then it's a crime.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08MUSIC: Age Of Consent by New Order
0:20:08 > 0:20:10With all this youthful testosterone in the air,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Hooky's clearly feeling nostalgic
0:20:12 > 0:20:15and, in the early days of Joy Division, the Mardi Mancunian
0:20:15 > 0:20:19developed his own unique way of handling his instrument.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23You've got this famously well-documented high-playing style.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I always wanted to be the one that came up with the riff,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30you know, that it would impress Ian.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33That Ian would want to sing over.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Barney's had a really good guitar amp,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40and it was really loud, and I had a really shit bass amp.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42And it was very quiet.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- When you played low, it was just... - MAKES LOW DRONING NOISE
0:20:46 > 0:20:49..you couldn't hear any pitch. Any definition.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52And every time I played high, Ian Curtis would go,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
0:20:54 > 0:20:58"OK, that sounds great when you do that. Do it again."
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- You wanted to be the lead guitarist. - Yes.- Right.
0:21:01 > 0:21:07But I mean, I did, I became the lead guitarist, but on the bass.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10MUSIC: Pressure Drop by Toots And The Maytals
0:21:10 > 0:21:13The Love Bus is tearing down the M1 to Wolverhampton.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14We're back to families again.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17This time, the male ska equivalent of the Nolans -
0:21:17 > 0:21:20a band of brothers known as The Equators.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22The Midlands is the home of ska, isn't it?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25What will you be hoping for from a ska band?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27They like to make a racket.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Even if you look at a band like The Specials.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31They use a lot of brass, which is a very immediate sound,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35and it does always seem to steal an audience's heart.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Something about that rhythm, that... - IMITATES BOUNCY SKA RHYTHM.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40.. and the energy that they have,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Madness, you know, that make them very difficult to follow.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47# You ain't got nothing on me
0:21:47 > 0:21:49# And I'm always saying... #
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The Equators are fronted by the Bailey boys, Donald, Leo,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59and Rocky, who in 2010 reformed their childhood band,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03having not performed together for over 30 years.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06# You gotta let me go, oh, yeah. #
0:22:06 > 0:22:11MUSIC: Baby Come Back by The Equators
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Since the 1980s, the brothers have worked in factories,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17welding and pressing metal bits of car stuff to go in cars.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26As teenagers, they had a record deal with Stiff Records
0:22:26 > 0:22:27and, with a job lot on tracksuits,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31they toured the world, trying to make it in the music business.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I've written many songs on this machine. I'm on it a lot.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36I've come up with a chorus and a line,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and, by the time I go home, I've got a complete song.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44But, despite working with Desmond Dekker and Eddy Grant,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48homesickness and fallouts with management meant the band folded,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50and their dreams got a bit squashed.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55# Hey Mr Copper, please Mr Copper
0:22:55 > 0:22:58# Leave the children alone... #
0:22:58 > 0:23:01But ska is notoriously infectious, and now grandads,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04the brothers wanted to scratch the itchy itch of music once more,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and reform the band.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Yeah! How you all doing out there? Let me see you!
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Yeah!- Yeah!
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- I'll squeeze in here. - Nah, that's us.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Go down, go down, go on. Come on.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Come on, Hooky. You're supposed to be rock and roll, and you won't even
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- perch on the end of a sofa. - You're a mate(!)
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- I enjoyed that. - You're certainly tight. Jesus.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Yeah, no, it's good. - So you started in the late '70s,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39went on for about four or five years or something...
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- Yeah.- ..and then gave up until 2010. So why did you stop?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- A catalogue of events.- Yeah. - Bad management, and, you know...
0:23:45 > 0:23:46At the time, we was really young,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and we loved music so much we was interested about playing,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51not really looking at the business side of it,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53and sometimes you take things for granted...
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Familiar story.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Well, we do it because we love doing what we do.- It's true, though.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I was telling him that when we were Joy Division,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01we'd have to do the kitty run.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03"Right, have you got your three quid?"
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Everyone put their three quid in, and we could go to the gig.- Yeah.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- You'd get to the gig, you'd just get bottled off.- Yeah!
0:24:09 > 0:24:11"Why do we do this? Right, back,"
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and then, next week, you're doing it again.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16It's very addictive.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17HUMMING SKA TUNE
0:24:17 > 0:24:19They played so well, and it sounded great.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I was going to say, where does technical ability come into it?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Where does their relationship with...?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Well, if you're hearing great music, I never think about
0:24:26 > 0:24:29technical ability, it's just great music, played well.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30But no, it was good, really good.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Really infectious, and it's a type of music that I absolutely adore.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36MUSIC: You Really Got Me by The Kinks
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Our tarmac-munching Midlands road trip continues at pace.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44I can relax now, I'll be asleep. Wake me up if you get into trouble.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Yeah, you have a little nap.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51'This has been Hooky's most hedonistic tour to date.'
0:24:52 > 0:24:53# You've really got me now... #
0:24:53 > 0:24:55'He's stayed up till gone midnight twice,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58'and thrown a Radio Times out the hotel window.'
0:24:58 > 0:25:00There's a rainbow. Ee, that's nice.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03'Today, he's been mainlining herbal tea.'
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Here we go!
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Hooky will need to maintain his Zen-like calm.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14SLOW SKA MUSIC
0:25:14 > 0:25:17With over 150 bands applying from across the Midlands,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19our week is as full as Brian May's plughole.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Somebody's been ill, is that right?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Yeah, I had kidney disease. My lovely sisters are here.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Donated one of her kidneys.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31It's a real shame this isn't that kind of show,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34where that kind of story would get you into a semifinal.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Thank God it's Hooky making the decisions.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The choices ahead of him are more difficult than Grace Jones.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44At the end of our road trip,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Hooky will pick his favourite five to play at a gig in Sheffield,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52where they'll battle it out for a place in the Grand Final.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56How are you going to choose, Hooky? Have you thought about that?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Pfft. I suppose it'll be emotional.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03You know, you look for a connection with the music, with the people.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04That's what makes the decision harder.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I was going to say, that must make it very hard.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11400 miles munched, and we're heading east to see another act.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15And what is going on with this families in bands thing?
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- Brothers again. - I know, you know what?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- It's hard to say now, because... - A lot of family things in this show.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Yeah. It's something that you need to mention,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27cos a lot of brothers seem to form bands,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30and yet, you know, the highliest publicised fallouts,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- like The Kinks, Dire Straits... - Oasis.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37..are always between brothers, yeah, you know.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40We're going to see Kissmet in Peterborough, who are a sort
0:26:40 > 0:26:46of acid rock bhangra fusion, or acid bhangra rock fusion, east and west.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48That sounds like quite a cocktail for Peterborough.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- "Quite a cocktail."- Yeah. Although it has got a great name.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Kissmet.- Peterborough. - Oh, Peterborough.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Well, hey, listen, I'm open-minded.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The rhythms of bhangra are very interesting.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02It's that type of music that, as soon as you hear it,
0:27:02 > 0:27:03it gets everybody going.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12In the late '90s, brothers Ron, Buzz, and Max Singh
0:27:12 > 0:27:14formed a band, combining their bhangra
0:27:14 > 0:27:17heritage with the music they listened to growing up.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22The street that we grew up in, we'd be hearing reggae music there,
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Qawwali track coming out of that house,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27some bhangra over there, traditional Italian music over there,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30and we didn't realise that that was weird.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33We were listening to Genesis and Police and Stranglers
0:27:33 > 0:27:34and everything.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Kissmet's multicultural melting pot has produced this delicious
0:27:39 > 0:27:43fusion recipe, with hints of property developer, teacher,
0:27:43 > 0:27:44and call centre worker.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53What we've tried to do is take that energy and that passion and
0:27:53 > 0:27:57that urgency that bhangra's got, and bring it to the Western audience.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08That thing really, really injects life into something, doesn't it?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- Wow.- That's the dhol, this big bhangra drum. It's made in Punjab.
0:28:12 > 0:28:18It's actually made of wood, it's got a big bass end and a nice treble.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- So you formed the band? It's Kissmet.- Kissmet, yes.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23It's an interesting combination, cos to me
0:28:23 > 0:28:26it sounds quite prog rock-y, which I quite like.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28It sounds really nice, I must admit.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I didn't expect it, but it does sound great.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31So how did you...
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Were you a conventional rock guitarist before you...?- Yeah, yeah.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35It was a bit of a weird audition.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37I mean, I didn't really know much about the music.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'm like, "Oh, it's bhangra. I don't know how rock guitar
0:28:40 > 0:28:42"fits into that." But it works really well.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Get a bit of lead going. If you'd have heard a bit of lead in there...
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- We're so lucky. - It's a nice counterpoint.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50And you're bang on with that. And he's brilliant at leads.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I might get a career at this, then, mightn't I? Cool, well done, boys.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54And don't forget, it was me
0:28:54 > 0:28:58that told Kula Shaker they'd never fucking get anywhere.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- Did that mix work for you? The fusion...- Yeah, it was great.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- That real rock sort of... - I like prog rock.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Although maybe you shouldn't admit it, being a punk and all that.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- (I quite like prog rock as well.) - Yeah, I do, yeah.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Let's keep it to ourselves. Not a word.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15That aspect of it, with the bhangra, was great.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Some bands are a producer's dream, and they've got
0:29:18 > 0:29:21loads of elements that you can work with and you can bring out.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23I definitely think you could make them a success,
0:29:23 > 0:29:24without a shadow of a doubt.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31A quick 13-point turn, and we're heading back up north to
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Newcastle for the last leg of our trip.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Off-air, Hooky privately admits that this has been the best
0:29:38 > 0:29:39trip of his entire life.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Being on the road has got him reminiscing about the early
0:29:42 > 0:29:47years of Joy Division when, for him, music was still part-time.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49What was it like touring back in the day, then?
0:29:49 > 0:29:54- Well, I used to drive the van, so it was OK.- Did you drive it?
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Yeah, yeah, I used to drive the van.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58And you had to go to work the next day, so yeah, it was hard.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02You were always prepared for that thing about, when you got home,
0:30:02 > 0:30:05you literally changed and went to work.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07You're not there to enjoy yourself.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10You're there to get your nose down,
0:30:10 > 0:30:12and I don't mean that in the funny sense.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14That's exactly what you meant!
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Do you ever find, when you're touring,
0:30:16 > 0:30:17that you don't see the sights?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20You actually miss quite a lot, cos you've just got your head down,
0:30:20 > 0:30:21you've got your head in your tour?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Yeah. I mean, sometimes, I've been to the most beautiful
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- places in the world... - Things can be...
0:30:26 > 0:30:29..and missed something that could be almost staring you in the face.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Yeah.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41So our next band, Peter, is called The Caffreys.
0:30:41 > 0:30:47- Started in about 1959, I think. - Wow.- Brothers...- Good God.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51..doing a kind of west coast sort of Americana-y...
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- Oh, it's amazing. - ..close harmony stuff, I think.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55I'm up for it, bit of close harmonies.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57There's nothing better, is there?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00When it's done well, in a band like the Eagles, my God.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03They actually did some fantastic songs.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07And there's no substitute, in most groups, for experience.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I know this scrapbook should be here somewhere.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- You keep everything now, don't you? - Oh, I know, definitely.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- You take that down, Pete, please. - OK.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21This family thing is getting ridiculous.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Brothers Pete and Phil Caffrey have been playing music together
0:31:24 > 0:31:25since they were kids.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27We didn't have much money,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29but from a very early age, we used to just sing.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- Look at this.- Some of this...
0:31:31 > 0:31:32In the mid-'70s, Phil
0:31:32 > 0:31:36and Pete were in a flowery musical flare-fest, called Arbre.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40People likened us to the Geordie Beach Boys, the Geordie Bee Gees.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44To be honest, punk came along, and that was our demise, in a way.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Punk may have spat on their parade, but they picked themselves up
0:31:49 > 0:31:51and dried themselves off.
0:31:51 > 0:31:57- Look a bit like Lemmy!- You do. Oh, look at me, there! Ee, happy days.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01# If your body's had enough... #
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Pete took up painting and decorating...
0:32:03 > 0:32:09# And you're feeling, oh, pretty rough... #
0:32:09 > 0:32:11..whilst Phil became a music teacher...
0:32:12 > 0:32:14That is fantastic.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17..stopping only briefly to provide backing vocals
0:32:17 > 0:32:20for reptilian-footed local hero, Jimmy Nail.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Hello.- Hi.- Hiya.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- Looks like a kitchen, this.- Oh, yes, very cosy.- Is this for us, is it?
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- They're your seats.- One, two...
0:32:31 > 0:32:35# I used to live next door to the angel Gabriel
0:32:35 > 0:32:39# Shared a flat with Elvis Presley
0:32:39 > 0:32:43# I wandered round with Cleopatra
0:32:43 > 0:32:48# My imagination runs away with me
0:32:48 > 0:32:49# Well, I'm up on a hill
0:32:52 > 0:32:57# I can see all around and I know I love you still
0:32:59 > 0:33:02# Even though you've been treating me bad
0:33:02 > 0:33:05# I believe in what I'm telling you
0:33:05 > 0:33:08# I gotta do what I gotta do
0:33:08 > 0:33:11# Cos time's running out for me
0:33:12 > 0:33:15# I've driven many miles on the road
0:33:15 > 0:33:18# I checked my identity
0:33:18 > 0:33:23# I used to live next door to the angel Gabriel
0:33:23 > 0:33:26# Shared a flat with Elvis Presley
0:33:26 > 0:33:30# I wandered round with Cleopatra
0:33:30 > 0:33:33# My imagination runs away with me
0:33:33 > 0:33:36# I used to live next door. #
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I've been tapping my feet along, and it's so subtle,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51and everything's so carefully arranged, I thought,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54"Christ, I'm actually part of the band! I'm doing it."
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Nice, isn't it?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58You do sound very, very accomplished, I must admit.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59- Oh, thanks.- Thanks.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Each of you just plays exactly the right thing at the right moment.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07It's funny, because we've seen a few bands
0:34:07 > 0:34:12and, when something's lacking, even to someone as untutored
0:34:12 > 0:34:15as Rhod, Rhod can tell when they're not tight, can't you?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- And when there's something wrong. - I'm learning.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Someone as uneducated as yourself. - Yeah, all right!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Do you find it frustrating? Are you getting enough gigs to satisfy you?
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- No, we're not getting enough gigs. - So you're a bit frustrated with
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- being part-time?- A little bit, yeah. There's a desire to want to do it,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36otherwise we wouldn't be making music now.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39It's that desire, that's what it's about.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- Do you all feel like that, or is it something...?- Yes.- Yes.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It's a three-part harmony.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46It's such a rare and beautiful thing to be done so well.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47I think people should be hearing it.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Yeah, it stops you dead in your tracks, doesn't it?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- Hooky?- Mmm? - That was beautiful.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- It was very impressive, wasn't it? - That was beautiful.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01You wouldn't have expected it in a place like that,
0:35:01 > 0:35:03which made it all the better.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06It was like being in the womb, but they were on the cusp of being
0:35:06 > 0:35:11touted around as the British Eagles, and then punk came along,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- and ruined everything, you lot. - What, me? I feel really bad.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Maybe now I can pull them, like a phoenix rising from the ashes...
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- You owe it to them! - I can right that wrong.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22So, after six days and 500 miles,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25our epic road trip in the Love Bus is over.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26So, Hooky, how was it for you?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32I was a little bit worried, you know, about doing it, really.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I didn't know what it was going to be like,
0:35:34 > 0:35:36going into these places that I used to haunt,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39these old rehearsal rooms, going in people's kitchens,
0:35:39 > 0:35:41going in people's bedrooms, listening to bands,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- but I have been pleasantly surprised.- I've never done that.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45It's great to see that people...
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Big dose of reality.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50They go to work, they look after their families,
0:35:50 > 0:35:51they look after themselves,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54and then they come and do the music with such passion, for nothing.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58It really is just about the very thrill of getting onstage
0:35:58 > 0:35:59and playing.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03The very thrill of being together in a group, the camaraderie,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05and it's a thing that I take for granted.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08There's a lot to make you think how lucky you are.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11It does give you an appreciation and, when I get back, I'm going
0:36:11 > 0:36:13to give The Light the biggest hug.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- Are you?- Yeah. - Your band?- Yeah.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- I'm going to go, "Thanks, lads." - Aww.- Yeah.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Bloody hell, Hooky's having a breakdown.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Luckily, he's already invited his favourite
0:36:26 > 0:36:29five bands from our northern odyssey to The Leadmill, Sheffield,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32which has played host to some of the biggest bands in the world,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35from Pulp, Stone Roses and the Arctic Monkeys,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38as well as some band called New Order?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Excited?- Yeah, I am, actually.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Who have you invited to the gig, from the people we saw?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- I've invited the five best bands. - Who have you gone for?
0:36:48 > 0:36:53- Got Roja, who was the movie soundtrack sound.- Roja.- Roja.- Roja.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56All you can remember is being on his mum's bed.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Sums, from Liverpool again. Two Liverpool bands...
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Sums, Liverpool indie.- Yeah, they've quite a history in Liverpool.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Kissmet. - Peterborough bhangra rock fusion.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14I thought it was two interesting types of music to put together,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16and I really do hope they pull it off.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Caffreys.- Up in... Near Newcastle. - Yeah, played in the kitchen.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Acoustic, beautiful.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Cadavers.- Young...- Sheffield punks.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- Sheffield punks, yeah.- Doctors. - That was just quite interesting.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Brilliant. That is a great, awesome, awesome...
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- What a gig this is going to be!- It'd make a great mixtape, I have to say.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Once he's seen how the five bands perform in front of the capacity
0:37:49 > 0:37:53crowd, Hooky must choose which two go through to the Grand Final.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59For many of the bands, it'll be the biggest show of their lives,
0:37:59 > 0:38:02and a whole other level from the local pubs, kitchens,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04and mummy's bedrooms we saw them in.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10'The sound check gives Hooky the chance to see just who might
0:38:10 > 0:38:12'rise to the occasion.' They have stepped it up.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17- Yeah, they have, they sound a lot smoother.- So far. So far.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20His voice is amazing. I don't remember his voice being amazing.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Her voice is amazing. I don't remember her voice being amazing.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24That was a bad day. She hardly sang in it.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27How does it feel to be out of your mum's bedroom, and here?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29We thought about putting a bed in the corner,
0:38:29 > 0:38:30just to make you feel at home.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34You should have done, it would have felt more like home, yeah.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- So you feeling good? Happy? Positive? Confident?- Yep.- Good luck.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- We're really pleased we're part of it.- Don't peak too early.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Thanks for having wor.- You're all right, man, it's a pleasure.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- Good luck. Have a good one. - Cheers, thanks.- Thank you.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- You have got your work cut out, my boy.- I do, aye-aye.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Thank God it's nothing to do with me.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I don't know whether the gig might bring them down,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57they might get too excited, too nervous.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59You don't know, do you? Could trip.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01I don't know. It's going to be interesting.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Even though they're part-time bands,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06all of them have got full-time passion.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10They do want to sound great, and they do want to be great.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14That's a nice sound bite. Did you get that on camera?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17"They might be part-time bands, but they've all got full-time passion."
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- How long did it take you to think of that?- About an hour and a half.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Sound check over, it's showtime.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Fans and family have rocked, bhangra-d,
0:39:25 > 0:39:29or mariachi-d up from all over the north and Midlands in support.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34I'm here to watch my son with his band, and I'm wishing them all well.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36The type of music they play, I think
0:39:36 > 0:39:40I really have to be honest with you, it isn't exactly the sort
0:39:40 > 0:39:44of thing that I would choose to listen to, but I'm thrilled to bits.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Not only for them, but, yeah, I'm excited myself.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52- We've come to see The Sums.- They're the best amateur band in Britain.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Yeah!
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I'm going to the bar.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56Hello!
0:39:56 > 0:39:58APPLAUSE
0:39:58 > 0:40:04Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the UK's Best Part-Time Bands!
0:40:04 > 0:40:06APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:40:06 > 0:40:09This is Peter Hook, ladies and gentlemen, the legend.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - Thank you.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Hooky's been with me on the Northern bit.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- We had a good time.- Yeah, we had a great time, actually.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Really enjoyed it.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20It was quite weird not being surrounded by obnoxious musicians.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24But obnoxious comedians.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25LAUGHTER
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Thank you.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29You enjoyed that a bit too much, to be honest.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34I've never seen anyone in the front of the gig, in the mosh pit,
0:40:34 > 0:40:36with a glass of Chardonnay before.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- It's Pinot Grigio! - Oh, it's Pinot Grigio! Even worse.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Even worse. Shame on you. Get out.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47We have got, er, well, about 1,200 bands applied for this
0:40:47 > 0:40:49when it was first announced.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Five in this Northern region tonight.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57And don't forget, there's no prize! Fuck all! So that makes it better.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59That makes it better!
0:40:59 > 0:41:00The first band, ladies and gentlemen,
0:41:00 > 0:41:04all the way from Peterborough... CHEERING
0:41:04 > 0:41:08This is, well, acid bhangra, Peter described it as.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10- It's a sort of...- Yo!- Yo! Why do I get the feeling
0:41:10 > 0:41:14you're cheering "acid" more than you are "bhangra", there?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Both!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21MUFFLED CONVERSATION
0:41:22 > 0:41:25..massive, massive, massive welcome for Kissmet.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Beautiful people of Sheffield, hello!
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Make some noise, scream as loud as you can!
0:41:44 > 0:41:47SCREAMING
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Are you ready?
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Here we go!
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Jump! Jump! Jump, jump, jump!
0:42:07 > 0:42:10# It's getting near dawn
0:42:12 > 0:42:15# When lights close their tired eyes
0:42:15 > 0:42:19# I'll soon be with you, my love
0:42:19 > 0:42:22# Give you my dawn surprise
0:42:22 > 0:42:25# I'll be with you, darling, soon
0:42:25 > 0:42:33# I'll be with you when my seeds are dried up... #
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Here's the chorus!
0:42:36 > 0:42:40# I've been waiting so long
0:42:40 > 0:42:43# To be where I'm going
0:42:43 > 0:42:49# In the sunshine of your love... #
0:43:15 > 0:43:17HE HOWLS
0:43:19 > 0:43:21# Yeah! #
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Thank you, everyone, in the Leadmill!
0:43:28 > 0:43:30You've been super fantastic!
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Goodnight!
0:43:32 > 0:43:35APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:43:35 > 0:43:37I am buzzing. Buzzing for them.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40They went down really well. They did really well, there.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Yeah, man. Yeah, baby, peace to the world!
0:43:47 > 0:43:51To do that, to take an audience from cold to that, instantly,
0:43:51 > 0:43:53was...takes something special.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56That is what you call an adrenaline shot.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59It's like a Jagerbomb.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Acid bhangra, eh? Not so bad now!
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Seriously, Kissmet were pretty good, weren't they?
0:44:04 > 0:44:06CHEERING
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Pretty good. When we went to see the next band,
0:44:09 > 0:44:12they rehearsed in the lead singer's mum's bedroom.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17You don't know his mum, all right?
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Where's Jo? There's his mum!
0:44:20 > 0:44:23His mum's in, ladies and gentlemen!
0:44:23 > 0:44:25There she is!
0:44:25 > 0:44:29How was it having Peter Hook sat on your bed watching your son's band?
0:44:31 > 0:44:34I had the two of you sitting on my bed!
0:44:34 > 0:44:37WHOOPING
0:44:37 > 0:44:39And I haven't washed the sheets yet!
0:44:42 > 0:44:46Go on, what are you hoping for from Roja tonight?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48One of my favourites, I just hope you enjoy.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Seriously, seriously excited.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Sweating before we've even gone on.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58It's Roja!
0:44:58 > 0:44:59APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:45:23 > 0:45:28# So ask me should I now confess?
0:45:28 > 0:45:32# How did I end up in this mess?
0:45:34 > 0:45:39# Forced into this vicious crime
0:45:39 > 0:45:43# But it's always you that's on my mind
0:45:45 > 0:45:49# Don't try to run cos everyone's seen the fun we had
0:45:49 > 0:45:54# Don't try to explain any of the sordid games I played
0:45:54 > 0:45:58# You're way out of your depth There won't be no place to hide
0:45:58 > 0:46:02# But should I comply?
0:46:02 > 0:46:05# Or go and leave him there to die?
0:46:07 > 0:46:10# Or go and leave him there to die?
0:46:12 > 0:46:18# Or go and leave him there to die? #
0:46:29 > 0:46:31APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- The pressure was really on after Kissmet.- It was.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43And it's a different kind of music as well.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46It's not as beat-y, it's more listening type of music.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49That was a bit of a rush, you know? That was...
0:46:49 > 0:46:52That's why you do it. That's why you do it, mate.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54It was such a good night.
0:46:54 > 0:46:58It's something that I'll probably replay in my mind for years to come.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01I thought they did well and got a good reaction. Brilliant.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04But it is a competition, whether you like it or not.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06It is, I know, I know.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08- Oh, dear.- Aaaah!
0:47:10 > 0:47:13Ladies and gentlemen, give it up!
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Let me hear you go "wey-ey".
0:47:16 > 0:47:17- ALL:- Wey-ey!
0:47:17 > 0:47:19I've always wanted to do that.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Next band's from Liverpool.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23CHEERING
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Probably the only indie band we've got left.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32Also a father-and-daughter combination.
0:47:32 > 0:47:33CHEERING
0:47:33 > 0:47:35I'm anxious that he behaves himself.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38These are the types of emotions I've got to play with.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42I want a poo! I want a poo!
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Dad!
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Ladies and gentlemen, massive welcome for the Sums!
0:47:47 > 0:47:49APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Hello, everyone.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04# Dig a hole
0:48:06 > 0:48:10# Into your soul
0:48:11 > 0:48:14# And I am there
0:48:16 > 0:48:20# Until your fall
0:48:22 > 0:48:23# Be yourself
0:48:27 > 0:48:29# Until you're home
0:48:32 > 0:48:35# Take me down
0:48:36 > 0:48:39# To your farm
0:48:41 > 0:48:44# Whenever love lies
0:48:47 > 0:48:50# Whenever love lies
0:48:51 > 0:48:58# Whenever-ever-ever-ever-ever Oh, ah
0:48:58 > 0:49:01# Whenever you go
0:49:01 > 0:49:03# I'll never know
0:49:03 > 0:49:08# I'll never know I'll never know
0:49:08 > 0:49:10# I'll never know
0:49:10 > 0:49:17# I'll never know. #
0:49:21 > 0:49:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Thank you very much.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32- They've come on the most, of the bands we've found.- No question.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36There was a spark in them, but they've really polished it.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Oh, fuck.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Aaah!
0:49:42 > 0:49:44The way he works with his daughter is lovely.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46It's a real strength.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Yes!
0:49:48 > 0:49:51That was amazing. I want to do it again now.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54- That's made it even harder for me now.- Good.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56The more difficult for you, the better.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58I want it hard for you, Pete. Hard for you.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01What are my punk band going to do now?
0:50:04 > 0:50:07Ladies and gentlemen, the next band, Sheffield band!
0:50:07 > 0:50:10APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:50:11 > 0:50:12This is going to be good.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Two of them are doctors. We saw them in a live gig.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17It was a little bit smaller than this.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19There was about eight of us there.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23- And it made you feel very old, I believe.- Yeah.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26- They made you feel dead. - You couldn't take your eyes off...
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Go wild, go crazy for the Cadavers!
0:50:31 > 0:50:33APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:50:46 > 0:50:49# And I don't want you And I don't need you
0:50:49 > 0:50:52# Don't bother to resist or I'll beat you
0:50:52 > 0:50:55# It's not your fault that you're always wrong
0:50:55 > 0:50:58# The weak ones are there to justify the strong
0:50:58 > 0:51:01# Hey, you, what do you see?
0:51:01 > 0:51:04# Something beautiful Something free?
0:51:04 > 0:51:06# Hey, you! Are you trying to be mean?
0:51:06 > 0:51:09# If you live with apes, man It's hard to be clean
0:51:15 > 0:51:17# There's no time to discriminate
0:51:17 > 0:51:20# Hate every motherfucker That's in your way
0:51:21 > 0:51:23# Hate
0:51:23 > 0:51:24# Hate
0:51:24 > 0:51:26# Hey, hey
0:51:26 > 0:51:28# Great
0:51:28 > 0:51:30# Great
0:51:30 > 0:51:32# Great, great
0:51:32 > 0:51:35# The beautiful people The beautiful people
0:51:35 > 0:51:37# The beautiful people The beautiful people
0:51:37 > 0:51:40# The beautiful people The beautiful people
0:51:40 > 0:51:43# The beautiful people The beautiful people
0:51:43 > 0:51:46# Hey, you, what do you see?
0:51:46 > 0:51:49# Something beautiful Something free?
0:51:49 > 0:51:52# Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
0:51:52 > 0:51:55# If you live with apes, man It's hard to be clean. #
0:52:10 > 0:52:14APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:52:15 > 0:52:17They went down good, actually. Quite surprised.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19And they didn't give a shit,
0:52:19 > 0:52:22and I thought the energy, and musically, they were great.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24I think they could be fantastic.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27- Really good.- You can see, all right, it's not everyone's...
0:52:27 > 0:52:30We've got Jo, we've got Simon's mum in her 70s in the front.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33She was rocking, she was head-banging down the front.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35Loved it.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- That's the best crowd we've ever played to.- That was amazing.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41Ladies and gentlemen, we're at the last band of the night!
0:52:41 > 0:52:43APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:52:43 > 0:52:47They've brought some support from Wallsend near Newcastle.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50Some of these guys are family members, brothers.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53They've been performing for over 50 years.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Since Hooky was in his early 30s.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57LAUGHTER
0:52:57 > 0:52:59The feeling at the minute is one of excitement.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Can't wait to get on.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Ladies and gentlemen, all the love you've got left for the Caffreys!
0:53:04 > 0:53:06APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:53:17 > 0:53:23# You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
0:53:23 > 0:53:27# When I met you
0:53:27 > 0:53:33# I picked you out, shook you up and turned you around
0:53:33 > 0:53:37# Turned you into someone new
0:53:37 > 0:53:42# Now five years later on You've got the world at your feet
0:53:42 > 0:53:47# Success has been so easy for you
0:53:48 > 0:53:53# Don't forget it's me who put you where you are now
0:53:53 > 0:53:57# I can put you back down too
0:53:59 > 0:54:04# Don't, don't you want me?
0:54:04 > 0:54:09# You know I can't believe you when you say that you don't need me
0:54:09 > 0:54:13# Don't, don't you want me?
0:54:13 > 0:54:19# You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't see me
0:54:19 > 0:54:21# It's much too late to find
0:54:21 > 0:54:24# When you think you've changed your mind
0:54:24 > 0:54:31# You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry...
0:54:32 > 0:54:36# Don't you want me, baby?
0:54:36 > 0:54:37# Whoohoo
0:54:37 > 0:54:42# Don't you want me, oh?
0:54:42 > 0:54:46# Don't you want me, baby?
0:54:46 > 0:54:47# Ooh
0:54:47 > 0:54:54# Don't you want me, oh? #
0:54:54 > 0:54:55Thank you!
0:54:55 > 0:54:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:54:59 > 0:55:01What am I going to do?!
0:55:01 > 0:55:03I dunno, mate.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09I would hate to be you. And I don't just mean tonight.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15- That was an experience.- It was.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19The crowd! It was so uplifting.
0:55:19 > 0:55:20It was brilliant.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22- You have two, right?- Yeah.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25I'd definitely go for these two - Sums, Cadavers,
0:55:25 > 0:55:29- Caffreys, and... - That's fucking four!
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Oh, for fuck's sake. What would you do?
0:55:31 > 0:55:32What would you do?
0:55:32 > 0:55:35All five bands have played.
0:55:35 > 0:55:40Hooky and I retire backstage to mull over his decision.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I'm kind of heartbroken for three of them.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46You're doing it, yeah? I want nothing to do with it.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- Are you bringing all the bands on? - Yeah.- How are you going to do it?
0:55:49 > 0:55:52They're all going to look you in the eye, one by one.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54You rotten bunch of bastards.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57- Come on, then. - I want nothing to do with it.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58All right.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00Down you go.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02- Big breaths.- After you.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04So!
0:56:04 > 0:56:05Er...
0:56:05 > 0:56:08So, ladies and gentlemen,
0:56:08 > 0:56:12Peter alone has deliberated and chosen two of the acts tonight.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15Give them all the love in the world. The Caffreys!
0:56:15 > 0:56:17The Cadavers!
0:56:17 > 0:56:19The Cadavers, ladies and gentlemen.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21The Sums!
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Roja, Roja!
0:56:25 > 0:56:26Kissmet!
0:56:26 > 0:56:28APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:56:31 > 0:56:32Peter, over to you, man.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36Er, I must say that this has been one of the most difficult things
0:56:36 > 0:56:38that I've ever had to do, and that's absolutely true.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42But you know what? I've appreciated your passion, all of you.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45And I've appreciated your musicality,
0:56:45 > 0:56:48and I've appreciated that, even though you're part-time,
0:56:48 > 0:56:50what you do, you do really, really well.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:56:53 > 0:56:58And I have to say that I'm very proud of all of you.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01But I have had to pick two.
0:57:01 > 0:57:06And the two that I've chosen are...
0:57:06 > 0:57:08- CROWD:- Oooh...!
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Don't do that!
0:57:11 > 0:57:13The Cadavers and the Caffreys.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:57:34 > 0:57:37We just want to congratulate the bands that won.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39And we wish them all the best in the final!
0:57:39 > 0:57:43I've been in bands 20 years and that is the most fun I've ever had.
0:57:43 > 0:57:44The feeling at the minute,
0:57:44 > 0:57:47it's quite surreal, but it's a great feeling.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Congratulations to the bands that got through.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52I don't believe it. I can't actually fathom how...
0:57:52 > 0:57:55I'm not even bothered about the result.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58Five bands knocked it out of the park tonight.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00- Thank you for having us. - Thank you very much.
0:58:00 > 0:58:02I'm happy, I feel satisfied.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05I think the new and the old,
0:58:05 > 0:58:07and I think that's what life's about.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10- It's a balance between new and old. - Jesus.
0:58:10 > 0:58:11Next time...
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Are we there yet?
0:58:14 > 0:58:15When I hear shit like that...
0:58:15 > 0:58:17# I say... #
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Whoa!
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- They've never played a gig?- Never.
0:58:21 > 0:58:22# Yippee-ay-ay... #
0:58:22 > 0:58:24We've never taken ourselves that seriously.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Shut up! With that lyric? Leave it out.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29FAST SINGING
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Hey. Good tune.