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Interview with Nickie Shobiery

If you’ve never heard of The Wattingers and slaughterhouse blues, now’s your chance. Martin Wattinger kindly answered Nickie Shobeiry’s questions about Steampunk, sack-hoods, and Fish-Eyed Jill. Read More …

Shortly afterwards, we drifted back indoors to see the Wattingers, and as a stylistic leap from the previous act, they did not disappoint. Describing themselves as ‘slaughterhouse steampunk blues’, as bizarre as that might sound, it actually perfectly describes them in a way which you’d have to watch and hear them to fully understand. Combining a country/folky sound with a distinctly theatrical, old school horror movie tone, they put on a mesmerising, energetic and mildly disturbing performance which had the crowd engaged and moving throughout. Certainly a complete show and a genre unto themselves.

Interview with Nickie Shobiery