Melt Banana

The One thing you can be sure of living in different cities around the world is Melt Banana are going to turn up to play a gig there at some point. I've seen them in London ( 1998 ) , Amsterdam ( 2003 ) , Portland OR ( 2005 ).
Lasts nights Seattle gig was definitely their rowdiest I have been to - all those North Westerners slamming , stage diving and having a grand old time - Hardcore.
The one thing I noticed as hardcore as these folks were they nearly all wore earplugs ( not ear lobe plugs but the things you protect your ears with ) .This is a new one on me - as my ears are still ringing it's a trend I'm going to adopt.