My ears are ringing a bit this morning, after checking out Hammerfall at the Electric ballroom in Camden last night, so I thought we might try a thread about gigs. Tell us about the last gig you went to. So that we can rate all gigs objectively I suggest we adopt these universal headings for gig greatness:

Awesomeness of band
Quality of beer
Quality of loos
Quality of talent
Quality of kebab/deathburger on way home.

So, here goes:

Awesomeness of band: 7/10. Danish heavy metal songs about big hammers can't be wrong, and we had some furious riffing and great drumming, but the live experience didn't quite get over the line from good to great. More work needed. Gotta love a European tour that has its last date in Dudley though.

Quality of beer 7/10 That's good for a venue. Murphy's, Stella, Amstell et al. Great improvement on pissy carling at the "carling" venues, Brixton academy please note.

Quality of loos 9/10. They were there, there were no queues, most of the urine was in the urinal, with less than a centimetre on the floor. The discerning gig goer can ask for no more.

Quality of talent 2/10 To be honest what do you expect at a metal gig? If you arrived single you would be hoping to leave single too. The goth barmaid with the huge [drumkit] was cute though.

Quality of kebab/deathburger on way home. Untested. My wife vetoed this, sorry.