kojaks Oct Gigs
Dec 20, 2010 News
Eastney Cellars & Tom Prince Charity gig at the Kings Theatre both Amazing Nights.
Thanks to all who came to another sell out Cellars and those who supported the Tom Prince Charity by attending The Kings Theatre.
Published in The News: The Wedgewood Rooms 10th sept 2010
Sep 13, 2010 News
Published The News Monday September 13th 2010
Intoxicated by the music,nothing else.
LET me make one thing perfectly clear:I was stone cold sober for the entire time Kojaks Revenge played their gig on Friday at the Wedgewood Rooms.
But despite the gallons of diet coke consumed,this band still had me throwing ever more interesting shapes on the dance floor,dancing like a loon despite my sobriety.
And there’s a simple reason for that.The band cover great songs very,very well indeed.The large crowd of all ages,could show off their best moves to songs from Blur,Stereophonics,Sex Pistols The Jam,Killers…in fact just good,solid rock from the 70s to today.
They even did a rock cover of Lady Gaga,s Poker Face,and their version of the Shed Seven cover of Cliff Richard’s Wired for Sound was a highlight for many.
In fact,so enthusiastic was the bands’s reception,the dancing got wilder,and the temperature in the venue soared and soared and soared.
Kojaks Revenge called the gig their Summer Party.If thats what summer’s like,God help us when we get to Christmas.A cracking good night,and a band i for one will be going to see again.
EMMA JUDD
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Mar 29, 2010 News
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Published in The News: Kojak’s Revenge The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea
Jan 9, 2009 News
Published in The News, The Guide Supplement. Friday 9th January 2009
Bags of energy
Kojak’s Revenge The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea
I arrived to join an already lively audience at the Wedgewood Rooms for the Kojak’s Revenge pre-New Years Eve party. The room was full and the band received a great reception as they started their set.
This local, no-frills group are all about creating a party atmosphere. They were enthusiastic about the night ahead and got straight down to business with big hits from The Kinks, The Jam and even the Bay City Rollers.
The crowd were of all ages but Kojak’s material was catered to chop and change from 60s music to tunes from today’s chart.
The gig kept good momentum but it was their rendition of Kings of Leon’s Sex On Fire that brought the house down, the atmosphere was electric and this was only the first half.
After the interval followed another 45 minutes of party anthems and sing-along tunes including Town Called Malice and Mr Brightside.
The group naturally gelled as a band and played without fault and looked as though they were really enjoying themselves.
In return, the crowd danced and sang and gave raucous applause after each hit.
Kojak’s Revenge are not a tribute, nor did they play any original material, but the variety of covers they did were fantastic. A great live set with bags of energy, it may well have actually been New Year’s Eve.
Lucy Varney
Published in The News, The Guide Supplement. Friday 5th September 2008
Sep 5, 2008 News
How to please an audience
Kojak’s Revenge Summer Beach Party, The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea
It’s quite rare you see an unsigned band packing out the Wedgewood Rooms every time they play a gig there. But the lads from Kojak’s Revenge sure do know how to please their audience.
Sporting a hair-do not dissimilar to that of Brandon Flowers from the Killers, charismatic frontman Kevin Smith got the crowd involved from the moment the band started.
Bursting into the Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love early on, the audience seemed mesmerised as they sang along or nodded their heads vigorously.
Then the band introduced a more rocky Tainted Love, warming up the crowd who were then in full voice for the chorus of Video Killed The Radiostar.
After a short interval the Kojak team brought out the big guns when Buck Rogers by Feeder was belted out and a superb version of the Foo Fighters’ Pretender was delivered.
Also on the hit-list was Starlight by Muse and Backfire At The Disco by The Wombats, which sent the crowd into a dancing frenzy.
Kojak’s Revenge left the stage drenched in sweat but with spectators more that satisfied.
I can’t wait for the Christmas Party!
Lewis Brown