Filthy Cake at the Beer Engine, reviewed by Pete Chambers This was to be a somewhat hectic day for me. No sooner had I left the excitement of Covstock 3 at the Golden Cross (hats offs by the way to Mr J Random and his crew for pulling it all yet again) before I was to find myself in gig situ again, this time at The Beer Engine to see the much-lauded Filthy Cake. Those of you who have be paying attention will know that Filthy Cake came up trumps at the recent BBC Coventry & Warwickshire 2-Tone gig when they recorded a thrash-metal version of The Specials' classic It Doesn’t Make It Alright. It was featured on the live broadcast and did the band no harm in their attempt at world domination and this show was yet another step onwards through the exciting lifetime of a band that have more focus than the Hubble Telescope. When the band took to the stage anticipation was high and there was no doubt that something very special was about to happen. As a front-person Emma Sayers ticks all the right boxes. Not only does she posses a superb voice and bucket loads of charisma but this lady towers over most men in the audience and the stage belongs most definitely to her! It becomes her place of work and she knows how to work it - she was surely made to rock n roll.
 | | Emma is the perfect front person |
There again, it does help when you have a couple of musicians like Jez and Martin backing you. Martin Lynch is of the heads-down-and-boogie school of guitar playing, delicious power chord followed by another delicious power chord all topped off with - you’ve guessed it - another equally delicious power chord. Then we have Jez White at the back beating the skins in a relentless attack of audio assault. This gig was powerful as it was exciting, yet we are talking about guitar, drums and voice - no bass, no keyboards, just three people hungry to rock. We all loved it tonight, the audience, the band even the people at the back too frightened to move any closer. Filthy Cake staples like Marmapuke and the glorious Done Before all featured tonight, along with the aforementioned It Doesn’t Make It Alright now a set regular done to perfection. No FC performance is complete without a step further into the dark-side with what has become their own classic Give It Up, and tonight Emma gave her all to the song and its delivery, bringing another dynamic performance of one of the City’s hottest tickets to a close. Now more cake anyone?! | 
