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GIG REVIEW: Boilermaker + Monkeys Blood + Jonny Robson @ The Forum Music Centre, Darlington, Friday 20 February 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It’s been a couple of years or more since I last saw Darlington oi! band Boilermaker<\/strong>, so where better to catch up with them than their hometown?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed in 2016 by former Last Rough Cause members Phil Coates on guitar and Max Turnbull, pictured top, <\/em>on vocals, the line-up is completed by Steve Addison on bass and Mike Robson from Gimp Fist on drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have three albums to their name, 2018’s debut Shop Floor<\/em>, 2019’s Kill Or Create<\/em> and 2021’s Job And Knock<\/em>, and they’re all powerful slices of traditional-sounding streetpunk with a modern twist.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Boilermaker guitarist Phil Coates at Darlington Forum. Pic by Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Their 16-song set included a couple of new ones, Firestorm <\/em>and Straight Set,<\/em> which I’d never heard before, so I’m hoping a fourth album is on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boilermaker’s in your face sound is based around Phil’s distinctive guitarwork, with the rhythm section adding even more heft and Max’s vocals providing the finishing touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a hard-as-nails sound which manages to be melodic and catchy as hell at the same time, and it takes just a couple of songs for a mini moshpit to form down the front.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Boilermaker drummer Mike Robson at Darlington Forum. Pic by Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Highlights of their set are many, but my favourites included 81-82<\/em> from the first album, Boilermaker <\/em>and County Lines<\/em> from the second, and When All’s Said And Done<\/em> from the most recent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best song honours, however, go to There’s A Police Car<\/em>, a superb slice of working class punk rock which prompts the biggest singalong of the night. I’d forgotten how much I like Boilermaker. There’s not a weak link in the band, as all the members are very good at what they do, and together they’re formidable.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Boilermaker bass player Steve Addison at Darlington Forum. Pic by Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Support tonight came from two acts from very different parts of the punk rock spectrum. The opener was Jonny Robson<\/strong>, frontman of Bishop Auckland streetpunks Gimp Fist, whose brother Mike is Boilermaker’s drummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s doing a stripped-down acoustic set here, which gives him the chance to wheel out some lesser-aired songs, as well as throwing in a couple of choice covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 40-minute set includes Gimps standards like First In Line<\/em>, Top Dog<\/em> and traditional closer Here I Stand<\/em>, and there’s a new song, Sick & Tired<\/em>, but it’s his version of The Clash’s (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais<\/em> which stands out for me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jonny Robson of Gimp Fist performed a solo acoustic set at Darlington Forum. Pic by Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Next up after Jonny are a new-ish band who are something of a North East punk ‘supergroup’. Monkeys Blood<\/strong> only formed in June 2024, but although the members are all in other bands, they’re set to release their first album next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peesh from LoGoZ\/Cherry & Peesh handles guitar and vocals, Denni from The Undaclass\/The Unnamed\/All Out Attack is on bass, and Iain from Slalom D is on drums, and together they produce a full-on punk-metal cacophony which is quite different to all their other bands.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Monkeys Blood on stage at Darlington Forum. Pic by Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After their instrumental opener they slam through a 12-song set which includes both sides of debut single Fist\/Vex<\/em>, and ends with Mammoth<\/strong>, a mighty beast of a song which rocks like a bastard. I can’t wait to hear the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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