House of Pain

Their first gig since the start of lockdowns. Tonight at The Horn, The 88, a terrific regular cover band, were playing on adrenalin and the crowd was excitable. I arrived late just as they were banging out Mr Brightside really loud. It’d been a killer of an evening and I wished I’d been there from the start. But I was searching for the lead guitarist’s wife. She needed a lift home.

Then the band struck up a House of Pain cover, ‘Jump Around’. Everyone was jumping. I tried too, but my sciatica in my own house of pain said no!