Young Guns @ Drop Dead

Today at the London Drop Dead store, Young Guns came down to do a signing, but if that wasn't enough, they even decided to chuck in a short acoustic set for 40 lucky fans. I was fortunate to be the 10th one.

Travelling all the way from Derby where they just had played a festival to a small shop in London, the guys proved how much they care for their fans.

The band arrived right on time at 3pm, to the long, noisy queues of screaming fans who awaited just outside the doors to the store, many had been there since 6am, to make sure they got one of the 40 wrist bands.

The singing then took place, allowing small groups of people in to the store and out again, the atmosphere now was very intense and full of excited fans who had just met their favourite band.

I wasn't a massive fan of them, but I did like them as musicians and personally as they do produce good music as well as having lovely personality's. Young Guns are certainly one of them special bands who actually do bother and care about their fans, as this showed straight away, when we entered the drop dead store. Gustav Woods (Lead vocalist) stood to the side with a massive grin on his face, greeting fans, waving to everyone, welcoming them in, which also boosted the mood of already ecstatic people. Despite the store being very small, there was a manageable queue formed inside where the excitement of meeting them, took a shortened delay.

Everyone there seemed to be young teenage girls with the odd guy, who appeared to be massive fans, holding posters, albums, even wearing their merch, giving of a positive vibe throughout the store. At this point the excitement was building up, as more and more people left the store, I got a step closer to the table where the band sat behind. They all greeted me with a big warm smile on their face already brightening up the mood.
For a signing, it happened pretty slowly, which was better than I expected as most just sign your poster and move on to the next, but not Young Guns, they each took some time to speak to me, even if it was just a "Hey" or "How are you doing", each member looked just as happy as I was to be there. My favourite of course had to be Gustav. He was standing right on the end, full of excitement, juggling pens and paper with posing for photographs to be taken. (Below you can see me with the band)

 

After the signing was all over, we were asked to leave the store for a short few minutes while the band got ready for the acoustic set for just us lucky 40 people.

Outside there were still screaming fans, still not over the fact that they just met Young Guns.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE ACOUSTIC!

 The hardest part was probably trying to fit 40 people into the tiny shop, which actually was manageable, and they even got to squeeze a few more others who were waiting outside. The band were all lined up on the window display, ready with their guitars and voices, while the crowd sat, heads tilted up with joy written all over their faces. Before playing the first song, Guss spoke to thank us for all coming down to see them, and how much it meant for them that we were here, and he even made a few cheesy jokes which made us laugh too, then introduced the song.

As the first note vibrated, the crowd was dead silent, in anticipation making the whole focus onto them. Guss then let out his angelic voice and instantly connected with the crowd, as every single eye was glued to him. I would have to say that this, was one of the most enjoyable acoustic sets that I have been to as most just consisted of the band paying songs, however Young Guns made sure everyone was having a good time, singing along and always laughing, as they even tried more of their cheesy jokes. (But it did work) They played 4 songs, which were all beautifully done, and impeccable to perfection. Even after they were all finished, the band was happy to still meet more fans for pictures and autographs to celebrate the success of a great evening. I personally enjoyed this set a lot, as it was more than just listening to the band, but also connecting with the music, and actually taking a few short minutes to hang with them as normal people rather than "OMG IT'S YOUNG GUNS!" At the end of the day, everyone was happy and put in a good mood thanks to Young Guns.