Photos: Idles tears up Orlando, with a little help from Tampa luthier Mike Ingold
The mood was swinging, elbows that is, during a neck-breaking set from Grammy-nominated U.K. rock band Idles which is in America playing shows in support of a new album, Tangk released last February. D.C. purveyor of “mascara moshpit” jams Ekko Astral opened the show, and a little bit of Tampa made it to the House of Blues stage in Orlando, too. Tampa luthier Mike Ingold helped Idles perform at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida. The band is currently touring in America in support of a new album. Ingold delivered his "Bruce" model bass to Idles bassist Adam Devonshire before the show, which he said was more articulate than his other basses and that he could hear his effects pedals more. The bassist praised Ingold's performance during soundcheck and again during the set.
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The mood was swinging, elbows that is, during a neck-breaking set from Grammy-nominated U.K. rock band Idles which is in America playing shows in support of a new album,released last February. D.C. purveyor of “mascara moshpit” jams Ekko Astral opened the show, and a little bit of Tampa made it to the House of Blues stage in Orlando, too.“He made an Instagram post about his rig for this tour and I commented on it,” Tampa luthier Mike Ingold told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay about Idles bassist Adam Devonshire. “We struck up a conversation and it ended with me making a bass for him.”Ingold, an elder statesmen of the Tampa punk scene, hand-delivered his “Bruce” model bass (finished in British racing green by request) to Devonshire before the show and got to listen to it in action during soundcheck—and again on the last song of the set.“It sounded huge in the empty venue. He said it was more articulate than his other basses. That he could hear his effects pedals more,” Ingold added. “It was surreal to see and hear him play one of my instruments.”