Crowd Says No to De-Sal.

Who are you? Who am I? What are we doing here? Well, what we were doing there was watching Diesel, 44, shred seven cherished axes on stage at the Northcote Social Club.

The American born- sandgroper, but now east-coast stalwart, went Hans-solo on stage, letting his axes do all the talking. It smacked of a mid-life crisis on sticky carpet with NONE of your closest friends, as the very unknowledgeable Northcote crowd waited politely to the end of the set to hear Crying Shame. Prior to that, Diesel took us all on a chronological journey through his life of guitar purchases.

Diesel, sans the Injectors, with axe number one, White Fang, launched into two unfamiliar hits of repute as the incredulous Northcote crowd bayed for blood and/or Crying Shame. Dressed for a bogan’s wedding, Diesel then brought out the mandolin which would be the second axe he would shred as he launched into his first single 'Coming Home' which brought two or three more punters in the fray as they nodded to their girfriends with VB in hand, that 'yes - I know this one'.

An avid Ebay consumer, Diesel nee-Lizotte, dared the audience to dream unleashing a guitar solo on a '$12.50 Ebay Sunburst' purchase to shock the adoring crowd into a veritable stupor.

There was an 8th axed on stage that night, but sadly it was never ground, as the mathematically inconsistent Diesel worked his way through a Steve-Martin inspired banjo-induced rendition of Old Man. This was one of five covers that sparked the interest of punters, already VB-soaked, as he indulged in Hendrix, Redding and Baccharac on a series of guitars, laden with effects.

Diesel was 'on-song' all night, but it was the guitarist in us all that was the big winner as he shred his way to a 10 minute version of Crying Shame that involved a crowd clap along from the three people not drinking VB.

7 guitars, 7 avid fans at the NCS and 7,000 VBs sold and two incredibly happy bloggers went home with melted hearts despite the non-enthusiasm of the crowd.