I know it’s an old joke but it is said that the best thing to come out of Bellshill is the bus to anywhere that isn’t Bellshill. A perhaps cruel judgement on yet another Lanarkshire town now hooked on Buckfast and benefits but, like the man says, the future is often the past.
Taking their lead from that, Bellshill classic rockers crank it up and head off down the highway (or at least the A725) in search of success with their single “Runnin’ Wild”. They’re not here to make political commentary but, as this single effectively proves, they do know how to provide a soundtrack to a night on the town. Singer Stephen Baxter sings like a man who knows what beer for breakfast tastes like as low brow grindhouse guitars provide the song’s driving force.
It ain’t clever and it will probably steal your kebab. Yep, “Runnin’ Wild” is clearly a Rockburn song.