Having taken the decision to re-form "for one week only" (bills piling up are they, lads?), Saturday's small-scale return of good-time rockers Terrorvision attracted a near-hysterical sell-out crowd ready to forget their worries and party like it's 1996.

As the band bounded onstage like excitable puppies, it was clear that this was an unashamedly nostalgic celebration, with no attempts to play new songs or rework old favourites.

Instead, the foursome (who seemed unaffected by the passing of time, sporting a familiar assortment of mullets and sleeveless jackets) treated the crowd to an explosion of guitar-pop played exactly as it was ten years ago.

This would all be a trifle embarrassing were this the reformation of, say Reef or Skunk Anansie, but the show was a reminder that though the 90s answer to Slade may be one-trick ponies, they're certainly not one-hit wonders; even the punters who had only come along to hear Tequila found themselves involuntarily singing along to every other song.

The hits flew past at breakneck speed: Oblivion, Alice What's The Matter, My House, Bad Actress, Celebrity Hit List; each and every one a cartoonish classic as knowingly dumb as the Ramones or the Rezillos, and a goofy celebration of nothing more than the redemptive power of a loud riff and a good tune.

The band grew in confidence as the night progressed, and by the climax of Perseverance, frontman Tony Wright was rampaging around the stage dancing like a drunken ragdoll, and the crowd were threatening to explode with the excitement of it all. Welcome back.

Updated: 10:11 Monday, April 04, 2005