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Launching the Thursday’s evenings festivities into full-throttle were ‘Burnout in the Capital’ armed with their heavy skater boy emo antics.

The small but devoted crowd of young pop-punkers, most of which were sporting jeans skinny enough to make you weep and more make-up than Kat Slater, were treated to ‘A Reason to Remember’ and ‘Now You’re Gone’ as the sun finally returned to smile on Stockton…

‘Give Him To Mongo’ were next in line, with vocalist Dan’s wild rainbow mohican (maybe Teesside’s answer to Johnny Rotten?) causing as much of a stir as their brand of anarchic punk.

Perhaps a little snotty-nosed and nonchalant at times, the four piece tore through the likes of ‘Freedom Train’ and ‘Refuse to Bend’ in typical aggressive punk fashion with flailing guitars and call-to-arms vocals…

Despite the sound giving up on the foul-mouthed Darlington four piece twice, ‘Crazy In The Head’, still their best song by a Stockton mile, must have clocked up around 25 expletives, all of which I wouldn’t dream of repeating – but they were nevertheless simply brilliant! Amazing indeed…

However, the night safely belonged to ‘Das Wanderlust’ (featuring ��ѿ��ý Radio Cleveland’s very own Natalie Boxall and Andy Elliot) and their uber-quirky electro-pop.

��‘Red Sauce, Brown Sauce’ is undoubtedly a classic in the making with its psychotic cries of “Red Sauce!/Brown Sauce!/Red Sauce!/Brown Sauce!”, and when they produced a couple of recorders into their set, they swiftly became the night’s most talked about band of the evening…

Judging by the size of the crowd that flocked to the front of the stage as they came on, ‘Exit By Name’ were probably the ones that the kids were waiting to head-bang themselves into a coma to.

Although they easily managed to produce the loudest set of the night, you couldn’t help but feel that each song completely mirrored the last, despite ‘Burnout in the Capital’s’ Dave Briggs joining on guest vocals for one song.

So, the folk of Stockton left the Fringe smiling from ear to ear and revved up for the next days shenanigans, which promised even more top notch entertainment.