Oh yes. My first gig since January, where a large and shirtless man with too few vowels in his five character surname made me his darling cold and blue.
So tonight, we have the local band The Mask of Virtue (http://www.facebook.com/themaskofvirtue) who I was wholly unfamiliar with, and trance-metal chimps Silent Descent (http://www.facebook.com/silentdescent) who I am very familiar with, having found them at the tail end of 2008 and attaching my support like a limpet mine attaching to a submarine. As far as I'm aware, Mask are pretty big locally, Silly D are southern. I was not alone tonight. It was like a confederate reunion with people who I could actually understand, even if they veered dangerously towards cockney at times. YEE-FUCKIN'-HAW.
The gig itself then. I sat through Mask's set a ways back in the venue because I know none of their tracks and wanted to get a good idea of what they were about. Live is normally the best place to be introduced to new stuff, and I'm happy to say they only marginally annoyed me with a cover of Mr Gag's 'Bad Rome Pants'. It was delivered well and all, but just fuck that song. Anything else and I'd not mind.
The music was overall a fusion of metalcore and dustbep, wot skrillek invetned [Lyons, J. Dustbep and Womms, p.1, 2012]. Now generally I hate dustbep womm womm womm, but this was pulled off with the music in a way that made it integral and enjoyable, full of hooks. The setup itself nearly gave me a creamy nerdgasm, with a controller and a Kaoss running together. I've always wanted to do that. The vocalist was an energetic scamp as well.
Silly D next then, and I've wanted to see them live for a few years. Two members were not present, guitarist Callahan (I presume Mexicans kidnapped him), and keyboardist Paul of Beard (who had a baby. Not him, his missus. If he had a baby it'd need to come through the chest). I'd had a natter with vocalist Watling and bassist Chewy before the gig, and was well fired up for this. Neck was all warmed up.
The set was completely comprised of newer material, which was a little disappointing considering I love the first album too, but understandable considering the timeslot and that they're promoting a new disc. So we got : Overture, Breaking The Space, Mind Games, Bricks, Coke Stars, Bring-In-Sanity and Psychotic Euphoric (I think I got the order right there). All killer tunes at any rate. I have pretty severe whiplash right now.
Being two members down didn't slow them up any - the music was slamming me like a Tager Buster - and at the very end, the be-mohawked one had everyone at the front up onto the stage for the final chunk of Psychotic - it feels pretty fantastic to have been on a stage for the first time in YEARS, and especially with musicians you have a lot of respect for.
So here's to the next gig guys. I'll be at the Corp when you're back. If you've not heard of either band, I recommend checking them out. All this talk of the new material is making me want beef jerky.
- Maark.
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