I wasn't too psyched to see CombiChrist as the opener as I'd never heard them and any band with an "Army" is kind of lame, but they put on a GREAT show. When's the last time you were at a show with two drummers, a DJ, and a lead screamer? Cool. Their lyrics mostly sucked... although some were trying to be poignant... I think there was one about how rape is bad. Duh. (Disclaimer: Schmakt Dot Com says, "Don't rape people.") They also came out wearing masks... which is also kind of lame... but they didn't totally gimick it (can I use "gimick" as a verb?). Masks were tossed into the crowd after the 1st song and weren't used again. I fear that the energy at the live show will not transfer to a recording well at all, but I still might pick up the record if I find it for cheap. Photos were kind of difficult, but here are a few...
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| Drummer on the left (on the kit) | The whole band... mostly | Drummer on the right (on the stand-up djimbae (or something)) |
Oh yeah... and here's us before we went...
Allison looked pretty hot.I kind of look like a muppet.
And then there was KMFDM... I had a ton of cool picturs of Sascha K, but it was mostly because he looked like badass with his blonde mini-mohawk, so whatever I took looked kind of cool. Terrible time with Jules b/c he was behind the pole, Steve wouldn't stand still... and, well, there are always problems with drummers. Sorry. That was a waste of time.
The show was fucking fabulous tho. Sascha and Lucia both sounded great, and the mix was really really good too. With Allison in tow, I managed to stay out of the mosh pit. Which meant I could actually watch the show more. And hanging out with her drinking and watching the funny people was definitely awesome. But there's something about going to a concert and not coming home with at least one major bruise that doesn't sit right with me... They played a pretty damned long Set 1 with a 3-song encore and then another single-song 2nd encore. I was, first, surprised that it wasn't another full 2nd set as it wasn't THAT late and then, again, surprised with the 2nd encore. That was cool. Especially since people started leaving after the 1st set. Whatever.
They played Hau Ruck, which is the only thing I REALLY wanted to hear. Figured they'd play it and they did, so I was glad. Got versions of Light and A Drug Against War as well. Not on the top of the must-hear list, but still cool nonetheless. Oh. And we sang happy birthday to Jules. He seemed happy. I definitely would have gone back for a 2nd night show had there been one. Or even travelled somewhere if it was closer than Atlanta. And not Atlanta. Anyway. Photos. Here.
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I was going to caption those, but I don't think it's necessary. Enjoy.
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