Great shows:
Hey,
This weekend I saw at least two great shows.
Friday I was sent by Morrigan's Pit to review God Dethroned (from Holland). But as it was, I also had a ticket to see The Dresden Dolls at the Roundhouse. I had mixed up the dates, and wound up not being able to get rid of the ticket.
I could have bugged out straight after GD and caught nearly all of the Dresden Dolls Set, but I thought I'd stick around at the Underworld and see what the headliners, Polish Death Legends Vader, were like.
And Vader were so good I couldn't tear myself away until the end of the set (which finished with a cover of Raining Blood).
Tube to Chalk Farm from Camden, and into the Roundhouse, which as you would expect, is a big, round, space.
The Stage was set up against the side at what could be called the back. Bear in mind, I only got to see a half or a third of the set, but what I saw blew me away. Amanda's voice is more powerful than on record, and Brian's drums were massive. Not to mention that he may be a skinny man, but Brian belts the kit with the force of a 303 round.
Next Night:
Took a nap in the afternoon, woke up in the early evening and realised that I had missed all of the support acts.
Pell-Melled to Chalk Farm and caught the last half of the Dresden Dolls again. Second night in a row, blown away by the performance.
Damn they were good.
Interesting note: one of the support acts they had brought to London to perform was Zen Zen Zo, the butoh style physical theatre group from Brisbane that various friends of mine were involved with, to one degree or another. Interesting.
Enough from me.
Over and out.
-jason
This weekend I saw at least two great shows.
Friday I was sent by Morrigan's Pit to review God Dethroned (from Holland). But as it was, I also had a ticket to see The Dresden Dolls at the Roundhouse. I had mixed up the dates, and wound up not being able to get rid of the ticket.
I could have bugged out straight after GD and caught nearly all of the Dresden Dolls Set, but I thought I'd stick around at the Underworld and see what the headliners, Polish Death Legends Vader, were like.
And Vader were so good I couldn't tear myself away until the end of the set (which finished with a cover of Raining Blood).
Tube to Chalk Farm from Camden, and into the Roundhouse, which as you would expect, is a big, round, space.
The Stage was set up against the side at what could be called the back. Bear in mind, I only got to see a half or a third of the set, but what I saw blew me away. Amanda's voice is more powerful than on record, and Brian's drums were massive. Not to mention that he may be a skinny man, but Brian belts the kit with the force of a 303 round.
Next Night:
Took a nap in the afternoon, woke up in the early evening and realised that I had missed all of the support acts.
Pell-Melled to Chalk Farm and caught the last half of the Dresden Dolls again. Second night in a row, blown away by the performance.
Damn they were good.
Interesting note: one of the support acts they had brought to London to perform was Zen Zen Zo, the butoh style physical theatre group from Brisbane that various friends of mine were involved with, to one degree or another. Interesting.
Enough from me.
Over and out.
-jason
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