Misfits, Casino Rumblers, Sin City
Mar. 14th, 2006 01:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darren_strangerNot a proper review, just a few impressions to remember.
We got down to the Corner not long after 7.30, not really meaning to get there at Doors Open time but having a better than expected public transport run there. An hour or so of beer sipping and tattoo watching in the front bar wasn't a bad way to pass the time.
Sin City were the first band on the bill. I'd seen them at least once before and hadn't been left with much of an impression beyond them being okay, if a bit generic rawk'n'roll. Either they were in better form last night or i was more in the right mood, because i was well impressed with the show they put on. They reminded me a bit of the Distillers (minus the Rancid influences) with some Runaways thrown in, and even Blondie on one song. They were extremely tight, and really put in the effort for an entertaining show as well, especially the over-exuberant drummer, who seemed to spend almost as much time jumping up and trying to hype the crowd as actually drumming, and the singer with her Joan Jett meets Gene Simmons rock'n'roll theatrics. Best on ground last night, for my money.
Next support were the Casino Rumblers. We hadn't seen them in maybe two years, and it was a nice surprise to see them on the bill. They seemed to start off a little rough (an impression possibly influenced by the tightness of Sin City before them) but settled into the swing after a few songs. Or maybe it was me. Either way, before long it started to gel and their rockabilly / swing style went down quite well for me, though i could tell it wasn't to everyone's taste. By the end of the set the singer seemed to accept that the band was now known as the Misfits, going by the screams from the front of the crowd (which sounded suspiciously like the Sin City drummer).
For some reason i'd gotten it into my head that the Misfits wouldn't be playing songs from the the Danzig years, but i was quite mistaken. A lot of the old stuff got an airing, as well as a number of Black Flag tracks as well (i gather Robo was also in that band, from what Dez was saying). It was kind of disappointing to hear them play some of my favourites though, as while i knew Jerry isn't the most tuneful singer and was expecting it to be a little rough (going by the odd bit of live footage i've seen of them) the one thing i neglected to anticipate was how fricking fast they'd play the songs. I guess that's okay if you're thrashing around in the mosh pit and wanting to get whipped into a frenzy, but it's always been the melodies that i liked in the Misfits and that was very much lost in the translation for the bulk of the songs. On the one hand it meant we got to hear more of those old favourites, but on the other what's the point if they only sound half as good? That said, a lot of the songs still hit the spot, especially some i wasn't familiar with, like Hybrid Moments, Some Kind of Hate and Dig Up Her Bones, which seemed to have more melody to them, and a number of those i did know like Forbidden Zone and Die Die My Darling. But i think most people were there for the thrash, not the bubblegum, and that's what we got. I guess that's one of the downsides of not drinking - i think too much. Still, despite spending a lot of the time disappointed with how it sounded, by the end of it i was still somehow left with a feeling of "yeah, that was great". I think it was just picking up on the vibe of the night and the crowd, as well as the vibe from the band themselves - especially Jerry who spent ages hanging around the front of the stage shaking hands and signing stuff for fans after the show.
So yeah, kind of mixed impressions of the night, and quite a different feeling about it after the event than at the time. Glad i went, though i don't know if i'd spend that much to see them a second time (or if i did i might just get trashed and experience it from the mosh pit, which it seems was the proper place to be).
Sin City were the first band on the bill. I'd seen them at least once before and hadn't been left with much of an impression beyond them being okay, if a bit generic rawk'n'roll. Either they were in better form last night or i was more in the right mood, because i was well impressed with the show they put on. They reminded me a bit of the Distillers (minus the Rancid influences) with some Runaways thrown in, and even Blondie on one song. They were extremely tight, and really put in the effort for an entertaining show as well, especially the over-exuberant drummer, who seemed to spend almost as much time jumping up and trying to hype the crowd as actually drumming, and the singer with her Joan Jett meets Gene Simmons rock'n'roll theatrics. Best on ground last night, for my money.
Next support were the Casino Rumblers. We hadn't seen them in maybe two years, and it was a nice surprise to see them on the bill. They seemed to start off a little rough (an impression possibly influenced by the tightness of Sin City before them) but settled into the swing after a few songs. Or maybe it was me. Either way, before long it started to gel and their rockabilly / swing style went down quite well for me, though i could tell it wasn't to everyone's taste. By the end of the set the singer seemed to accept that the band was now known as the Misfits, going by the screams from the front of the crowd (which sounded suspiciously like the Sin City drummer).
For some reason i'd gotten it into my head that the Misfits wouldn't be playing songs from the the Danzig years, but i was quite mistaken. A lot of the old stuff got an airing, as well as a number of Black Flag tracks as well (i gather Robo was also in that band, from what Dez was saying). It was kind of disappointing to hear them play some of my favourites though, as while i knew Jerry isn't the most tuneful singer and was expecting it to be a little rough (going by the odd bit of live footage i've seen of them) the one thing i neglected to anticipate was how fricking fast they'd play the songs. I guess that's okay if you're thrashing around in the mosh pit and wanting to get whipped into a frenzy, but it's always been the melodies that i liked in the Misfits and that was very much lost in the translation for the bulk of the songs. On the one hand it meant we got to hear more of those old favourites, but on the other what's the point if they only sound half as good? That said, a lot of the songs still hit the spot, especially some i wasn't familiar with, like Hybrid Moments, Some Kind of Hate and Dig Up Her Bones, which seemed to have more melody to them, and a number of those i did know like Forbidden Zone and Die Die My Darling. But i think most people were there for the thrash, not the bubblegum, and that's what we got. I guess that's one of the downsides of not drinking - i think too much. Still, despite spending a lot of the time disappointed with how it sounded, by the end of it i was still somehow left with a feeling of "yeah, that was great". I think it was just picking up on the vibe of the night and the crowd, as well as the vibe from the band themselves - especially Jerry who spent ages hanging around the front of the stage shaking hands and signing stuff for fans after the show.
So yeah, kind of mixed impressions of the night, and quite a different feeling about it after the event than at the time. Glad i went, though i don't know if i'd spend that much to see them a second time (or if i did i might just get trashed and experience it from the mosh pit, which it seems was the proper place to be).
