Friday, June 08, 2007
It did not offend me, no.
Last night I went to see Does It Offend You, Yeah? at the Fez club. They were supporting Hadouken on tour and Rob the DIOYY drummer, and former drummer with my old band Sonic Undermind, invited me along. I had a really good time. It was a 16+ gig so I felt suitably old. It was a "no ID, no drinks" gig, and you had to get a wristband to buy drinks. The bouncer dispensing the alcohol wristbands kind of laughed in a pitying way at me as I half heartedly waved id towards him. You mean I don't look under 18? Balls.
The Kids, as I'll patronisingly refer to them mainly due to my jealousy that I no longer am one, were having a great time. A batch of about 200 at the front danced through all the acts, going especially mental for DOIYY. The touring group for DOIYY has only been together for a few weeks but they've already started to build a decent stage show. Loads of crowd interaction, and even band members crowd surfing (didn't they read the posters saying it was banned?).
Hadouken had some really good songs, but mixed in between was quite a lot of boring samey filler stuff, the energy dropped and the crowd didn't seem to be getting into it as much. They still got huge cheers between songs and their good songs were really good. Much more metal influenced than I was expecting, and there were a couple of places I thought Dizzee Rascal should sue them for stealing, but at their best they were great.
The Kids, as I'll patronisingly refer to them mainly due to my jealousy that I no longer am one, were having a great time. A batch of about 200 at the front danced through all the acts, going especially mental for DOIYY. The touring group for DOIYY has only been together for a few weeks but they've already started to build a decent stage show. Loads of crowd interaction, and even band members crowd surfing (didn't they read the posters saying it was banned?).
Hadouken had some really good songs, but mixed in between was quite a lot of boring samey filler stuff, the energy dropped and the crowd didn't seem to be getting into it as much. They still got huge cheers between songs and their good songs were really good. Much more metal influenced than I was expecting, and there were a couple of places I thought Dizzee Rascal should sue them for stealing, but at their best they were great.
# posted by Mike @ 08:59 
