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From: Veronica Kirchoff <ubelen...@earthlink.net>
Date: 1997/09/06
Subject: Re: [review] Noisex, Scar Tissue, etc (Seattle)
ok. hold on there, buddy... you know i love you, Jerry, but i just can't Jerry wrote: since it wasn't REALLY Scar Tissue, and they didn't have a pre-planned > For some reason, Scar Tissue was doomed to go on first. set, Steve Tissue ;) asked that they go on first. i got the call about Phil Tissue's arm being broken late Tuesday night, and told Steve that if he could pull it off, i wanted him to play anyway, even if it wasn't really Scar Tissue. Nial and Phil from 3D House of Beef were available, and are totally into improv/experimental stuff, so Steve worked it out with them that they would do some Scar Tissue material but mostly just tribal/noise collage type stuff. though it wasn't really Scar Tissue, it was very cool to see them all come together on such short notice in the true experimental spirit! > In my opinion, exactly... that's why Scar Tissue was originally scheduled to go on > that was a major mistake. Scar Tissue seemed to be the drawing band, > and to put the drawing band on first ... well ... second (middle), but as mentioned above, this was no longer "Scar Tissue," and Steve asked that they open. > As always, Steve put agreed. Nial mentioned that Steve even recorded the show, so who knows > on a fantastic show. It was a bit impromptu, but it definately left > most of the crowd smiling. Everyone seemed to have a good time, > everything was going great. if some of it might turn up somewhere (future Scar Tissue material, side projects, compilations, etc... hint, hint, Steve...) > Next up, was a band that had been touring with Noisex since the well, i had the fortunate experience of spending a bit more than a few > beginning. I had the unfortunate experience of spending a few painful > minutes with the lead singer before the show. minutes with both members before and after the show and they were anything but painful. i fact, everyone involved in the show that night was very friendly and amicable... maybe they just respond differently to different people (as most of us do)... maybe they mirror their environment??? > The band was called not to mention the ability to handle insane amounts of stress and > Holocaust Theory. They managed to prove one of my own theories: All it > takes to tour the country is a K2000 and rock-star-hair. sacrifice as well as working your ass off to earn the money to be able to GO on tour, and be away from your job for howeverlong and friendships and alliances with people which -- in this business -- are usually formed on reciprocated terms... on the flip side of Jerry's review: i was glad to see them. i hadn't > I was very far maybe you *should* have taken a nap... then you wouldn't be so cranky. > from impressed, and actually almost fell asleep. ;) > Very very simple drum i, myself, am somewhat a fan of minimalism and/or repetition. i also > beats, with a little bit of looped noise (sounded like the same noise > for every song), noticed that the drum beats were pretty simple and unvaried, but i have to say that the samples and "looped noise" didn't all sound the same to me. maybe it's one of those situations that's been discusseed here on rmi very recently: you only hear the difference if you care enough to listen. a lot of country music and death metal sounds all the same to me, but in five seconds, my dad can tell you whether you're hearing Clint Black or Randy Travis and my friend Jeff can tell the difference between the double bass and barking vocals of Cadaver and Cremator. Hell if *I* know! > and some way-too distorted vocals that could have been again, i personally find nothing wrong with "way-too-distorted-vocals." > an alphated recital for all I know. Needless to say, they belonged > first in the lineup, if there at all. sometimes it works when the voice is used more as another sound in the mix than as a vehicle for vocal communication. in this case, i think it worked. > Finally, Noisex made it on. I didn't know what to really expect ... I actually, i think it sounded enough like the CD(s) that i could pick out > had heard the latest Noisex CD, and with all the label hype about the > inclusion of :wumpscut: songs, I was waiting for something fairly > spectacular. Well, the music sounded nothing like the cd. which song they were playing, but enough UNlike the CDs that it still held my interest. if i wanted to hear exactly what was on the CDs, i'd listen to the CDs. maybe a lot of the material you didn't recognize was from the previous release?? > It was just not all of it. besides, if you have listened to the latest Cd, you'd > a bunch of loops. know that much of their material is very minimal and loop-driven... > That would have been great if there had been a stage unfortunately, i have to agree with you here somewhat... but there > presence. wasn't alot either of them (Raoul or s.alt) could do, being that they were both running the sequences, loops, effects, etc. live. if it was mostly on dat, then s.alt could concern himself with the music and Raoul could entirely do the vocals and be a little more "active." not that i'm making excuses, but i did talk to Raoul about the > Finally, the first :wumpscut: song came on ... woo! the crowd agreed. it was also at this point that Raoul started to experience > (what was left of them after that second band) went wild. technical difficulties with the monitors on stage. > I guess that that's not it at all, and it's pretty shallow of you to assume that. > was a little too much. They seemed to just get very upset that the > crowd liked :wumpscut: a tad bit more than them, and ended the show by > walking off stage. Rudy and Raoul are very good friends, and Raoul is in no way threatened by Rudy/:W:'s popularity. due to the problems Raoul was having with the monitors, he could not hear the music or his vocals properly. he had told the guy doing the monitors that if he had problems with feedback, turn off one or more of the monitors... it turns out that there were problems with feedback, but the monitors weren't turned off. instead, somehow the signals crossed and got reversed, and in an attempt to remedy the situation, the monitor guy accidentally threw the balance off so that all Raoul was hearing therough the monitors was BASS. no highs, no lows. Raoul was VERY upset that he couldn't finish the set, but instead of > It was fun, nonethe less. agreed. > If you get a chance, go see Scar Tissue, agreed. > if agreed... especially since we may not see them over here again for a > you can, at least listen Noisex, long time. ;( > but skip that other band. hrmm... i've already deposited my 2 cents on this one... i say give them a listen if you can, and if they happen to be playing somewhere near you, go ahead and check it out. the very fact that not *everything* you've heard about them has been bad (or good) is enough reason to go check them out for yourself and make your own decision. hell, even if it WAS all bad, i'd still check them out. different people have different tastes... over and out... Ubel Engel Promotions [kevorkian death cycle page is Catastrophe Records You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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