[kj] URGENT: NYC, DC and Philly gatherers: SEE GANG OF FOUR

[culturevirus]

You're in for a real treat Alex. I caught them in Seattle a week ago and as others have said the show was fabulous. I wasn't a "fan" of the band beforehand, I only own the 20th Century comp, but I came away with a renewed respect and a "damn, they should have been HUGE" epiphany kind of experience. The crowd loved them and the dance floor was definitely jumpin'.
 
I'm not sure who's been opening for them around the country, but in Seattle it was Radio 4 from NY. Radio 4 was great as well, all the good things about post/punk rolled into one. There was also a new trio from Portland Oregon named Menomena who I think many Gatherers would enjoy. Somewhere between the Residents, PiL and The Rapture.

Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

I'm going tonight!!

Alex in NYC



On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 12:16 AM, GregSlawson at aol.com wrote:

> Just got back from the Boston, Mass. GOF show. How ridiculous! They 
> were way better than I remember them from about 1982. They did most of 
> the 1st album (except for the one that goes "guerilla war struggle is 
> a new entertainment", "Paralyzed" from Solid Gold, a much much better, 
> speedy version of "We Live As We Dream Alone", plus "To Hell 
> W/Poverty" and a decent song I didn't recognize (from Shrinkwrapped?). 
> The sound was perfect, as was the performance. The huge Boston 
> audience treated them like rock gods, but their stage presence 
> justified it--the never-smiling Andy Gill, who threw his guitar on the 
> floor at one point to get more feedback, Dave Allen prancing around 
> the stage like a 21 year old on speed, Professor Hugo's (now teaching 
> in Boston!) precision drumming, and Jon King gyrating like Midnight 
> Oil's singer, jumping around the stage like a monkey, falling over 
> after especially serious lyrics, and during the one song pounding a 
> baseball bat on a metal cabinet to the beat (like on the album 
> version), then throwing the metal thing to the side of the stage and 
> beating it more, to his own rhythm. Boston audiences demand 
> full-throttle performances, and they got one tonight. A Mission of 
> Burma (not one of my fave's) member was in the audience near me, and I 
> metioned to him that they sound like GOF too. They're still doing 
> shows in NYC, DC, and Philly, so go or die. I found that essence rare.

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