What gigs have you seen lately?

[Winmar]

I saw Living Colour and Extreme at the Forum in Melbourne on Sunday. Great show. It was sold out and they already played a second show a week or so ago. Nuno Bettencourt is a freak and I imagine a lot of people were there to see him.

 

[Bloopy]

I caught 2 gigs while I was visiting AU recently. Witchskull/Pilots of Baalbek/Robot God in Sydney, and Hammer of the Gods (Sabbath/Led Zep covers band) in Adelaide. I only saw 2 out of 3 sets of the latter since catching the last bus was convenient for me, but all good fun anyway.

 

[Winmar]

Oh nice one. I've seen Witchskull a few times and Pilots of Baalbek twice, as they're from Canberra.

 

[Bloopy]

2nd time I'd seen Witchskull. Good but I was more of a fan of Marcus' previous band Looking Glass which played NZ at least 3 times. Pilots of Baalbek wasn't really my thing at all, apart from a cool psychedelic instrumental - probably the one called Gravitational Pull on their Bandcamp.

 

[Winmar]

Yeah that would have been Gravitational Pull. It's the one closest to Alchemist, which the vocalist/guitarist used to front. I haven't heard Looking Glass but will attempt to.

 

[Bloopy]

Their 2nd release is my fav but all 4 are decent:

 

[Winmar]

Thanks for that. It sounds reasonably similar stylistically to Witchskull.

 

[Winmar]

I saw Suicidal Tendencies in Sydney last week. I was super dooper pumped for it and was not disappointed.

 

[Winmar]

I saw The Darkness the other night. As previously, it was a fun show. Justin Hawkins is a great frontman.

 

[Bloopy]

Not sure if anyone's seen them, but Lord Kaos had some equipment stolen in Melbourne and needs help to continue with upcoming shows:

https://gofund.me/e65ea55b

 

[Bloopy]

Major shows/international acts I saw in the last year and a bit since my previous page list. I moved back to Auckland in January and made a pretty good haul. Angelus Apatrida was particularly good fun.

Angelus Apatrida / Hidden Intent
Cosmic Psychos
D.R.I.
Eyehategod
Full of Hell / Thou
GBH
Guttermouth
Hyperculte
J.G. Thirlwell
Kruelty
Mr. Bungle / Melvins
Obituary / Psycroptic
Orange Goblin
Rotting Christ
Russian Circles / Myriad Drone
The Wreckery
Witch (Zambia)

 

[Winmar]

That's a decent list. Sounds like I should check out Angelus Apatrida. What were Witch like?

I see Opeth will be playing in Auckland next year.

 

[Bloopy]

Witch was really cool. Their two backing vocalists were fabulous, especially Theresa Ng'ambi who did some lead vocals on the song Unimvwesha Shuga. I couldn't find a live version of it on YouTube that does justice to how much fun it was in person. Sometimes they wear blonde afro wigs, but they were wearing the black ones in Auckland so quite believable, haha.

I don't mind a few Opeth albums, but I'm really not a fan who'd go and see them, especially at the prices they're charging. It's also a completely seated rock/metal show, which seems kinda pissweak. It's like saying a band's music isn't moving, or all their fans are all geriatric. When I saw Deep Purple and the 2nd time I saw The B-52's, those were all seated and I'm sure a bunch of us would rather have been moving. Some fan bases of these newer arty metal bands are just weird though, haha.