For all the people that said earlier that Ascension of the Watchers was worth seeing live or checking out on CD - what the fuck were you thinking?!? Seriously you must have low fucking expectations. Wow.
They had to be one of the worst bands I have ever seen in person or listened to. They dragged on and on. I saw them forcing people to the back of the venue so they would not be tortured by their sound - I’m serious! They were absolutely horrible and two of them reminded me of some wanna-be Rob Zombie band and the singer, an Interpol wannabe (except he won’t nearly be as cool). I mean I don’t usually say negative shit about a band unless they really were, so take my word: they were absolutely horrendous. Complete waste of time. I refuse, from now on, to ever see an opening band (!!). Terrible. What a waste of time - I went on the recommendation of many on here. I feel so naive and stupid to have listened. People should be more picky when they recommended this band. Absolutely no-one was bobbing their head. No-one even applauded. I knew Burton C. Bell was a complete rip off artist, but this shit is just another level. What pathetic babble - I am pissed I wasted so much of my time at this. Their shit is not even worth downloading from bootleg sites. If this is all 13 Records have going for themselves, God bless them, especially in this crappy economy. I give them not more than a year. If you must listen to this absolute shit, download it and then delete it. What the fuck was Al thinking? Anyhow, on to better things.
I met Repugnant Pete from this forum and we chatted for a bit - it was cool to see him…
Killing Joke. One of the best shows I have ever seen. Jaz Coleman is one of the best frontmen I have seen and they played a LOT of their classics (take note, Ministry). They literally played everything I wanted to hear and were consistent with their sound and their riffs. Geordie? Wow. Youth? Wow. They were all wow. Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and all these other bands as of late in this genre, need to take note: Killing Joke has always been and always will be. This is how frontmen should be and this is how bands should perform. They showed up to play music and did they play. What Manny is to baseball, Killing Joke is to music. Everyone was impressed. Check them out - if you haven’t you have no idea what you are missing… Let’s put it this way, he was so intense, he kept the microphone about half a foot from his mouth and he was still screaming loudly over the speakers! When was the last time you could say that about other acts? Definitely one of the few bands in the past two decades that get it (I mean, come on, Nirvana ripped them off!)
And, of course, he talked a bit politics. He noted how the current US elections is, essentially, like a horse race between two different horses, but they had the same stable owner. How true. Just like I mentioned prior. Al, take note (where has he been anyhow - you would think he would be releasing a lot of press releases on the current elections, encouraging people to vote and voicing his opinion, since he’s so political, but nothing - I must’ve missed it over on the PA but I don’t see anything on their website. Not even a register to vote link.).
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