And so it goes... Nearly four years after I was ignited on fire by four
chaps I'd never heard of, I went to see them again in eager anticipation.
Granted, I did put "Karmadrome" and "Looks or the Lifestyle" up for sale
after I listened to them once, but I had no idea just how drastic the
decline had become.
Tonight it was apparent that PWEI is no longer "The Incredible," lets toss
aside the metaphors and get down to brass tacks. They suck.
Apparently it was decided that live drummer was necessary and that the band
required many more guitars. Indeed, every member picked on up at one time,
and like Bono and Mick Jagger, they looked and sounded just right in their
arms.
WHY? WHY? Why was the utterly brilliant opus, "Cure for Sanity"
completely ignored? We were tossed scraps like "Def Con One" and "Wise Up
Sucker!", but even these were remixed by Anthrax for that tasty guitar
sound.
HELL, we've got enough bands who thrash guitars and scream at the top of
their lungs. PWEI used to be godlike on the sampler. Sample it, loop it,
eat it, fuck it. Well, no more. Now it is just eat it, eat it, eat it,
and sound like every other bar band on the block.
Oh god how I yearn for something NEW. Something like Art of Noise, Orb,
Aphex, and yes, PWEI hitting my ears for the first time. Ethnotechno has
become its own parody and we're wading in "intelligent" techno, so it
becomes difficult to discern just what it is to be "out of the ordinary"
anymore.
On the bright side, "Dink" did a tasty job of playing PWEI better than PWEI
tonight. Even more incredible, they're from Ohio.