quoted 1 line that aside, what was the v/vm gig like? ..details?
> that aside, what was the v/vm gig like? ..details?
First off, technical stuff...
The venue isn't bad: by day it's a dining hall with permanent seating at one
end (the opposite end to the stage), and the tables and chairs in the middle
are cleared away for gigs etc. Nice and roomy, not bad sounding.
The PA was good, with some slight artifacts from the right stack, probably
due to it not being properly isolated.
However, the sound engineer must've had his head up his arse. For the whole
evening the levels were terrible. At one point, a guy on stage unplugged a
microphone which had been giving serious feedback and waved it at the
soundman, shouting "this is the mic that's feeding back, dickhead".
Music...
There were several other bands playing as well as V/Vm, including BilgePump,
Polaris, someone else, and Wisdom of Harry; the first two sharing a drummer
and guitarist - who were excellent. The standard of music was pretty
average, and Wisdom of Harry in fact left the stage in the middle of their
set as most of the audience had left out of boredom.
V/Vm came on...two guys, one in a chicken costume, one in a green and red
heart (with an arrow) costume, both wearing pig masks. Set up looked like a
small mixer, one chunky laptop (Toshiba?),a sexy Sony Vaio, and a single
Pioneer DJ CD deck. The performance consisted of the guys playing their
tracks with one or other miming the vocals. Not being very familiar with
V/Vm music, I wasn't sure what to expect. Tracks included versions of John
Lennon's "Imagine", Robbie Williams' "Angels" and the classic "Lady in Red".
Very dark-sounding, at times quite scary music, contrasting with the two
lads jumping around on stage. I think it's very unlikely that I will ever
see anything quite like that again. At least until the next time I see them
play.
People weren't ready for what V/Vm offered, and there were shouts of "get
off" and "you're shit" from the audience gathered at the back of the hall.
While the 10 of us in front of the stage were having a great time. One girl
ran out of the hall crying when they played "Imagine".
If you get a chance to see these guys play, you really owe it to yourself to
go. It's an experience and a half. The only disappointment for me was that I
didn't get to meet them afterwards, but apparently they thought the band
after them was shit, so they went home.
G-love.
http://www.gram.org.uk
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