Actually when I saw him, it was just the one guy. Atomsmasher wasn't the
original opener (chicks on speed was) so maybe it was just a last-minute
thing (which would explain the
guy-walks-in-off-the-street-to-fool-with-his-laptop look).
The Fantomas live show was in-fucking-credible. The most energy I've ever
seen from any performance of any kind ever. The only Fantomas album I
have is the new one-- Director's Cut-- so I don't know how it compares to
their others, but the live show is TOTALLY different, structurally, from
anything you might expect from listening to that, or a Mr Bungle album, or
even a SC3 album. I can only describe it as a 4-man atonal heavy-metal
chamber music ensemble. They hardly stopped playing at all... no
intermission, just percussion bridges between most of the songs. Half the
time Mike was actually conducting them from behind a wall of electronics
and microphones on one side of the stage, which I didn't expect.
By the way, just for the record, Mike Patton is totally off his rocker
(lucky for us!).
Z
--- Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu> wrote:
quoted 16 lines I think I talked about this like two weeks ago (you can check the
> I think I talked about this like two weeks ago (you can check the
> archives), but Atomsmasher is James Plotkin (guitar player from Scorn)
> and his pals Speedranch (that crazy fucker from that split with
> Venetian Snares) and that guy who played drums for Discordance Axis. I
> got the latest album that is on Hyrdrahead and I like it a lot. If
> you've got those friends who like metal/hardcore/punk and always whine
> when you put on IDM (I sure do!), get this album and you can both be
> happy!
>
> The next Atomsmasher album is supposed to be coming out on Ipecac. By
> the way... how is the current Fantomas live show? I don't get to see
> them because they are opening for big bad tool here on the east coast
> and tickets sold out the first hour or something.
>
> -Aaron "fucking" Meyers
>
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