October 12, 1996 - Showcase Theatre, Corona, CA
I
dare say tonight's show was sprinkled with some opening bands a bit better than
average... my friend Matt and I missed the opening band (apparently we didn't
miss anything from the crowd's buzz)... the second band, whose name was
something like PsychoFuzzMachine, was not too bad; danceable guitar-addled
industrial at some points, more rocking at others. Spastic Colon was next, a
very experimental hands-on industrial sound; their pieces were impressive but
ultimately the common problem of not being able to keep an audience interested
without some kind of interaction befell them.
Next
came local band 29 Died... I'll stop myself from saying too much seeing as I
didn't start this page to slay other bands; only a few words. Faux arrogance
with a poor delivery does not an interested audience make (tho I could be
wrong; they might very well be arrogant). The music sounded quite a bit like a
Nitzer Ebb rip-off, but an interesting cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love saved
them.
As
for our main attraction, they were heavenly ! They treated us all with a number
of songs off You Suck Crap: Structure Fall, Do You Feel Lost?, Reality, and
Logan's Run being my personal favorite; one of the rare instances when you can
see Smith come out from behind his percussion goodies and prance and sing like
a madman. An added treat was seeing the re-emergence of black paint as an
accesory for Dan; a blink might have caused one to miss Dan crawling underneath
his computer only to come back with his mask we've missed so much.
I
dare say Smith seemed more relaxed than he has been the past few shows; he
appeared to be having a lot more fun than at the last LA show at the Impala
Cafe, and that really helps the audience get into it. Dan was on target as
usual, and his audience interaction was more focused, actually looking into
people's eyes and responding to the audience. I was able to grab his attention
long enough to simultaneously get some hip-hop arm motions going during Worst
Case Scenario.
All
in all, this show left the official Babyland reviewing committee BABYLAND
SATISFIED!
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