Capitalism stole my virginity
Back at the Red Room last night to catch The (International) Noise Conspiracy. I like how the backstage area is so easily accessible at the venue. Take one turn before the washroom and you're there. Take another turn and you're on stage behind the drum kit. I think I accidentally sat in for the Noise Conspiracy's pre-show group huddle.
We got there to find out the first opener, Nightmare Of You, was cancelled. Apparently, they weren't allowed over the border for some reason. This also happened when I went to see AC/DC a few years back. Slash's Snakepit was supposed to open but they couldn't get the snakes across the border. Wide Mouth Mason opened instead that night and was heavily booed off the stage by the unreceptive hard rock crowd.
These Arms Are Snakes did come on to open and had quite an energetic set. The singer was jumping all over the place and it looked like he fell on his back a couple times. To the guy in the pit who jumped off the stage, crowd surfed for 5 seconds, then landed on his head...hope you're okay.
I wish I had earplugs for them. Not a big fan of the feeling you get when you think your eardrums are gonna burst.
The (International) Noise Conspiracy came on to entertain a completely packed crowd at The Red Room. The political rock quintet from Sweden is currently on a North American tour for their latest album, Armed Love. With the limited size on the dance floor, people still managed to get a decent circle going. This one guy was doing some kind of monkey dance, hunched over and arms flailing, before he got rocked by another buddy.
At one point, singer Dennis Lyxzen climbed into the crowd and was singing while standing up on the hands of the audience. That was some pretty good balance. The set lasted 1hr with one encore. Really solid effort and tons of energy.
We got there to find out the first opener, Nightmare Of You, was cancelled. Apparently, they weren't allowed over the border for some reason. This also happened when I went to see AC/DC a few years back. Slash's Snakepit was supposed to open but they couldn't get the snakes across the border. Wide Mouth Mason opened instead that night and was heavily booed off the stage by the unreceptive hard rock crowd.
These Arms Are Snakes did come on to open and had quite an energetic set. The singer was jumping all over the place and it looked like he fell on his back a couple times. To the guy in the pit who jumped off the stage, crowd surfed for 5 seconds, then landed on his head...hope you're okay.
I wish I had earplugs for them. Not a big fan of the feeling you get when you think your eardrums are gonna burst.
The (International) Noise Conspiracy came on to entertain a completely packed crowd at The Red Room. The political rock quintet from Sweden is currently on a North American tour for their latest album, Armed Love. With the limited size on the dance floor, people still managed to get a decent circle going. This one guy was doing some kind of monkey dance, hunched over and arms flailing, before he got rocked by another buddy.
At one point, singer Dennis Lyxzen climbed into the crowd and was singing while standing up on the hands of the audience. That was some pretty good balance. The set lasted 1hr with one encore. Really solid effort and tons of energy.
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