spellchecker Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Anyone coming?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 i'm currently sorting out my finances in the hope of going. Dear god, it will be beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 sort fast, i just booked a flight all-in for 68 quid from aberdeen to heathrow, don't know how long it'll stay cheap for. crazy that the train costs just as much but takes about four times longer to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 hmm, the words "road" and "trip" are echoing in my head. the u.s support for this tour was/is melt banana, so i'm hoping they play too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Fantomas and melt banana fuck me that would be awesome ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 bout year ago i would have said that sounded well decent but latest fantomas stuff is bit gash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 can't complain tho good line upwat didn;t you like ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Craig_HexPen* Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 ....i wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by Stephen:bout year ago i would have said that sounded well decent but latest fantomas stuff is bit gash Well, I just got the last album through the post courtesy of play.com, I love it! It's a bit of a departure from the first album, almost from one opposite to another. Great music to soak up, probably not very good for short random blasts, considering it is one 74 minute track. I'll be interested to see how they play some of this stuff live. Ahh, fresh music. Yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Elvis Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Wish I could go, but as I'm now very much unemployed I will have to give it a miss. Hopefully next time they will play in Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 it was fucking great, it was.support 1 was kid606, some 24 year old guy that is also on ipecac. sounded interesting from the write up bio on the ipecac site, but was less interesting to watch and listen too. reminded me a bit of atari teenage riot. electro techno jungle babble came to mind. just one guy and his laptops, a lot of the audience liked it a lot, so fair play.support 2 was some 14 piece woodwind/string/brass band from belgium, that sounded ... well, it's hard to describe. at times they were like the cantina bar band from tatooine. they were quite eclectic but well orchestrated and were remnant at times of mr bungle's first and last albums. they had an accordion player that was a spitting image of dave bradley. some great and interesting vocals too. i had though that they might actually be there to play some of the backing music for fantmas but alas it was not so. really enjoyable actually, must try and find out what they were called.the anticipation in the air when fantmas came on was pretty electric. mike patton had walked past loads of us waiting in the queue, and didn't look particularly friendly or happy, so I was a little unsure of what the performance was going to be like, or what his reaction to the audience would be like.if you didn't know any fantmas material and you had witnessed the gig, you probably would have thought of the gig more as a set or performance, more than a setlist being played. however, they did infact play a lot of material of the first album and also director's cut. the best way to describe the set is that it was a performance of choice parts of delirium cordia that lasted for around 90 minutes, interspliced very smoothly and technically with songs from the first album and director's cut.one of the things that amazed me from the start was that they had nobody else helping out with instrumentation. mike did use a lot of samples, mostly for delirium cordia. it consisted mainly of multi-vocal parts or sound effects like intense low frequency sound or atmospheric wind noises.something else that can't be escaped is the talent of all the musicians playing in the band. i have never, ever seen anyone play in the way that dave lombardo does. it was intense and jaw-droppingly attention grabbing. i've seen danny carey from tool play and he is a great drummer, but more in a technical way. the ferocity and precision of dave lombardo really astounded me. he actually performed live a great quantity of the percussive sounds that are heard on delirium cordia. he had all these weird cymbals that span round and made weird noises almost like wind chimes. buzz osborne and trevor dunn were really good too, they certainly kept pace with all that was going on and added a lot of atmosphere, but really for me, the show focused on dave lombardo and mike patton, just because they put in such amazing performances.i've a lot of admiration for mike patton, because i think he's a great composer and song writer, and obviously is a gifted singer. i also like ipecac and the way they do things. for example, there must have been around 1500-2000 people at the gig (not sure, it was the astoria and it was packed.. but i don't know the capacity). they could have made a killing on merchandise, etc. Yet, t-shirts were only 10 quid, and you could get a jacket for 20 quid. three years ago, i was at a fear factory gig where they were selling the same jackets for 40 quid, albeit with a different band logo! anyway, watching mike patton live is a memory that i will hold for a long time... the way the band was positioned onstage was actually quite insular, dave lombardo and mike patton were facing each other from opposite sides of the stage, though I think that was because of the difficult task of orchestrating delirium cordia's material. they certainly pulled it off anyway. mike would often alternate between 3 or 4 different microphones seemlessly... the set was obviously well rehearsed, yet, at the same time, the way that he went crazy and lost it for some of the first album material made you think it was like the first time he'd got to perform his favourite song in the world. a lot of the fantomas vocals sound like they would be really hard to reproduce live, yet he never quivered, quibbled, wavered or anything throughout the performance.up until about 40 minutes into the set, none of the band had actually said anything to the audience, but by this time you could tell that the band had warmed to the crowd and that they had become comfortable with their surroundings. the first words mike patton uttered to crowd were in a half-a-second gap between pages from the first album, saying simplyaw'wight guvnorfrom that moment on, it was like you couldn't shut him up. the running joke for the night began at that point: at the astoria, immediately after the fantmas gig, Emma Bunton was going to be singing for the G.A.Y. clubnight that runs at the Astoria on saturdays. In between songs were littered references to 'shit spice' as she became affectionately known. i guess you had to be there, but it was nice to see mike interacting with the crowd and generally just having a laugh.the highlight of the hilarity was probably a couple of songs from the end when mike was introducing the band, and described buzz osborne as the notorious F-A-G. at this point the light crew got in on the joke and lit the huge 30ft "G.A.Y." lights at the back of the stage.definitely one of the best gigs i've been to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 i hate you for being at that show. but thanks for the review. I saw tomahawk last year, but would have preferred fantomas. pah, pah. pah. damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryn Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 havent heard fantomas, though its patton, so it should be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 he has released some crap - the first mr. bungle album anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryn Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Fucking brilliant album!! you no like it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 no, its absolutely awful, i hate it. i'm glad mike patton has grown out of that horrible phase. its an awful album, i hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryn Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 no no, its genuis music, the musicianship, the changes, pattons twisted lyricsPossible the best bungle album, but claifornia is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 hahaha no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryn Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 i'd like to clarify that i was saying 'no' to the s/t album comment, not california. california is a perfect slice of pop, for the most part. Disco volante, however, is very very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 you have to acknowledge the progression between the albums, and the fact that the progression was intertwined between mike's own experiences in his other bands at the times. after all, there was a good 9 years between the self titled and california. have any of us had 9 years between writing songs yet to notice the difference in our own writing? never mind 7 studio albums amongst them.personally i love the first mr bungle album. songs like "slowing growing deaf", "my ass is on fire", "carousel" and "love is a fist" are truly classics. if profanity or juvenility is a weakness then i can see the digression for you. but for me, the band shows on that album other strengths that dictate where mr. bungle didn't tell you they were going to go. it's one red herring after another.in that album i hear rock, metal, ska, rap, punk and ballad all in a production i still don't find dated, unlike the real thing. it's certainly not to be liked by all, but it's certainly not without merit. by any means whatsoever.besides, the bass work on the first mr. bungle album is spectacular. bleh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Havent heard them!!! Would I like them? album recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Originally posted by Hog:Havent heard them!!! Would I like them? album recommendations? Hog, I reckon you would love them. Get the self-titled first album before anything else. In fact, I actually did think of Spike Pile Driver during the gig, yourselves and fantomas are at times in the same vein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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