Sweaty Guitar Gods
Valient Thorr- 10/24/05, Knitting Factory
If the middle of Venus is a time machine that can bring awesome guitar rock from 1979, then that is indeed where Valient Thorr comes from. Even with the disappointing turn out at the Knitting Factory show Monday, these boys rock the house. With all the long hair, beards, sweat, guitars and some more sweat it’s enough to make a drunken groupie wet herself. The singer seemed to be in some kind of otherworldly metal god trance telling the audience that Rock and Roll should be our drug of choice and when we want to have fun we should just turn some on. Evoking the spirit of the best guitar rock reminiscent of put your hand in the air and rock along the lines of Motorhead and Manowar, Valient played a set even the biggest metal head could appreciate, including the band's own metal groupie rocking out in her acid wash denim jacket and bullet belt.
After the show I was so eager to meet the band that I didn’t even care about the sweat. I just wanted to talk to those hot guitar gods. Off stage, they were actually really “down to earth,” especially the tall, sexy guitar player. I had such a crush on him. We met up with the band at the Snake Pit for a couple Stellas, where I proceeded to spend the night sitting on his lap and flirting and asking what being on Warped Tour was like. Did I mention he knows my ex-boyfriend?
If the middle of Venus is a time machine that can bring awesome guitar rock from 1979, then that is indeed where Valient Thorr comes from. Even with the disappointing turn out at the Knitting Factory show Monday, these boys rock the house. With all the long hair, beards, sweat, guitars and some more sweat it’s enough to make a drunken groupie wet herself. The singer seemed to be in some kind of otherworldly metal god trance telling the audience that Rock and Roll should be our drug of choice and when we want to have fun we should just turn some on. Evoking the spirit of the best guitar rock reminiscent of put your hand in the air and rock along the lines of Motorhead and Manowar, Valient played a set even the biggest metal head could appreciate, including the band's own metal groupie rocking out in her acid wash denim jacket and bullet belt.
After the show I was so eager to meet the band that I didn’t even care about the sweat. I just wanted to talk to those hot guitar gods. Off stage, they were actually really “down to earth,” especially the tall, sexy guitar player. I had such a crush on him. We met up with the band at the Snake Pit for a couple Stellas, where I proceeded to spend the night sitting on his lap and flirting and asking what being on Warped Tour was like. Did I mention he knows my ex-boyfriend?
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