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Bauhaus 10/30/05 @ The Wiltern

Some bands are meant to play together forever. Bauhaus is one of those bands. They took forever to reunite and forever to tour again, but 8 years after their last tour they still sound haunting and fantastic. Peter Murphy and company were in top form (except for Daniel Ash’s lame Kangol hat). Peter Murphy wore an amazing red coat for the encores and David J never removed his sunglasses. They played a typical set filled with popular tunes with no real surprises (I only wanted to hear She’s in Parties anyway), but that was fine by the crowd, which was mostly older, but no less involved than any other crowd. The lighting was spectacular, as was the lighting guy who never stood still. It was amazing. Even the most clichéd song, the one everyone knows, Bela Lugosi is Dead was so engaging and gothic with out being cheesy and I practically forgot Ziggy was a David Bowie song and then I almost cried.


Blackest of the Black Tour 10/29/05 Gibson Amphitheater

Glenn Danzig is one frightening s.o.b. Positive or not, he puts his heart into his shows. Although Danzig starts off a little slow, (the audience has already been subjected to 5 hours of music, mind you) once Doyle hits the stage and they start playing classic Misfits songs the show picks up a little momentum which keeps it going til they close with Die Die My Darling. That’s the problem with seeing a tour on its last day. Everyone’s tired and it shows. Which is what happened to the majority of the bands. Chimaira, from Cleveland, is a typical hardcore/death metal band. They just happened to have their shit together and have a singer that can yell with the best of them. Even while smoking, his voice showed little strain. Behemoth, from Poland is frightening. All the songs pretty much sound alike and I can not for the life of me understand the singer although I presume he was speaking English. The best thing about this band is their intimidation factor. They have it all. Costume, make up, shtick, you name it. Just not interesting music. Himsa, from Seattle were adorable. Which is strange, because that’s hardly what one would call a death metal band. For some reason, they seemed to look miniature on stage and although the singer’s style was typically hardcore they had that guitar metal sound that is reminiscent of early Metallica or Megadeth. Unfortunately the band with the most potential was the most misunderstood by the LA crowd. Mortiis is an industrial band hailing from Norway. They have the typical Norwegian theatrics (makeup, blah, blah, blah) along with the naivety that seems to encompass Norwegian bands although that’s probably far form the truth. They seem ready to end the tour. If you like industrial, pick up their cds or download some songs All in all, the night was full of testosterone, sweat, and maybe some tears of joy.

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