My third (Rose's second) time seeing Combichrist and thankfully the venue wasn't packed to the rafters, it wasn't hotter than hell (like it had been the previous day) and the journey wasn't a nightmare. We got there in very good time and so we had to watch the support band Alacrity. They were okay, we couldn't understand what the singer said when he announced the band's name and we'd utterly failed to find out who it was beforehand. In the end we looked at the merch stand and then asked the lighting guy...
There was a T-shirt for a 'band' called Eric 13, so we were confused... turns out Combichrist's guitarist is called Eric 13. Quite why he gets his own T-shirt I don't know. But when Rose asked the lighting guy 'is this Eric 13' he looked around as if she'd said is that Axl Rose... which kinda makes more sense now that we know who he is. Anyway...
So, Combichrist were good, and Rose enjoyed them a lot. I thought (again) they were okay, but a) they are now the least electronic electronic band, and b) I wish they'd let me choose their setlist. Of the set, about an hour at most, I think there were maybe four songs that I would have picked. But then most of what I would have picked would have come from the era when they were still essentially 'electronic'
Having lost their drummer to Aesthetic Perfection, Andy has recruited a new drummer and alongside him is the second drummer, who doesn't so much drum as prance about looking a tool. Encoring with Maggots at the Party FOLLOWED by the title track of the new album was an odd thing to do as well... I actually like the new album, I think I just like Combichrist better on album than live.
No 'Get Your Body Beat' this time, in fact nothing remotely electronic except 'This Shit Will Fuck You Up', which was their intro tape. So yeah, it was okay but I'm struggling to be genuinely excited.
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