[from San Francisco, CA] totally chanced upon this show and were surprised it wasn’t more
hyped and more crowded – I had a clear vision of the lead singer of the Dead
Kennedys since I was a girl and Jello was not that man – he is a middle-aged
tubby slightly flamboyant (although straight per google) loud opinionated man –
this is his new band and I don’t know how extensively they tour or if they even
put out CDs – they were great – I heard punk-metal but Rockboy insists just
hardcore punk – although he leapt around the stage like an angry fairy, he was
backed by two scary-and-mean-looking metalhead-type guitarists, 1 stoner boy
guitarist, and a drummer – the songs were prefaced and followed by political
ranting from Jello – most of the songs were also explicit references to
political issues close to Jello’s heart or residence, such as working in the
dot.com industry in northern California – I don’t like songs that deal with
such specific political issues, not timeless and kind of cheesy for some reason
– Jello came out in a weird pinkish sack of a jacket but removed it to reveal a
shirt made from an upside-down American flag and removed that to reveal a black
t-shirt and removed that to reveal his 50-year-old belly – he’s an astonishing
performer – in addition to bounding around the stage and singing ferociously in
his unmistakable theatrical voice, his face was constantly contorting to
further get his message across and he was a remarkably good mime – I wasn’t
always sure what he was acting out but it was precise – a unique performance –
when they finally played “California Uber Alles” and “Holiday in Cambodia,” it
was very very exciting (Photo courtesy of
Comments
Post a Comment