[England] Rockboy and I saw
this band years and years ago. I was bored and horrified stiff. He was
ecstatic. Since then, I’ve learned a little, heard a little, and I don’t mind
it when The Adicts show up on the ipod. Ironically, this show sucked ass too.
But it wasn’t the band. It was a horrible sound system. I kept thinking that
maybe I was just grumpy and didn’t understand how bass heavy the band is – I
don’t think so. And, to be honest, it’s also their frat boy punk – it’s not for
me. They’re party boys, which doesn’t fit well for me with punk ethics. The
lead singer was decked out in sparkles, lights, face paint – if they had
substance, maybe they wouldn’t need all of this decoration. Cases in point of
their stupid lyrics: “We want you to fuck it up,” “This is the age where rage
is all the rage” (a newer song – which just painfully demonstrates how old
people should not try to be relevant), “We're too young - too young to smoke
drink” (don’t even pretend you can relate to teen angst as 50, 60 somethings!).
I swear one of their songs included the phrase “give it to me baby” – even if
it was ironic, I am appalled. They even did a song that had disco/rave
influences – it’s so sad when a band can’t or won’t grow up. To be fair and
ungrumpy, I will grant that this band has a good sound (recorded!) and that
they don’t feel the need to conform to punk standards – they incorporated 50s
sounds which were very pleasing. Unfortunately it was a very long set. As
usual, I was relived somewhat by the crowd. A girl headed into the mosh pit
with only a bra on – oh my. An awkward drunk guy molested his drunk tomboy
friend by playing with the button on the back of her pants.
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