Last night, for Canada day, I went to a local concert. As I like doing, I'm going to protect my own memory and talk about it here. It was really cool, and a lot of fun.
Cunt PunisherCunt Punisher is the first real grindcore band I've seen live, and it was totally awesome. The singer flailed around the stage, spending very little time on his feet, and the songs, of course, were mostly about 40 seconds of screaming. Here are some of the highpoints:
- The guitar player came out dressed as a bear
- They had a girl on stage making ham sandwiches for the audience. Ham sandwiches! My friend got a ham sandwich and said it was the best one he's ever had.
- Some guy spilled beer on one of the monitors, so they and the rest of the band had to play without monitors
- They broke the bass a few songs before the the end, so they ended up with 2 singers and no bass. In a grindcore band, that was pretty cool.
All in all, grindcore kick ass live! And the ham sandwiches were the best idea ever.
DissolutionI've seen dissolution before. They're death-metal, with a really long boring instrumental, but besides that they're really good.
Igor and the SkindiggersThis is the headlining band, and the one we actually came to see. Although we've seen them before, they were much better this time. The four band members dress like butchers with bloody aprons and white faces with black around the eyes and some spattered blood. There's another guy on stage (Igor) who's huge, and doesn't actually do anything musical. He walks around the stage/audience drinking blood, spraying blood on people moshing with the audience, and, at one point, fighting a bear (from Cunt Punisher). We ended up bringing some of the singer's intestines home, and I bought a CD off them. That was probably the only time I told my friend, "if you're going to bring that bloody intestine into the van, make sure it doesn't drip blood on the seat"
Oh, and they had this torso squirting out blood that just happened to be directly above my head.
Clicky! Also notice that I wore an "I Am Canadian" shirt for Canada Day -- it's one of the few occasions where I put thought into what I was wearing.
Mandatory DeathMandatory Death didn't start till after 2am, and I was already tired, so I didn't enjoy them as much as I could have. They're trash metal, pretty good.
Between Cunt Punisher and Igor and the Skindiggers, they made a huge mess. There was blood and guts everywhere, the monitors were broken, and broken beer bottles/glasses were everywhere. And it was a really awesome show.
Afterwards we went to McDonald's, and the guys working there were really drunk, but really friendly. The guy giving us the food got his head stuck in the automatic window. It was pretty funny.
Hope you guys enjoy your July 4 like we enjoyed our July 1
