Sforzando, Mutiny @ the Tote (10/5/03)
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sharplittleteethThe Tote is a real pub. The paint work is chipped. The band posters are yellowed. The carpet is hidden in gloom. It looks like it's about to collapse.
In other words,it has charm.
We (being myself, andricongirl, Darren and Elaine) went there on Saturday for a night of folk-punk: Nein, James Brook, Sforzando and Mutiny.
The concert was a benefit gig for Mutiny. Someone car-jacked their drummer on Sydney Road.
Nein were apparently a once-off side project for some of the Mutiny members. They played death metal. Loudly. But with a sense of humour. Which is the only way to do it, when you’re growling like a Muppet with laryngitis. The singer twitched and stared and reminded me of Ian Curtis.
James Brook was like Billy Bragg, but without the warmth. One guy, one guitar, lots of politics. He was okay. He just took everything a bit too seriously.
Sforzando didn't take themselves seriously at all. They describe themselves as pirate punks. They sound like the Pogues, if the Pogues sang about pirate ships and rum instead of Dublin and whiskey. People danced and grinned and had a ball. They were great.
And I learnt something during their set: skanking and line dancing are very similar. Similar enough for people to combine the two.
Mutiny also sound like the Pogues, but if the Pogues sang about Collingwood and CUB beer. The crowd was bigger for Mutiny than for Sforzando , but the band wasn’t as tight. They had problems with their sound equipment, so it may not have been the best gig to judge them by.
The crowd loved them, though. Skanking and line-dancing gave way to an old-fashioned joyful mosh-pit.
People left with huge, happy grins on their faces. Which nicely sums up the night.
(And forgive me for adding this, but - goddamn punk girls are *cute*.)
In other words,it has charm.
We (being myself, andricongirl, Darren and Elaine) went there on Saturday for a night of folk-punk: Nein, James Brook, Sforzando and Mutiny.
The concert was a benefit gig for Mutiny. Someone car-jacked their drummer on Sydney Road.
Nein were apparently a once-off side project for some of the Mutiny members. They played death metal. Loudly. But with a sense of humour. Which is the only way to do it, when you’re growling like a Muppet with laryngitis. The singer twitched and stared and reminded me of Ian Curtis.
James Brook was like Billy Bragg, but without the warmth. One guy, one guitar, lots of politics. He was okay. He just took everything a bit too seriously.
Sforzando didn't take themselves seriously at all. They describe themselves as pirate punks. They sound like the Pogues, if the Pogues sang about pirate ships and rum instead of Dublin and whiskey. People danced and grinned and had a ball. They were great.
And I learnt something during their set: skanking and line dancing are very similar. Similar enough for people to combine the two.
Mutiny also sound like the Pogues, but if the Pogues sang about Collingwood and CUB beer. The crowd was bigger for Mutiny than for Sforzando , but the band wasn’t as tight. They had problems with their sound equipment, so it may not have been the best gig to judge them by.
The crowd loved them, though. Skanking and line-dancing gave way to an old-fashioned joyful mosh-pit.
People left with huge, happy grins on their faces. Which nicely sums up the night.
(And forgive me for adding this, but - goddamn punk girls are *cute*.)
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Date: 2003-05-12 06:47 am (UTC)Funnily enough, the club we went to on friday had a pirate theme for the night, and they did indeed play "shanty punk" like the Pogues (The Irish Rover). And spookily, I too noticed the similarity between skanking and line dancing :-)
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Date: 2003-05-12 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-12 06:13 pm (UTC)what the bogan punkz?
are punk grrlz as cute as punk bois?
so why you scowl when i wear my ripped up old punk gear?
does this mean i can shave my head now?
do I ask too many q's?
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Date: 2003-05-12 06:37 pm (UTC)Well, I was thinking more of the little Asian punk girl in the Joy Division tee. And the skater punk girl. And the crusty girls.
And the blonde girl with the nose rings and green army jacket. :P
are punk grrlz as cute as punk bois?
Are we talking the young, dancing-floppy-muppet punk bois? Or the haggard, old, crusty punk bois?
so why you scowl when i wear my ripped up old punk gear?
Hm. Good question.
does this mean i can shave my head now?
No. You have to wait for the weekend. I've packed away my clippers.
do I ask too many q's?
Does Gir run around squealing?
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Date: 2003-05-12 07:24 pm (UTC)And the blonde girl with the nose rings and green army jacket. :P
skater punk? .. so you like Avril then. ill buy you a concert ticket :P
and that blonde chick in the green jacket .. err.. looked like bit of a dag to me.
Are we talking the young, dancing-floppy-muppet punk bois? Or the haggard, old, crusty punk bois?
both
personally I think crustys have a certain charm on stage .. but really .. they smell bad..
the Sid wanna bees are cute, but usually have no brain cells .. i like 'em some where in between the two.. a little cleaner and with a few thoughts in thier noggins.
so you wont scowl any more?