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2011-03-30
DE – Bielefeld - Forum |
| The band with the extra long and unpronounceable name, everybody keeps in mind though: …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD. Conrad Keely and Jason Reece have just released a brand new album entitled Tao Of The Dead, which is again a little masterpiece and probably outstripping its predecessor. And TRAIL OF DEAD just started extended touring throughout Europe to support it. Since I never have seen them live so far I decided to change this fact, now! ;) Once again I head towards the town that does not exist visiting the wonderful Forum club. And surprisingly bump into a bunch of friends :) Well, actually… it was quite clear, ain’t it? ;) :: pics :: My skull is
still veritably angry with me and let me take things easy. At
spring-like and mild weather many people stand still outside talking
while Swiss band :: FUGO
:: offers free available space in front of stage ;)
Never heard of this band before and had the usual checkout prior
the show. First listening impression made me curious and I expected
a lot. Unfortunately FUGO could not live up to them what
mostly was due to the singing. It sounded pretty much… off-key,
at least here and tonight. Sounded much better on CD. Nope, I
did not like the singing live. Musically speaking there were a
lot of parallels to Trail Of Dead, even the image on the bass
drum could have been an original drawing by Keely. Oh, he did?
Really? *check* Oh yes, it’s the cover image of the most
recent FUGO record Avant 93:43 and indeed
was drawn by Conrad Keely ;) FUGO’s music is a bit
more experimental, more progressive and unwieldy, then the way
Trail Of Dead play their music. However, the guys in FUGO
are really nice mates, much likeable, but musically I did not
really get used to them.
Feelings changed
in a twinkling of an eye when :: …AND
YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD :: got onto
stage, especially, since the first 30 minutes got spent on the
brand new record Tao Of The Dead. What a great introduction
and listening pleasure! The Forum is now very packed and sees
an enthused crowd heating up. Surprisingly TRAIL OF DEAD
go back in their history and play very old material, even from
98 debut record. The last two albums were completely left aside,
that’s a pity. The gents anyway had a lot of fun and rocked
the stage that even some glass got broken; made me worrying about
the bass player’s feet (live debut of Autry Fulbright).
But he noticed and nothing bad happened. Much more it was funny
to witness the flying splice of the instruments ;) Drummer Jamie
Miller (live debut too on this tour) gave up his job and took
over Jason’s guitar, later Conrad caught the sticks, while
Jason and Jamie played guitar. In between Conrad Keely joked about
the city that does not exist, seems like he kept in mind that
story when he played last time in Bielefeld ;) Generally Reece
and Keely were joking a lot, causing empty face. Strange humor,
the British way I’d say ;)
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| story & pics © Dajana |
