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Marquee Club, London, UK - 1988.10.03 |
Verdict:
A bad mistake
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| I´M
TRYING to be as objective and positive as I can, OK? I don´t wan´t
to use these two German acts as mere fodder for a series of clever,
witty one-line put downs. I´d much rather forget about the night entirely.
But duty calls . . .
So,
where to begin? Well, obviosly with supportband Scanner. Their recent
Noise-released album, 'Hypertrace', wasn´t at all bad. Reasonably
played, reasonable songs. But live . . . a disaster! The
crowd watchingwas sparse, but I have seen bands in the past pull
something so spectacular out of the bag that they´ve managed to
turn into disinterest into an ecstatic reception. Scanner, though,
just died. And they deserved no better.
Musically,
theyare the pure jokebook, offering nothing fresh, exciting or rivetting.
The twin guitars of Axel AJ Julius and Tom S. Sopha proffer little
outside of Subatomic Accept/Scorpions splutterings, the rythm section
of Martin Bork (bass) and Wolfgang Kolorz (drums) plods with a muddy
insignificance and as for lead vocalist Michael M.AJ.O.R. Knoblich
. . . any man who wears an enama kit on his back and prances around
sounding like an inebriated rhino deserves only contempt.
In
short, Scanner, were a dreadfully clichéd, hopeless mess best forgotten
about. True, they were 'blessed' with an appalling sound but this
cannot excuse incompetance.
MALCOLM
DOME - RAW BRITAIN´S NEW ROCK MAGAZINE
Thanks
Lothum for
borrowing me the magazine!
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Gallows Pole |
Matrix,
Bochum, Germany - 2000.09.17
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| This
band plays a good melodic hard rock. The leader and the bassist of
the band, John Smith,wore in white and played loud and sang very powerful.
Two guitarists behind John, backing up John's vocal with some cool
guitar riffs, were playing each other in a different style. One playslike
Gary Moore, a bit blues and a bit heavy rock, and another plays like
Ace Frehley, the guitaristof KISS, all time rock'n roll!! Drum sound
was also very loud and powerful. Each song has a slightly different
mood to enjoy, but I'd say their performance was good enough to know
what kind of music they are creating and in which direction they are
heading for...only one thing I have to complain, is that their show-time
was too short to recognise them as a promising band in Germany. You
know, what I mean...
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| Duke |
Matrix,
Bochum, Germany - 2000.09.17
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| Well,
I have to confess, Gallows Pole played much better than Duke. Main
songwriter and the founder of the band, Haridon Lee, seemed to enjoy
himself very much, but I think his performance did not appeal to audience
well. Songwriting itself is not so bad, I guess, but their performance
could not show their attraction perfectly. Maybe because the sound
volume of the band was not so loud that the audience (german audience
always wants to hear loud and powerful sound!) missed some cool parts
that the band might play. Haridon came down from the stage onto the
hall floor during the show and he made a desperate effort to appeal
their heavy metal, approaching the audience, but I'm wondering if
this sort of performance was really needed that night. For me that
was too much. Anyway, the band also played well, but there is one
thing that would be better for Duke to change: performance. If you
say it's their own originality and attraction, well, then I'd say
nothing about it, but if they keep going in that way, this band would
no longer bigger...
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