Re: (idm) Tortoise/Oval & Gary Numan/Switchblade Symphony

From .szalemandre.
Sent Fri, May 8th 1998, 03:05

>Also, does anyone have any info on what the Gary Numan show will be like?
> Is Switchblade worth catching???


it'll be bad.

numan will play cars and some other songs from that same album/period.
mostly he'll sound like white zombie vs. david bowie (and with a stage show
out of a poison video).  was dissapointing.

switchblade symphony is a joke.  cutsey-candy-goth if there is such a thing.
or, i guess there is now.  happy-darkness or something.

it was probably the worst show i've ever been to, however, the crowd went wild
for it.  completely ga-ga.  it was mostly made up of really young goth kids,
or middle-age drinkers.  the crowd was much much more interesting and
entertaining to watch/listen to than the stage.  (the older folks were
constantly making fun of the younger kids.  the way they dressed/danced.  it
was good.)

even if you like ebm, you won't like the show.

maybe it was worth 14 bucks to hear cars live.  maybe not.  it was the third
song, stayed for the fourth and left.

-eric
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