I fucking love Skinny Puppy, but honestly...
Mon 6 Aug - Skinny Puppy, Otto von Schirach
The sound in Tivoli was shit.
The drumkit and especially the crashes and cymbals smeared up all other
frequencies. Ogre was hardly audible, cEv's synths were hardly audible...
The worst of six performances i've seen in the last 7 years.
Ogre looked and acted like he was tired and bored, confused or maybe too
stoned... cEv was hammering away at triggerpads and synths, sometimes
spewing some inbetween notes that were really off, even for a Puppy concert.
The drummer should have been killed, or at least throatfucked by Otto... How
many times I heard (and agreed with) people saying that the drums were way
too loud...
The soundengineer (was that REALLY Ken Marshall?) was so happy to be touring
with Puppy, that all he was doing was sing along to the lyrics. When Ogre
needed more volume on his mic, this dude didn't even notice Ogre waving at
him from the stage for 2 full minutes. What a fucking moron.
The new material didn't work, the new album is obviously an attempt to
reconcile TGWOTR popularity with LR and TDP credibility. The result is a
sound which in its design is fantastic, but the music itself is far below
par. Luckily they performed some classics, which were only partially a
blessing because fucking drummerboy fucked up most of those too. Also, when
you hear the classic tracks, you suddenly realize you're hearing genius
music. It's a stark contrast.
And what the fuck is up with allowing this trisomy 21 afflicted little
naziporn-star with a penchant for yelling Prince lyrics and nursery rhymes
over stupid noise to open for Puppy? That was amusing for about 2 seconds.
Then it was a cause and justification for a public lynching...
So now I'm gonna get it, right? Well fuck you! I've been a Puppy fan for
almost 20 years and I've travelled across half of Europe to see them, I OWN
all albums (no, not on burned mp3 discs, fucker) and I fucking love Skinny
Puppy, but honestly... This was shit.
