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Ed Kowalczyk
The Gracious Few
Oasis 2.0
Noel Gallagher
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Tool

[Deku]

Senghe were you at the HIM gig last night? Wasn't good...

[Senghe]

Senghe were you at the HIM gig last night? Wasn't good...

Yes I was. HIM were not quite as shit as the last time when Ville had a chest/throat infection, but I wasn't exactly in awe or anything. I must remember never, ever to go and see them again as they are the most static, boring band to watch. It's a toss up between them and Muse who are the most bitterly disappointing live band I've seen, but unlike Muse it hasn't put me off their CDs. I was about 6 rows from the front when Dommin were on, but before HIM got onstage the behaviour of the bunch of obnoxious and childish little prats behind me made me go and stand at the back as I was very close to punching at least two of them in the face for screaming down my ear about wanting HIM while I was watching the band of the night by about a mile.

Dommin however were magnificent! I know you can't stand them, but I like them more than ever now. They played with genuine passion, actually moved about and Kris the lead singer has fantastic stage presence. I met them at the merch stand and all four of them are absolutely lovely, really friendly and completely down to earth. I got a quick chat with each of them and a hug from Kris. I told them the truth - I'd only come to the gig to see them really. Good job really or I'd have had a really bad night otherwise. As it was I had a fantastic one!

By the way, is it me or is the sound at the Academy diabolically bad? Ville sounded like he'd been on helium. Kris sounded fine, but he's got more vocal range than Ville so it's hard to tell. To be fair on HIM, I'd have probably enjoyed them much more if I'd not loved the support band so much and just punched the girl behind me out and stayed where I was.

This post has been edited by Senghe: Mar 15 2010, 5:36 pm

[Deku]

Yes I was. HIM were not quite as shit as the last time when Ville had a chest/throat infection, but I wasn't exactly in awe or anything. I must remember never, ever to go and see them again as they are the most static, boring band to watch. It's a toss up between them and Muse who are the most bitterly disappointing live band I've seen, but unlike Muse it hasn't put me off their CDs. I was about 6 rows from the front when Dommin were on, but before HIM got onstage the behaviour of the bunch of obnoxious and childish little prats behind me made me go and stand at the back as I was very close to punching at least two of them in the face for screaming down my ear about wanting HIM while I was watching the band of the night by about a mile.

Dommin however were magnificent! I know you can't stand them, but I like them more than ever now. They played with genuine passion, actually moved about and Kris the lead singer has fantastic stage presence. I met them at the merch stand and all four of them are absolutely lovely, really friendly and completely down to earth. I got a quick chat with each of them and a hug from Kris. I told them the truth - I'd only come to the gig to see them really. Good job really or I'd have had a really bad night otherwise. As it was I had a fantastic one!

By the way, is it me or is the sound at the Academy diabolically bad? Ville sounded like he'd been on helium. Kris sounded fine, but he's got more vocal range than Ville so it's hard to tell. To be fair on HIM, I'd have probably enjoyed them much more if I'd not loved the support band so much and just punched the girl behind me out and stayed where I was.

Yeah I agree. Dommin were the better band on the night. Their sound was so clean, and as a band they were totally tight and looked really glad to be there. Shame I still don't like their music though. HIM on the other hand...not sure where to start. Individually, the band members didn't do a lot wrong. But the sound was muddy (disappointing considering Dommin sounded superb), and the setlist wasn't great by any means. We could have done without When Love & Death embrace, snore. The main problem though, in my eyes, was Ville. He seemed pissed off from the word go, I don't know what his problem was but he didn't even bother singing half of St Valentine. He Barely connected with the audience, or his bandmates, and that lack of energy from the band transferred to the crowd, who were pretty shit too. There was a lack of decent rock on the setlist, and the only time I felt I was at a gig was when I was in the only pit of the night for BABL, which was the heaviest song on the night. Usually Ville looks about the audience, smiles, jokes, interacts, but there was none of that on Sunday. He looked desperate to get off the stage, and he didn't hang about when presented with the opportunity. Disappointing all round. Static indeed. On a positive note, I enjoyed Scared To Death. Maybe because that's the only time I could actually hear Burton's synth.