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My Night With The Thrill Kill Kult


I don't "SEE" shows much any more. My world is perty much working them. I don't get much choice as to what shows I work. But, I have to admit that's sort of replaced going out and seeing a show. Every now and then I think I get a night off when some group I've always thought is cool is playing in town. And TKK is one of those sort of heavy metal dance mash up kind of bands that I like.

But, because I don't follow bands very often. I have to admit I don't know what I'm getting into. The show was at the Red Room where I can actually get comps for if I ask ahead but I thought I'd give back to the entertainment community and buy a ticket for a change. Only to be extremely underwhelmed by the night in it's entirety.

The two opening acts were... Well... they were bad. Metal bands, goth or otherwise really shouldn't take to a stage before they have their shtick, down pat. Or at least get a drummer on board first. That was the real problem of the nights first band. It's really sad to watch guys stand there and noodle at their guitars to a drum machine. looking like they're waiting for a bus to take them to the gig. I mean... do something!!!! Make me want to like you at least.

The second band suffered also from the lack of a drummer. but their faults were even larger. they thought they had an act. But all they really had was a nice banner and a bassist with a red Mohawk. Some nice Loud guitars ( But, anybody can turn thier amps up..)With and a skinny singer drenched in blood as if he'd come straight from the middle rows of an Alice Cooper concert himself.

They were more into it. But, their sound guy seemed to like the effects Auxilary on the board way too much. Because the singer sounded like he was screaming the show over his cel phone in the guys can. And his vocal were lower in the mix than the poor drum machine. To top it all off with a sort of Spinal Tap flourish. Their very professional looking banner pronouced this metal goth bands name, as, " Forget Me Knots " A name which I decided to remember and watch out for. As I'm sure their unsold T-shirts will end up in the bulk bins at our local value village in the near future.

The Main even was a dissapointment as well. TKK I really only know from The Crow movie, where they performed on screen as part of some huge nightclub background incert. Before Brandon Lee killed a whole pile of tough looking extras somewhere else in the building . So I was sort of expecting a Ministry type metal dance band. With the big white screens either side of the stage, that held the promise of Sexy / Campy / Horror visuals. Fun for everybody.

Only to find that the band had long since down scaled to the singer, one back up girl and two studio guys on keyboards. The big screens were not even happening. As they were there for the DJ's afterward. The only cool thing was the girating black back up singer. Who looked like the bastard child of Posh Spice and Rosie Perez. I recognised a few good songs from the late 90's but the rest wasn't the sleasy gothy rock dance music at all. And the crowd started to petter out. Realising like me, they'd expected the big version of TKK from The Crow movie.

Underwhelmed, and feeling kind of swindled. I still bought a nice mayan Skull motif t-shirt. So I can always pretend it was a good night out instead of a lost work night....

Hopefully the The Thrill Kill Kult puts that portion of merch money towards getting some guitarists and a drummer for gods sake.