this is the noise
that keeps me awake
my heads explodes and my
body aches
push it
make the beats go higher
Garbage are a good band, they have released three very solid albums. Ok the third one took me a little while to get into but its a very solid album. My first introduction to them was on MTV about 7 years ago. I can’t remember which song I heard first it was either Queer or Stupid Girl. Either way I enjoyed the track and kept an ear out for some more. Liked the second track and picked up the album. As the follow up albums came out I picked them up as well.
So earlier in the year I saw them live in Bristol on one of the first nights of the current world tour. Despite everything else that happened that day it was an excellent gig. They played for about two hours and played all of their best stuff from the first 3 albums and a couple of covers. If you ever get a chance to hear them cover Wild Horses you should, its truly fantastic (MP3 available on request)
Last night I saw them again with a friend from work. While not as long a set this time, it was closer to the ninety minute mark, it was again excellent. They really come into their own live. From being a good solid rock band, on stage they just have this phenomenal energy bringing them to a whole other level.
The venue was a complete surprise, it was tiny. I would say there were only a couple of hundred people there. It was all standing and we were maybe 15 feet away from the stage. I can’t remember the last time I was so happy to be tall. I didn’t see anyone even close to my height and I had at least six inches above everyone in front of me so my view of the stage was pretty damn good.
Shirley Manson, the lead singer never really did all that much for me but she is sexy as fuck on stage. Next to the word fit in the dictionary is a picture of her. The stage was much smaller than Bristol where she spent the night running and jumping around but there was enough space for her to move and boy did she move. Ok ok it helped that she wasn’t wearing anything under her light white top.
Queen Adreena as support were pretty damn good. I’d been listening to and enjoying their latest single Pretty Like Drugs and they litterally kicked it off as we reached the bar next to the stage. It went onwards and upwards from there. I will have to be buying some of their music. The lead singer can be and indeed was described as Bjork on crack.
All in all, a fucking good night.