the Theremin (cool then...cool now) - Beyond Tiki

S Shipwreckjoey Member San Diego, CA Joined: Nov 29, 2002 Posts: 1794	S Shipwreckjoey Posted posted on Mon, May 12, 2003 3:27 AM Can-Tiki-E It sounds like you've given this quite a bit of thought. I don't know if this story/concert review will add any fuel to your theory, but I can't help but pass it on. I ran into an Englishman at a 999 concert in 1979/80 who had just relocated here and we started talking music and he brought up Throbbing Gristle. He caught one of their shows in England that took place in a very stuffy and overcrowded basement. He told me the band pushed all the amplifiers up to front of the stage, trained these very bright spotlights on the audience and played their entire set behind the amps at an excruciatingly loud volume while completely out of sight of the audience. He said, although he still is a fan of Trobbing Gristle, it was the most disturbing musical / concert experience he'd ever endured. I said "Why didn't you leave?" He said "because It was so weird, I had to stay & see what was going to happen next". I guess there has always been those of us that are curious and adventurous enough to cross that line between say...The Archies and Karl Stockhausen. It takes all kinds to make a world. [ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-05-12 03:29 ]

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It sounds like you've given this quite a bit of thought. I don't know if this story/concert review will add any fuel to your theory, but I can't help but pass it on. I ran into an Englishman at a 999 concert in 1979/80 who had just relocated here and we started talking music and he brought up Throbbing Gristle. He caught one of their shows in England that took place in a very stuffy and overcrowded basement. He told me the band pushed all the amplifiers up to front of the stage, trained these very bright spotlights on the audience and played their entire set behind the amps at an excruciatingly loud volume while completely out of sight of the audience. He said, although he still is a fan of Trobbing Gristle, it was the most disturbing musical / concert experience he'd ever endured. I said "Why didn't you leave?" He said "because It was so weird, I had to stay & see what was going to happen next". I guess there has always been those of us that are curious and adventurous enough to cross that line between say...The Archies and Karl Stockhausen. It takes all kinds to make a world.

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-05-12 03:29 ]

Post #33806 by Shipwreckjoey on Mon, May 12, 2003 3:27 AM