Insult Song
The Bad Stuff
Pacifying Joint
My Door Is Never
Fall Sound
Theme from Sparta F.C.
Hungry Freaks Daddy
Over! Over!
White Lightning
The Wright Stuff
Systematic Abuse
Reformation!
NOTES
65 minutes
The fifth and final performance of Insult Song and the third and final outing for The Bad Stuff.
There are two versions of this circulating the review that follows is of the Ocelot Version.
The alternative Otalgia version features a section of the Safi Sniper performance and Marks voice is a little more distant but the band is a little more separate, Elena tends to dominate.
The Ocelot is a good quality audience recording with moderate audience chatter. Mark isvery clear – the group tends to be a bit of a wall of sound but all in all very good.
Fascinating opening piece – very dense riffing and tension and release. The usual gallop through “PJ”, a lenghty “My Door” which is very relaxed, and a triumphant “Fall Sound”. Things get a bit more focused on “Sparta” and “Freaks” is, as usual, an exposition of the quality of this band and indeed the relevance of Frank/Marks lyrics in Britain/US in 2007 is vital and somewhat chilling. Mark deviates from the set-list and calls for “White Lightning” and “The Wright Stuff” after “Over! Over!”. Back on track thereafter with a mammoth reading of “Systematic Abuse” followed, after a short encore break, by an equally gargantuan “Reformation!” with apparently Mr Smith performing in a state of undress from the dressing room area. The band wallop the hell out of the tune from about 5 minutes in – a stunning tour de force – with Mark extemporising, trilling madly and exhorting the band to greater heights. Some exceptional noises coming from Tim’s guitar,
Excellent set list and balance of material.