More rock, less breeches.

Last night I stood to witness complete and utter madness that I had never seen in New York before. Where, you ask? At the Electric Six show at Warsaw of all places. Mind you, I had just seen these guys a couple weeks back at the Milwaukee Summerfest... and that was nowhere near the madhouse that Warsaw was last night. Not even in Milwaukee, people. Not even where they drink Miller Lite and the beast all day long, and 14 year olds can drink with their parents in a restaurant. But then again, maybe that's why they're so much more well behaved there.

The show was fantastic. I have no quips with that, so don't take this next bit as any reflection on the bands or performances themselves. But what I do have quips with is obnoxiously drunk frat boys moshing and smashing into me when I'm holding a damn expensive camera. To be honest, half of these jackasses looked about 19 or 20 (security?)... and I had to pull one guy by the collar of his shirt off this poor girl next to me, and also push a couple others off of me. Thank god I had my friend Lou standing bodyguard behind me most of the show or else I'm sure I would've eventually been knocked to the floor. It didn't matter if Electric Six was rockin' or talkin', these kids wanted an excuse to exhaust their testosterone... and it was fucking irritating. Listen kids, you wanna mosh? Go hangout with mosh girl at a hardcore show. Just please leave us to enjoy our shows without injury. Pricks.

Pardon my french, guys... which brings me to the band that went on before Electric Six, Les Sans Culottes ("without breeches" in english). When I first walked in, I thought they were a B-52s rip off band, but it turned out they are a brilliant faux-french-rock band from Brooklyn who play each song as if it were their last. I didn't get to catch their entire show, but what I did see impressed the hell out of me. They keep your eyes' attention and they can do a killer cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walking." And here I thought Jessica Simpson ruined that song for me (it came close after Crispin Glover's cover, and Simpson was practically the last straw)... but Les Sans Culottes just saved it from it's horrible death.

All in all, jackasses aside, the show was well worth the trek to Brooklyn (Manhattan makes you lazy). Electric Six played a bit of their new material from Switzerland (to be released 9/12/06), and although what I've heard so far is no "Dance Commander"... the cynical and silly lyrics are still there to love and sing along with. I'll just have to wait until the release to see which direction the rest of it goes.

Les Sans Culottes:


SOS Elefants
Balzac 7502
Les Cactus
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
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Electric Six:






Be My Dark Angel Live @ Warsaw (Video)
Dance Commander Live @ Warsaw (Video)
Synthesizer
Take Off Your Clothes
Rock Show (Peaches Cover)
Peaches - Gay Bar (Electric Six Cover)
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