ohGr put on a solid concert last night at the El Rey Theatre in LA. Ogre from Skinny Puppy on vocals, William Morrison on guitar, Justin Bennett on drums and Squigg on keys.
Ogre appeared on stage walking backwards toward the crowd. He faced the back of the stage for the first few songs, wearing a bizarre costume with camera lens eyes in the back of his head so it almost looked like he was facing the crowd. They played a mix of new and old ohGr tracks, including songs off the new Devil In My Details.
Bill Moseley [and his wife and kids?] came out in between songs for some spoken word weirdness.
The opening act, American Memory Project, was really cool. The side project of live ohGr members William Morrison and Justin Bennett, the duo played behind a screen of projected images of 200 years of American oppression. There were images of Native Americans, slaves in the South and the chaos of WWII. Audio samples from the American Memory Archive include an interview with 81-year-old former slave Alice Gaston. The video and music were great. It felt almost like watching a live DVD in person. Strange but good.
William Morrison on American Memory Project:
"The theoretical context of the project is that some time in the very distance future, long after America is gone, some artists scouring the backwater of whatever the net has become discover the American Memory Archive. They have no context for it's meaning but are intrigued by the sights and sounds. They create surreal impressions of the material they find and broadcast it back through time. A quantum radio channel beamed into the sub conscious minds of the 21st century."
The show was mixed on a Yamaha PM5D, and lights were done on a Hog PC.
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