Skinny Puppy played a killer concert at Club Nokia in LA Thursday night.
This was Skinny Puppy back as a raw 3-piece band: Ogre - cEvin Key + Justin Bennett on drums. It was the last night of the In Solvent See tour, and Ogre took his aggressions out on the stage props at the end of the show.
The industrial pioneers tore through a great set list spanning a major chunk of their 25-year-plus career. It was a good mix of the old classics + new favorites. They dug deep into the catalog and played some really cool songs I hadn't heard live before.
Ogre was in true form on the mic and in his theatrical stage presence. His white costume was camouflaged at times like a cool screen for the projected visuals covering the stage. cEvin Key rocked Roland JP-8000 + V-Synth keyboards along with drum pads and a couple Logic laptops. Justin Bennett was awesome on Tama drums.
Baseck was the first opening act. I'd seen the tail end of the opening set he played before Otto von Schirach a while back and was hoping to catch of full set of his someday. It was a welcome surprise to find him opening for Skinny Puppy when we got there.
Baseck was on fire Thursday night, screaming into the mic, mad scratching on the turntable, chiptuning tricked out Game Boys and freaking out on a bunch of noise toys:
2 x game boy colors w/ prosound mod
4 x jose torres bleep bloop non usb white cartridges running little sound dj
2 x loud objects noise toy
1 x bug brand board weevil
1 x ipod beatz drum machine
1 x vestax pdx 2300 mk2 turntable
1 x rane ttm 56 mixer
The second act was Vverevvolf Grehv, which apparently is the solo project of one of the guys from the Faint. I couldn't get into it. Dude could play, and he had a sweet PRS guitar, but it came across as too wankfest. I'm thinking a band to back him up would have made a big difference.
We got to meet Ogre - cEvin Key + Justin Bennett at the after show party. The Skinny Puppy band members were in celebration mode, having just finished the tour on a real high note, and were super cool. 
Danny Carey + John Frusciante were at the show, too. Good times.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Skinny Puppy + Baseck @ Club Nokia LA
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Cool post, no wonder he plays Tama drums...they're freekin' awsome. Some good pics here too!
ReplyDeleteseeing that last picture gave me a crazy idea - fruiscante and carey in a band - in my opinion two of the musicians who best combine skill with soul. I'm not sure if I am saying it right - of course there are many many musicians who are skilled and have soul, but when I hear Carey or Fruiscante on a record and live, I just know that they have a) mastered their instruments and b) are at such a high level that the can put all of their emotions into every note. Anyway, I'd go see that band if it ever existed.
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