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Written by Admin
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Friday, 01 April 2005 |
July 2003
Melbourne, Australia
Now
this isn't so much a review of one particular gig, it's more a
combination of 2. The first experience I had of seeing the Dayglo
Abortains play was on Saturday afternoon at an underage gig at the
arthouse, sober, running a stall and having to go outside for a smoke.
All up not the greatest environment for a rawkous punk band, although
it was a good opportunity to see the gig sober and to remember it.
Which I can't say so much about the later encounter, where I was
extremely hammered and remember very little.
So anyway, supporting bands on the Saturday afternoon were
Homewreckers, No Idea and H-Block 101. I have only managed to see the
Homewreckers play maybe twice before, so I was quite looking forward to
seeing them again, and they didn't disappoint. Beats me why these girls
don't play more gigs more often, maybe they have their reasons, but
whatever they are they ain't good enough!
The Dayglos played a pretty damn good gig. Considering the average
age of the audience was about 14 and all very reserved and quiet and
the most movement I saw was from Dik who's mohawk could see bobbing
around at the front. But of course the docile crowd copped enough slack
and abuse from Dayglos frontman Cretin?. Which livened them up for a
moment or two. Maybe they were all intimidated by the vulgar and
sometimes quite disturbing shenanigans going on up on stage. The
masturbation of wooden poles and the continual discussion about women,
sex and booze. A truly wholesome afternoon for these young kids. One
youngster has been quoted as saying "The Dayglos Abortions bought the
comedy from Canada to The Arthouse, Melbourne. i thought they were
aussie for a second. It was basically a bunch of dirty, old,
truckie-type men playing old-school tunes to rock out the punkers"
(Tom, Essendon). And that pretty much summed it up. In a weird kinda
way. All up a fantastic live show which is sure to offend someone,
as all good live shows should, topped off by infectious punk being
belted out LOUD and by a group of 4 crazy blokes who are obviously
having a ball of a time.
I'm quite sure something similar could have been said about the gig
that night again at the arthouse, although I was way to pissed to
remember. We got the just before the Dayglo's played, and can only seem
to recall the pot of beer I was drinking and at some point going to the
bar to get another. If anyone can remember what the night was like,
drop us an email and let us know.
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