highlifer

Napalm Death/Obituary, Trocadero, Philadelphia

Napalm Death and Obituary were originally to be a "boys only" show for
my husband and friends, but suddenly I found myself along for the
ride. I really dig that Napalm Death covers record, "Leaders not
Followers, #2" especially for the Die Kreuzen and Offenders covers.
They did do a few covers - a Cryptic Slaughter and a blistering "Nazi
Punks Fuck Off" that made me yearn for the subtlety of the original.
Lead singer Barney Greenway looks and moves like Henry Rollins in the
body of a Towson engineering student - and the knee brace didn't help
his slightly dorky demeanor. They also influenced the greatest pit
I've seen in years - complete with girls  toughing it out.

Obituary had a tough act to follow, and after about 2 songs, they
failed.Thank God for cel phones - I text messaged some friends. I
checked the tennis scores-- (this was the night of Blake-Agassi) I
followed a dude around because I thought he was Howard Stern lacky and
ex-Death drummer Richard Christy(he wasn't.)  I thought back to when
all metal that wasn't
Poison and Bon Jovi was called "thrash" and then thought of other
funny words that we don't use anymore, like "icebox" and "slacks" and
"davenport." The Husband agreed - really it was tough for a standard
issue death metal band to follow Napalm Death.

posted by jamie @ 9:06 PM