Reviews Archiv 3

what did ya' say!!!!!!!!!
Manowar just experience their second spring, I guess. At least it seems so. They're in the right age, ain't they?! But actually, they are like they've always been. fuckin' loud, f.... heavy and f.... cool. Manowar have to defend their image, without that, Manowar wouldn't be f.... Manowar for the past 15 years. Okay, the heavy machines have to stay on stage this time and are not alowed to ride through the venue inbetween crazy fans. The town authorithies have taken care about that, - no risk at all. But who cares. Main thing is the fact, that the illusion is kept alive. And how said Eric Adams just before the show.... "it's a fuckin' attidude, and we fuckin'live it, - no matter what....

"White Punk On Dope"That was their biggest hit besides "Talk To Ya Later". And that's what they were and still are. Jesus wept, they are some kind of nutcases, ain't they?! Even Marylin Manson can hide behind a confessional in Transylvania, at least what's up to the visual aspect. The Tubes are highest cathegory in music, no doubt about that. And the show does not drive away your mind from the actual music which is partly punkrock, partly rock'n roll and even a few jazz elements are flowing in. Leant on a theater act in a Shakespeare manner, Fee Waybill and his mates are celebrating a scandalous aura, and nothing is left to the dope, excuse me, I mean - the coincident. Everything is 100% calculated. A Tubes-Show was Rocktheatre in the Seventies in eight chapters from the intro to the grand final and still is. . The madness stands and falls with the frontman. It starts with a sadomaso performance, where Fee shows us, that a lamp can also be used as a sextoy. It leads into a chainsaw massacre and gourmet dinner of extremeties of a plastic doll. Moving on to a transvestites tango and the rape of a TV. And the music is still not suffering over all. The following striptease is right for a record and not even Gina Wild in her wildest porno days could have done it better. (my god, what would I give for such a body shape!!! - no not the one of Gina, I mean the figure of Fee). Last but not least we get reminded about the glam times of the early seventies with abnormerous highheels and lots of glitter fashon style. We wake up in the end to be aware that everything ends in a decent normality. Yes guys, you really missed out on something here. To build a snowman in the Kongo seems easy compared to work out the whole thing here mentally. Forget Marylin Manson, forget Rockbitch, forget Gwar or what so ever. None of them can reach the Tubes. That's Punk, that's music, - excellent heartbreaking and convincing after more than 25 years - and still 100% Tubes.
Talk To ya' later.....

Normally this review would consist of one word - LOUD!
And it would have been said everything. But we don't wanna be boring, will we?! Motörhead is cult and stand above anything, - almost. Because after the 143rd beerbeaker has landed on stage, even Mr.Kilmister had enough of this, exspecially 'cause the last beaker was filled with liquid too. And is there anything more charming then a beer- smelling, sticky sundayshirt? We didn't have to wait for too long for the reaction by getting a 20 minutes lasting abstinence. The crowd therefore had just intended to rebuild the venue, when Lemmy and his mates returned to continue to break the walls of sound. - "We are here because we wanna play music, and not getting fuckin' beerbeakers on our heads" was his comment before he continued. And it was worthwhile. Well behaved, the Hardcore Fans and quireboys saved their strength only for a straight forward headbanging from this second ahead to songs like "Orgasmatron", "Overkill", " Hammered" and "Ace Of Spades". There wasn't a highlight, but also no deep point, like always at a Motörhead gig. And thanx to thoses action heroes on stage, the optic of the presence didn't change one inch between the first and the last song. I mean it in the real sense of words. Yes, that's Motörhead, and nothing else. We still love you, honestly!

PS: Thanx to Metal Hammer Magazine, the cleaning up of the venue afterwards had probably reached a new peak in the Guinessbook of Records, what's up to the time which was needed for this occupation.......