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again Rock'n'Roll is calling for the new young generation, who shall
lead that music into a new era. Mando Diao certainly belong to these
bands, who have risen up with that kinda rockmusic inspired by the
sixties and this not bad at all. The current european tour is completely sold out. And within the venue tonight there are mainly young kids aged between 15 and 25, who are squasihing themselves almost to death to be as close as possible to their new heroes. It actually looks pretty dangerous, and many bodys are carried across the barriere into the photopit half unconcious.. The hysteria already starts at the set of the supportact Razorlight, who win the first goal with their visual aspect more than with their music. The name Razorlight sounds hard and heavy, but it ain't in reallity. Their singer looks like Jim Morrison's grandson, and for a second you get the impression he's wearing long john's on stage instead of white jeans. At least it would have been funny. Apart from that the whole band seems rather a bit colourless, also what's up to the music. First when the singer takes off his t-shirt and shows his muscles, the noise level of screaming girls gets over the top. The headliner starts the set with a certain exitment having a huge curtain hiding the stage 'till after the first tunes. But Mando Diao rather go for understatement. These boys present themselves in black and white with a Beatles hairstyle. And even the movements on stage remind me on the Fave Four. Over 7.000 fans get mad seeing their heroes up there on stage. And if only one of them steps a little forward, it's getting outta hand. Mando Diao are from
Sweden and not from England, like some might think. Although the band
goes for britpop/rock. Almost two years they have been kept away from
the scene, before their debutalbum 'Bring Em In' came out in Europe in
2004. Gustaf
Norén (Voc) and Björn
Dixgård (Git) are the musical and spiritual heads of the group.
And Gustaf said once: 'We really think, that our record is better then
everything from the Who, the Kinks or the Small Faces. And it's rounder
than many albums of the Beatles and the Stones.' Okay, this is maybe a
bit overdriven by an egomaniac. But they are young and motivated. And
I'm sure, we still can expect a lot of them in the future. Fact is,
Mando Diao have released their fourth album 'Ode To Ochracy' last august.
And their status is growing fast. By the way, the name of the band has
no translation. It's a pure phantasy word invented by guitarist Björn,
though it rather reminds us about some sort of a spanish expression.
Never mind. They come from the north and not from LA or from England nor
from any exotic southern country. But they are energetic like our
southern neighbours. |