maybe i should put this in another thread away from all the neg lol, but nah...
My review of the BDO 2011
work wasn't too bad, got to hand out programs for the first few hours and then ripped tickets for the last hour.
then off to see the bands!
first up saw
Washington, she played some nice tunes, kicked off the day nicely. i like her style too! Then over to
Andrew W.K. Sounded pretty mental, and they seemed like they were leaving everything on the stage. Drank kick arse slurpies while watching them, which may have made their set even better for me lol. Then over to
Bliss n Eso who disappointed me greatly! All i kept thinking is you guys look and act like you're from the Marsh and you have gotten a big head from being overseas (weird combination of behaviour). They kept getting the crowd to say "hell yeah, fuck yeah". ummm yeah right. The only good bit was when they passed the stage over to their dj who decided to do a mash up; and did one of pink floyd and grand master flash. Was pretty rad i must say. We left before the end of their set as i was not impressed, and i kept thinking the Hoods and Jurassic 5 do it right and have a much better style imo. Then over to
Angus & Julia Stone to see what all the fuss is about. We couldn't work out what the fuss was about. Does anyone know? We thought their songs were pretty beige on the whole. As we left Julia and Angus to do whatever they were doing, we decided to head over and check out
Blue King Brown, which we had never heard before. With a name like that we expected something different, more bluesy. Can't even describe their music really as they chopped and changed a lot. We then ended up catching
Wolfmother who played a mix of old and new tunes which i didnt expect as the lead dude, Andrew Stockdale, apparently has a whole new band. Was great to hear the oldies though, and he was rocking out hard on stage which was rad. Then across to see
Iggy and the Stooges who are generally good for a laugh and entertaining, but they played the same set they did last year or the year before, ummm whenever they were here last.
But the one act that made the whole day worthwhile, withstanding stupid heat and being all grimey, was.....
RAMMSTEIN!!!! Holy mother of hell, these guys were fricken out of control awesome. They sang every song in German pretty much, and it didn't matter. Till Lindemann who is the lead vocal, is just brilliant! Awesome stage presence, brilliant voice, and well fricken buff. They did pyrotechnics and heaps of crazy stuff through every single song. If they come back to Melbourne i will definitely go see them in a heart beat. I was just in awe the whole set. Loved em, want to marry em, etc etc
and now for some photos
Megan Washington on the piano
misty spray things - well rad throughout the day to play in
Bliss n Eso
Wolfmother
Iggy doing his signature haul people on to stage move
many photos of Rammstein being awesome
gareth.
