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Seattle and Rotterdam. The first city gave us Jimi Hendrix, Queensrÿche, Nirvana, and Soundgarden; the second is the birthplace of gabber. Maybe that explains why Waterfront is the Waterloo for live reputations of so many bands. The booker keeps trying to turn Rotterdam into a rock city, but the turnout is usually low, and a lot of the people that turn up don't seem to be particulary interested in the show. Even Amsterdam, with its reputation for being the be-there-only-because-it's-the-now-thing poser heaven, usually gives your average rock band a warmer reception. The Catheters, from rock-loving Seattle, were yet another band that did not live up to its reputation at Waterfront. They tried, but sparks wouldn't fly. The material from their breakthrough second album Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days is pretty strong by itself, but gets its edge from the frantic execution, especially in singer Brian's desperate howls.
Insanity was also somewhat missing from McLusky's performance. 'To Hell With Good Intentions' and 'Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues' should be performed with foam at the mouth. That's how they sound on McLusky Do Dallas, but at Waterfront, it all sounded pretty tame. And a tame-sounding McLusky is hardly worth seeing.
During both concerts, there was about zero chemistry with the catatonic-as-usual Waterfront audience. In fact, the best moment of the evening was seeing the bewildered looks on the faces of the singers, who wanted to throw out a "thank you" after applause, only to find out there was no applause, and so ended up mumbling something in a vacuum. Now that's insane.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/live/the-catheters/the-catheters-mclusky-waterfront-is-the-waterloo-for-live-reputations/2010/
Meer The Catheters op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/the-catheters
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