Kreuzkonzert

[karohemd]

Went to Battle of the Bands at The Junction where I ran into vyvyan, razornet, jasonooc, briggsy, casilda and surje but not akonken.

Had a brief chat with devalmont, too. I'd never ever seen someone being so nervous. ;o)

Had missed the first band but saw the next two who were alright and technically not bad at all but not my cup of tea.

Kreuzdammer, on the other hand, were and they put on one hell (almost literally) of a show. Despite the glitch of the backing track not wanting to start at the beginning, they were the most professional band.
If you can and they're playing near where you are, go and see them. They ROCK.

Surprisingly, having seen the audience before consisting mainly of spooky or indie kids, most of them didn't run away when KD started. ;o)

I took loads of photos. There was plenty of light but very little from the front, except for the strobes which made randomly finding the correct exposure quite challenging as I either good too dark or blown out pictures, despite underexposing by two stops. On the other hand, this meant that I got some cool silhouette shots.

ETA: They lost to the band who were on before them by half a bloody point... :o(
(thanks to briggsy for the info)

Comments

[briggsy.livejournal.com]

It was a shame that they lost by half a point (146.5 to 146) to the third band, who I thought weren't that great, vocally, but possibly had slightly better timing.

But yes, it was a really good show, and I'll be seeing them again when I can!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Dammit, that's just not fair. I blame the technical glitch at the beginning. :o(

[briggsy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that put them off their stride for a song or two, and first impressions are so important.

Still, they won the 'Beer Cheer', even if the prize was 24 cans of warm Red Stripe.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Cool/Ew.

[devalmont.livejournal.com]

You'll be pleased to know that it was blissfully chilled and much enjoyed backstage.

[briggsy.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

[devalmont.livejournal.com]

Terribly sorry about that, we'd jsut finished eating and thought 'what the hell, they look like our type of people' so I thoroughly intruded on your meal in the good name of rock band pimping.

[mazzarc.livejournal.com]

Not at all, I found it highly amusing. Pity that we'd already booked cinema tickets etc. else we'd probably have popped in :-)

[rivetmike.livejournal.com]

I was handed a Kreuzdammer promo and the last SC and yeah, I agree it's not half bad :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Their next dates are:

TUE 07-MAR-06 G Lounge, Camden

MON 20-MAR 06 Purple Turtle, Camden

so if you get the chance, I'd recommend seeing them.

[rivetmike.livejournal.com]

The Purtle date is more likely for me. I might well head down :)

[c0rvu5r3x.livejournal.com]

Also got the Man On The Moon on Saturday 29th April!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

True but rivetmike is in London so I pointed him there.

I can't be there, because I'm at a wedding. :o(