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From X at The Ding Dong Lounge, it was a bit of a magical mystery tour to Roxanne Parlour, despite the venue only being just down the road. Eventually, after a walk around the block, going into a somewhat random building with no sign outside saying that this was the place and getting the lift up to the second floor, we were there.
Sixfthick became my most seen live band a long time ago (beating the previous record held by Spiritualized), but this was the first time that I’d seen them away from Brisbane. The most noticeable difference between most Brisbane shows and tonight’s Melbourne show was the crowd, who were just wild. As well as mosh pit collapsing onto the front of the low stage throughout the gig, Gentle Ben returned from one of his forays into the crowd with his underwear pulled up above his jeans and looking ragged. At which point he decided he would deprive the audience of their fun and just rip them off through his jeans… As you do…
They played a similar set to the ones they’ve played recently in Brisbane, including their cover of X’s ‘The Feel’, but even having seen them play so many times, you just can’t get tired of seeing them. They have the songs and they have the show. It’s heartening to see them get a sizeable crowd in the Melbourne, something of a graveyard for Brisbane bands. In a fair world they should be being booked to play every major festival in Australia and hopefully that time isn’t too far around the corner.
A few more photos on flickr, with maybe a few more to come when I have a bit more time.
Hope that one day will get to photograph sixfthick (a) with good lighting; (b) with a photo pit. Hope that one day will get to photograph Scul Hazzards with (a) some lighting…I did wuss out of standing against the stage (unlike last album launch….) but probably ended up in up the worst of the mosh and moved further back. Seems like ages since I last saw Sixfthick. Last time they launched an album I had seen them a lot before the launch so it was great to hear all the new stuff completely fresh for the first time. Also loving the new Gentle Ben songs and looking forward to a new album in the not too distant future. Got some nice photos during his set.
Some photos from the night here and more on flickr.
Sixfthick
Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side
Scul Hazzards
Butcher Birds
What I learnt from last Saturday night:
(a) I don’t take very good photos at The Troubadour; and
(b) I don’t take very good photos of Jean Nicotine.
Actually, I already knew both of those things…
A few more here.
SixFtHick
Mean Streaks
Some photos from last Saturday’s 4ZZZ Market Day shindig at the RNA Showgrounds. A few below and the rest of them (193 photos of 18 or so of the 72 bands that played) are here.
Violent Soho
I Heart Hiroshima
Sekiden
The Gin Club
SixFtHick
The Meanies
Jump 2 Light Speed
CurseOvDialect
A great night out with Beasts of Bourbon, SixFtHick and Mary Trembles last Saturday at QUT. Since I saw/heard them for the first time at this year’s BDO had been looking forward to the chance to shoot them.
Didn’t get a wristband at the door but was happy enough shooting from the crowd, from behind the lovely 5ft barrier they had in front of the stage. Meant I had a bit of a restricted view and was stuck on one side of the stage though. Probably should have gotten them to give me a wristband so could have done some from the pit, but there’s always next time…
A few pics below and clickity for more photos
Da Hick
Da Beasts
The usual Saturday night trials and tribulations. Gf out with mates, 1 1/2 hours late back, and drunk. So by the time we get to The Zoo have missed Dick Nasty and half of Sixfthick. Worse mosh pit ever. Am just too old for that stuff these days. And it’s even worse when stood there with the two of the three most expensive things I’ve ever bought hanging round my neck…
And to cap it off Cosmic Psychos played in near darkness for most of their set. But still managed a few nice things. A few below and the rest here.
Cosmic Psychos
Sixfthick
Out of all the dates definitely the night that everyone had been most looking forward to. Jo forgot to put me on the door, so it’s a good job it was SixFtHick and my money was going to a good cause, otherwise it might have been an early night for me…
The Mean Streaks played a good show, not as good as the night before at The Rev, but better than the Byron Show. Although that night evened itself out if you viewed it from the comedy angle…
Eat Laser Scumbag put on another impressive show, following on from the gig at Fat Louie’s the weekend before, and the Vegas Kings followed suite.
But everyone was there to see the Hick, and they were the best seen them in my short life in Brisbane. The usual carnage but on a bigger stage than seen them before. The night ended with Ben swinging from the rafters, Geoff crowd surfing and a large chunk of the audience on the stage.
A few shots from the night below and more can be seen at: Six Ft Hick Album Launch
The Mean Streaks
SixFtHick
