I absolutely loved it, and it was great to see Genesis Breyer P-Orridge back on a stage again.
Here was Toni's description, "Four people sat at desks with laptops and odd looking gadgets which could have doubled as torture devices! A little weird; a lot pretentious (although that wasn't bad); a bit fun; a bit tongue in cheek; a bit shit - all wrapped up in one big cacophony of sound!"
Sound equipment or torture devices?
Apart from the "shit" bit I have to say I agree with that synopsis. It was rather unorthodox as gigs go but I really enjoyed it and it was certainly something different. There was so much that came out of the sonic assault that really showed how the paved the way for lots of modern industrial and EBM style bands.
The encore was a rendition of Discipline with a rather insane set of stage moves by Genesis. The night was capped off by a mysterious fan who climber on stage, stripped off completely and then dived into the audience. Sadly for him, nobody wanted to catch a naked man so he landed with a crash on the concrete floor. Sadly for me I was videoing the whole of Discipline so managed to capture far too much.
Here it is for your viewing "pleasure"
On the way home we bumped into Phil Armitage Smith (of The Paranoid Squirrel fame) and had a good old chin wag back on the train.
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