I was lucky to catch these Aussies about 10 years ago when they opened for label mates Man Or Astroman? Interesting outfit: violin, drums and acoustic guitar. The leader, when not playing his violin, would spit at the ceiling and catch his lugees when they eventually dripped down on that hot summer night here in Philly at Silk City, a club's that long since defunct. And between songs, he would go on these humorous rants that made no real sense -- very stream of consciousness.
"I Remember a Time When You Used to Love Me"
While I love The Old Record, it doesn't have this classic. Love how the voices of these two women singers work together. Dare I say they had the best vocal harmonies since the Beatles. . . .
"Cricket"
My friend Kevin didn't get a chance to go to that NOFX show I mentioned yesterday; he asked me to write a review. It's been almost two weeks, so let's see what I can remember.
Of course, besides the great music, what's awesome about a NOFX show is the banter of vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist/trumpeter El Hefe. Here are some of the stuff they said that I laughed at:
Fat Mike: "El Hefe's been doing shots of Michelob all night."
Fat Mike: "Paddy (from opening act Dillinger Four) was really funny tonight, probably the funniest he's been on the whole tour."
El Hefe: "Yeah, not funny ha-ha. Funny queer."
Fat Mike: "We have about sixteen good songs. Tonight we played about eight of them."
All right, that's enough of that. Because comedy's all about the delivery, those jokes aren't half as funny as they were at the show.
Here's the set list from what I can remember:
"Intro"
"Dinosaurs Will Die"
"Murder Will Government" (with new intro of "I want Jenny and Barbara to serve in Iraq / I want to see the White House filled with blacks / I want George Bush to suck Barack's dick")
"Seeing Double at the Triple Rock"
"Eat the Meek"
"Bottles to the Ground"
"Radio"
"Leaving Jesusland"
"Linoleum"
"Kill All the White Man"
"The Brews"
"Whoops I OD'd"
And since it was an all-ages show and a Monday night, they were trying to get off the stage by 11 p.m. Fat Mike's a bit of a babbler between songs, so the drummer, Smelly, around 10:45 started hitting an alarm when he thought Mike was talking too much. You could barely hear it; it sounded like a car alarm. Funny stuff.
"Dinosaurs Will Die"
I usually hate long songs, but I've always had a soft spot for this six-minute ditty. Kind of ironic, since The Sex Pistols' best stuff rarely went past three minutes. No?
"No Fun"
