Adult. @ The Grog Shop, Cleveland 05.10.07
Adult. returned to Cleveland last night and renewed my faith in them with a brief but fantastic set. Thankfully, they are once again a duo after the departure of Samuel Consiglio who briefly joined them on their previous album and tour. They've kept much of the intensity from their experiment as a trio but scrapped the extra guitar and I couldn't be happier.
Nicola commented several times of a cold/sinus infection/whatever, but it was not apparent in her performance although I suspect they shortened the set because of it. Minor technical difficulties also affected their plans for the evening. Fortunately, neither illness nor equipment failures kept them from pumping out a blistering and intricate collection of both old and new to the small but enthusiastic crowd. Hopefully they'll make another stop in Cleveland this year and give us more.
As for the opening acts, Plasma For Guns started the evening off with a self-indulgent mess of a set. A handful of friends joined them on stage for most of the performance and at least THEY had a good time. The rest of us, not so much. It was more of a spectacle then anything else; a private party on stage while the rest of us politely waited for what we came for.
Jerk was up next...and hey, they made Plasma For Guns seem not so bad! Score one for PFG. Jerk spewed out a handful of ridiculously unfinished pieces of songs full of crappy speed metal, random screams, bodily noises, and poorly-formed beats which caused quite a few pained expressions amongst the crowd and gave the smokers plenty of time to step out for a fix. Oddly, they actually apologized for what was by far the best song of their set; mumbling something about it rambling and that it was OK if we didn't like it. True, I didn't like it...but I didn't outright hate it like all the rest. Thankfully their set was over in what seemed like 15 minutes, or an eternity depending on how you look at it.
Nicola commented several times of a cold/sinus infection/whatever, but it was not apparent in her performance although I suspect they shortened the set because of it. Minor technical difficulties also affected their plans for the evening. Fortunately, neither illness nor equipment failures kept them from pumping out a blistering and intricate collection of both old and new to the small but enthusiastic crowd. Hopefully they'll make another stop in Cleveland this year and give us more.
As for the opening acts, Plasma For Guns started the evening off with a self-indulgent mess of a set. A handful of friends joined them on stage for most of the performance and at least THEY had a good time. The rest of us, not so much. It was more of a spectacle then anything else; a private party on stage while the rest of us politely waited for what we came for.
Jerk was up next...and hey, they made Plasma For Guns seem not so bad! Score one for PFG. Jerk spewed out a handful of ridiculously unfinished pieces of songs full of crappy speed metal, random screams, bodily noises, and poorly-formed beats which caused quite a few pained expressions amongst the crowd and gave the smokers plenty of time to step out for a fix. Oddly, they actually apologized for what was by far the best song of their set; mumbling something about it rambling and that it was OK if we didn't like it. True, I didn't like it...but I didn't outright hate it like all the rest. Thankfully their set was over in what seemed like 15 minutes, or an eternity depending on how you look at it.
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