5 oct 99 zurich, switzerland
red factory

taken from stagedive and written by lucas veltman. unauthorized translation by altavista. [my apologies to mr. veltman.]

The crush was large and the hall to well three quarters filled, as the German support Blue Water Boy began to heat. Young gave themselves fairly trouble and had also which to offer, the people passed however quite the ass. Their job was extremely ungrateful: Their varied and quite progressive interpretation of NOT so hard core would actually have earned more attention on the part of the public. So however they bridged only waiting period - the people there were because of Fugazi. These had appeared to large sections in Individualist uniform and had varied agemoderately broadly, whereby over the 25-year old core formed the something. From the large number of horn eyeglasses I conclude that it had to be an extremely clever public (stop! cool down... was also in uniform (i.e. black) and horn eyeglasses angetanzt - thus nothing bad is meant (well at least have I no Kunsti Trainerjaeggli;) approx. 40 min Blue Water Boy and after short change entered then with that tape of two people of the red factory in sad mission the stage, in addition more at the conclusion. Immediately after it the musicians set up themselves: Ian Mackaye (voc, guit) left, Guy Picciotto (voc, guit) in the center. On the right Joe Lally (bass) was and in the back sat Brendan Canty at the drums, with which a further schlagzeuger, with abgespecktem Drum and all kinds of rattle factory, associated. As the first Ian gave still statements to the light technician: only white light, always equal strong and without Geflacker - it should probably divert nothing from the music. As soon as the automatic controllers rested, did they put loosely ?Place position? made the start. From the first tone those went young highly concentrated, precisely and strong to the factory. The band from Washington D.C plays their material hardly changed compared with the recorded versions and pulls the spectators thereby directly into the spell. Those makes forward and plays Song at Song to itself the public skillful for tape formally longs to applaud applause. The applause also therefore precipitates. Unuebertrieben: after the first half hour the band had the people in the bag - which were (including me) simply filled with enthusiasm! In the set they played Songs from all the last three discs (excluding instrument), in addition, at least four new Stuecke.Wieviel strength Fugazi with their nevertheless quite filigranen compositions live had rueberbringt, are phenomenal. this is a good time particularly to mention the man at the mixer: the sound was perfect! One could accuse tape to that at the most to be a little kommunikativ: The first 40 min long was approx.?Thanks? and a Songansage of everything that they had to say to the public. This one can take to them however badly, hardly young had stop schaurig much to do. When Fugazi left the stage for the first time, the people were content, but still not satisfied for a long time. In light of the noise level, they came back soon, around increasingly older Songs (Repeater probably being the oldest that was played there) to the best one. And again they went - and had to come back; and again and again. There gabs even a Mitklatsch part: for Back to base we were allowed to make the Intro. After four encores and over two total hours show time the five of good conscience outer temples were allowed. Back a public, that, remained easily verdutzt and with verklaertem smile, which experienced to digest sought. The discussion material was missing itself to a large extent, the people was to a large extent united and tried their enthusiasm into words to only seize, which had not heard it even. That sounded itself then inetwa in such a way: phenomenal, brilliantly!? my words!

The organizers dedicated this concert, in a short speech before it, to the recently deceased Angela. She operated as Tontechnikerin for the factory.