The Concert Experience
ON THE DAY BEFORE THANXGIVING A FRIEND AND I DROVE OUT TO PHILLY FOR THE SHOW. (BY THE WAY, I WAS TOLD TO INFORM EVERYONE THAT THE TIX WERE GRACIOUSLY PAID FOR BY A BEAUTIFUL AND INTELLIGENT GIRL NAMED, VICKI.) WE GOT THERE AROUND 6:30 PM AND STOOD IN LINE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. ONCE WE WERE IN WE HAD TO BASICALLY PUSH OUR WAY THROUGH THE CROWDED CLUB AND FIND A PLACE TO STAND. PIG WAS THE OPENING ACT AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE STARTED 15 MINUTES BEFORE WE GOT IN BUT THE BAND DIDN'T COME OUT UNTIL WE HAD BEEN INSIDE FOR CLOSE TO TWENTY MINUTES.
PIG WAS GREAT! HE PLAYED A MIX OF ALOT OF OLD AND NEW SONGS IN BETWEEN PRETENDING TO BLOW HIS LOAD (WITH THE AID OF A WATER BOTTLE) AND POURING WHAT APPEARED TO BE TEQUILA ALL OVER THE FRONT ROWS. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OF HIS PERFORMANCE BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD TOO MUCH OF HIS SOLO STUFF. BUT HE WAS PRETTY FUCKING COOL.
AFTER PIG WENT OFF STAGE WE HAD TO WAIT CLOSE TO 30 MINUTES FOR THE KMFDM ROADIES TO FINE TUNE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND MAKE SURE ALL THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. WE MOVED UP TO ABOUT THE 5TH ROW OF PEOPLE BEFORE THEY CAME OUT ON STAGE. THAT WAS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET WITHOUT FINDING A WAY TO DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
ANYWAY, THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAD FINALLY COME. KMFDM APPEARED ON STAGE CONSISTING OF: SASCHA, EN ESCH, GUNTER, TIM SKOLD AND SOME GUY I DIDN'T KNOW ON DRUMS. THE SET OPENED WITH MEGALOMANIAC. IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE HOPED IT TO BE! ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE SHOW OGRE CAME OUT TO DO HIS THING AND THEN FLIPPED OUT AND STARTED SUFFOCATING HIMSELF WITH A PLASTIC BAG AND BEGAN TO GIVE EN ESCH SOME LOOKS THAT SEEMED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FRIENDLY. HAHA
THEY PLAYED ALOT OF THE NEWER SONGS, A FEW VINTAGE ONES, EVEN ONE OR TWO SKOLD SONGS. IT GOT SO FUCKING HOT IN THERE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE CRAMMED IN PLUS WE WERE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE MOSH PIT SO ALL HELL WAS BREAKING LOOSE DIRECTLY BEHIND US. I'M NOT COMPLAINING THOUGH. ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO INTO IT THE MAIN LIGHTING WENT OUT AND THE WHOLE BAND DISAPPEARED. EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD CUT THE SHOW SHORT. SOME ASSHOLE EVEN STARTED YELLING, "FUCK KMFDM!". BUT THEN SASCHA CAME ONSTAGE AND EXPLAINED THAT SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG WITH THE WIRING, THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT AT THE MOMENT AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO FIX IT ASAP.
SO THEY GOT IT FIXED AND THE BAND CAME BACK OUT JUST A LITTLE PISSED OFF AT THE PREVIOUS SITUATION AND SASCHA SAID SOMETHING LIKE, "WE'RE SUPPOSED TO END THE SHOW SOON BUT ... WHO REALLY GIVES A FUCK!!!". PIG CAME OUT ON STAGE A FEW MINUTES LATER TO JOIN IN ON A COUPLE SONGS. THEN CAME WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE EPITOMY OF THE CONCERT ... FIRST THEY PLAYED "LIGHT", WHICH GOT THE PLACE ROCKIN'. THEN CAME "A DRUG AGAINST WAR"! THE ENTIRE FUCKING CLUB TURNED INTO A MOSH PIT. YOU COULD HARDLY MAKE OUT THE SONG WITH ALL OF THE SCREAMING GOING ON. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU COULDN'T HEAR IT BUT THAT WOULD BE A LIE CONSIDERING THAT YOU CAN HERE THROUGH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WHEN THE SPEAKERS ARE ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE FEET TALL, SIX FEET WIDE AND FOUR FEET DEEP!
THEY FINISHED UP THIS GLORIOUS EVENING WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE RENDITION OF "GODLIKE". EVERYONE CAME ONSTAGE AND SANG THEIR BIT. THE SONG CAME TO IT'S CONCLUSION WITH EN ESCH MANIACALLY SCREAMING, "YOU'LL BE GODLIKE!!!" FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES STRAIGHT. I NOW KNOW THAT AFTER THE SHOW IS DONE THE BAND USUALLY COMES OUT, MINGLES WITH THE CROWD AND THEN TAKES OFF. OF COURSE WE LEFT EARLY ON THIS OCCASION UNKNOWING. BUT NEXT TIME I'M MAKING SURE THAT THE TOUR BUS IS OUT OF SITE BEFORE I LEAVE. KMFDM IS SUPPOSEDLY TOURING ONCE AGAIN THIS COMING FALL. THIS IS UNCONFIRMED AT THE PRESENT TIME BUT IF YOU DO GET THE CHANCE TO SEE THEM AT ANY TIME JUST GO. IT'S MORE THAN WORTH THE TWENTY BUCKS!