(Sorry officer, I didn't realize I needed a license for these guns! © 2009 Sylvia McFadden.)
The Commodore Ballroom is easily my favourite venue in Vancouver. It's rigged up to be an alcoholic's wet dream. There are four bars so no matter where you stand, you're only about twelve feet away from your poison of choice. This suited the four gentlemen onstage just fine.
The Eagles of Death Metal came sauntering onstage at half past eleven. Jesse stepped out of the precariously placed gaggle of girls just visible backstage and fired finger pistols at the ladies in the front row. Dave Catching donned his crime-scene-coloured Flying V while Brian O'Connor took a ripped-up old Fender bass into his large and slightly malformed hands. Meanwhile, Joey Castillo mounted his drum stool completely clothed, an oddity for him.
The band struck a 70s rock stance and the crowd collectively wet itself in excitement. As EODM started with "I Only Want You" off their first album Peace, Love, Death Metal, The Commodore's floor rocked hard, annoying the photographers, but giving everyone else a Heart On.
(© 2009 Shandra Stephenson.)
The Eagles of Death Metal came sauntering onstage at half past eleven. Jesse stepped out of the precariously placed gaggle of girls just visible backstage and fired finger pistols at the ladies in the front row. Dave Catching donned his crime-scene-coloured Flying V while Brian O'Connor took a ripped-up old Fender bass into his large and slightly malformed hands. Meanwhile, Joey Castillo mounted his drum stool completely clothed, an oddity for him.
The band struck a 70s rock stance and the crowd collectively wet itself in excitement. As EODM started with "I Only Want You" off their first album Peace, Love, Death Metal, The Commodore's floor rocked hard, annoying the photographers, but giving everyone else a Heart On.
(© 2009 Shandra Stephenson.)
Between songs, Jesse would hit on the audience: "Ladies, you look wonderful tonight," he crooned, in a manner reminiscent of Barry White. Despite the fact that everyone in the band is decidedly less than pretty, they have a huge following of attractive young girls. Clearly, a false sense of confidence and the ability to rock go a long way.
On "Shit Goddamn", Jesse claims to be "the Devil's favourite son". I don't question the sincerity of this statement because I'm sure that everyone who goes into an Eagles of Death Metal concert comes out more a sinner than when they went in. If sexual deviance were a disease, an Eagles of Death Metal concert would be Ground Zero.
For an encore, Jesse belts out a solo rendition of "Midnight Creeper". Panties fly onstage and shirts magically disappear. Some from the ladies in the audience, but Jesse's and Joey's shirts also vanish as EODM take a final bow and stumble offstage with the grace of drunks. So this is what it feels like to be killed by sexy.
On "Shit Goddamn", Jesse claims to be "the Devil's favourite son". I don't question the sincerity of this statement because I'm sure that everyone who goes into an Eagles of Death Metal concert comes out more a sinner than when they went in. If sexual deviance were a disease, an Eagles of Death Metal concert would be Ground Zero.
For an encore, Jesse belts out a solo rendition of "Midnight Creeper". Panties fly onstage and shirts magically disappear. Some from the ladies in the audience, but Jesse's and Joey's shirts also vanish as EODM take a final bow and stumble offstage with the grace of drunks. So this is what it feels like to be killed by sexy.
1 comments:
Buddy's other hand says "Dont" ... so his knuckles read "Don't Care" because ... obviously, he doesn't care what people think. He's a great lyricist
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