Show report: Pigface, Rochester NY
So I got to see Pigface (for the 3rd time I think) last night at Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester, NY. The music seems to get worse and worse everytime I see them, but the show seems to get more and more entertaining.
Allow me to explain:
We got there and Voodu was playing — the band was pretty not good — ok stage show, for an opener, but the chicks’ vocals were flat and unintresting.
Luke and I sat outside for the next 2 acts — so I have no idea who played or whatnot. Then Sheep on Drugs came in and played like 5 songs. The only one I knew was 15 Minutes of Fame, the rest were off their new CD (!!) F**K. (No, I did not censor myself, that’s what it’s titled!) That was a fun bit, I’d never seen SoD before so I was kinda psyched about that.
After SoD, I noticed a dude covered in blue paint back stage and didn’t think anything of this — mistake.
So Pigface comes on and does some stuff, and we notice that this dude covered in blue is taking a grinder to a hatchet — sparks going everywhere and shit. I thought cool, and then he dissapeared and I forgot about it — mistake.
So the show goes on, it’s an ok show so far, some songs I know, some I don’t. They played Godlike (since En Esch was there) which was awesome. So blue dude shows back up with a cross, and he’s waving it all around and shit and they’ve got lightup crosses on stage going and it’s kinda neat, until blue dude swallows the cross.
Now, let me explain that statement. The cross was a 3′ long metal cross. Dude shoved it down his throat like it was no thing — sword swallower style.
I was a bit awestruck at that, but again dude dissapeared. This time I didn’t forget about him right away, but since he didn’t show up next song, I figured that was it and stopped looking for him — mistake.
So 2 songs after the cross bit, the dude comes out on stage and is waving a hammer around at people and shit — I thought it was kinda weak, until he takes an 8″ long nail and drives it through his nose.
At this point the Mosh pit stopped and everyone was staring at a dude with a nail driven into his face through his nose hole. Again he wanders off but comes back pretty quickly with a power drill. I bet you can imagine what’s gonna happen now. Yep, power drill through nose hole into face. That made me cringe a bunch, I couldn’t fathom how that didn’t fucking hurt a bunch.
Now to the best part. Dude comes back on stage (I had not forgotten about him at this point) with a chainsaw, and starts flailing it at people and whacking thier legs and generally filling the place with smoke and chainsaw noise. That was pretty cool! But then they started playing their second to last song and he dissapeared.
Well I was all getting into the song and shit and then I started smelling 2 cycle oil again… I didn’t think anything of it, since dude had just been on stage w/ a chainsaw and maybe it was finally wafting my way.
Mistake.
Suddenly I freak out cuz I hear a chainsaw and feel something hard and metal whack against my leg! It’s the dude, complete with a pig mask, chainsawing at my leg! He wanders down the row of people (including my friend, luke) and chainsaws their legs!!!!!
The mosh pit was just a total stand still at this point — the band still playing and this dude, covered in blue with horns and a pig mask chainsawing people!
Wow.
Fun show.
Next show:
5/10/05 – Nine Inch Nails, Toronto, ON
I’m hoping Micronaut makes it here this year, I’d like to see them.
That brings the totals to:
Sheep on Drugs – 1
Sister Machine Gun – 1
Christ Analogue – 1
Manufactura – 1
Prick – 1
Pigface – 3
KMFDM – 2
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – 1
Radiohead – 1
Gravity Kills – 1
Ben Lee – 1
Splashdown – 3
Tori Amos – 1
Moxy Fruvous – 1
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