Raucous crowd provides perfect atmosphere for Atlanta-based rockers
Joe Shearer
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: Arts & Leisure
The one-man organ band took the stage after he smoked the crowd out with an over abundance of fog. A drum machine laid out a standard beat before Quintron started wailing on his organ with some serious experimental funk and soul. All of the tunes, crazed yet danceable, got the crowd roaring.
The most unique part of his show was a instrument called the "Drum Buddy," which was actually five copper tubes bent at a 90-degree angle at different lengths surrounded by a light bulb.
There was a turntable that spun a tin can with a series of small holes around. When the light went down, the tubes created an analog synthesizer sound which aided him during his show.
There were multiple cans with differing hole patterns to make different sounds. One truly had to be there to observe this unique piece of machinery.
Then the house lights went down and black lights illuminated the puppet show stage. Miss Pussycat treated the audience to a psychedelic puppet performance where a duo of friends encounters a witch in an art gallery. Long story short: The witch turns one of the friends into stone, arguing ensues and Santa Claus blows the witch away with a machine gun to free the friend and save the day.
After a quick breakdown of Quintron's set up, the Black Lips came on and set up their own equipment while being cheered and heckled by the raucous crowd. It didn't take long for the Atlanta-based band to start figuratively tearing the place apart as they opened with the crowd favorite "Boomerang."
The songs were short, sweet and very loud while the band's usual on-stage antics were ever-present: spitting loogies in the air and catching them, using a beer can thrown on stage as a guitar slide and singing on the floor from a microphone that was dangling around a guitar neck.
The Black Lips embodied every aspect of a true rock show. The raw, unadulterated energy was gleaming during songs like "M.I.A." and their single "O Katrina," as the band and audience were bouncing around the room like a bunch of lunatics. Closing time came way too soon as the crowd, bewildered and partially deaf, took to the streets.
A show like this doesn't come around very often. The venue was electrifying the whole night and every act got the respect and admiration they deserved.
The most unique part of his show was a instrument called the "Drum Buddy," which was actually five copper tubes bent at a 90-degree angle at different lengths surrounded by a light bulb.
There was a turntable that spun a tin can with a series of small holes around. When the light went down, the tubes created an analog synthesizer sound which aided him during his show.
There were multiple cans with differing hole patterns to make different sounds. One truly had to be there to observe this unique piece of machinery.
Then the house lights went down and black lights illuminated the puppet show stage. Miss Pussycat treated the audience to a psychedelic puppet performance where a duo of friends encounters a witch in an art gallery. Long story short: The witch turns one of the friends into stone, arguing ensues and Santa Claus blows the witch away with a machine gun to free the friend and save the day.
After a quick breakdown of Quintron's set up, the Black Lips came on and set up their own equipment while being cheered and heckled by the raucous crowd. It didn't take long for the Atlanta-based band to start figuratively tearing the place apart as they opened with the crowd favorite "Boomerang."
The songs were short, sweet and very loud while the band's usual on-stage antics were ever-present: spitting loogies in the air and catching them, using a beer can thrown on stage as a guitar slide and singing on the floor from a microphone that was dangling around a guitar neck.
The Black Lips embodied every aspect of a true rock show. The raw, unadulterated energy was gleaming during songs like "M.I.A." and their single "O Katrina," as the band and audience were bouncing around the room like a bunch of lunatics. Closing time came way too soon as the crowd, bewildered and partially deaf, took to the streets.
A show like this doesn't come around very often. The venue was electrifying the whole night and every act got the respect and admiration they deserved.
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