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Saturday night at the Christchurch Town Hall saw a bunch of local bands play across four stages at the Go Live festival. I caught Imperial April who were pretty good (just wish the rhythm guitarist with the SG was up a bit louder in the mix!). Great tunes and an excellent cover of Black star by Radiohead
Then my first time ever seeing The Bats!! In the James Hay theatre, they were truly excellent. So many fantastic songs - came away from that one smiling and full of joy.
Then the highlight for me was Loves Ugly Children - their first gig together in over 20 years! I used to see them a bit back in the 90s, and boy can they still bring it! Absolutely intense and unhinged and beautiful! They were obviously loving it themselves and the entire energy in the room was just magic.
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Awesome! loves ugly were a really cool unit-did they have jason or paul on drums? jason was what made them for me-sneaking in metal grooves and double kick :)
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Kris wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:32 pm Awesome! loves ugly were a really cool unit-did they have jason or paul on drums? jason was what made them for me-sneaking in metal grooves and double kick :)
Jason! And yeah man - he is an absolute beast of a drummer - and he brought the metal fills for sure! He was having a visibly great time (as were they all).
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The Bats are such nice people.
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Oh man, love Loves Ugly Children!!
I covered some of their songs in bands back in the late 90s!

Thanks for the heads up - I see they're playing in Auckland on thursday, im there!
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I caught part of the Bats set and watched Imperial aprils full set, the rhythm guitarist in question is a good friend of mine and his SG had a neck repair done by our very own lostinverness.
I never saw or knew any of Loves Ugly Children songs so didn’t actually go and watch them, maybe I should have, sounds like I missed out.
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Optical wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 5:46 pm Oh man, love Loves Ugly Children!!
I covered some of their songs in bands back in the late 90s!

Thanks for the heads up - I see they're playing in Auckland on thursday, im there!
If it's anything like the Chch gig, then you wont be disappointed!
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Reg18 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 6:05 pm I caught part of the Bats set and watched Imperial aprils full set, the rhythm guitarist in question is a good friend of mine and his SG had a neck repair done by our very own lostinverness.
I never saw or knew any of Loves Ugly Children songs so didn’t actually go and watch them, maybe I should have, sounds like I missed out.
Imperial April had great tunes and they were all excellent musicians. I'm always a sucker for an SG!
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Thoroughly enjoyed the auckland gig

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Optical wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:51 am Thoroughly enjoyed the auckland gig

Pedal board for the nerds :)
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Awesome! Thanks for posting that! What is the pedal between the Freeze and the HolyGrail?
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