The review title pretty much sums it up. To anyone attending this tour, I would heartily recommend showing up for Death Grips only, as the opener was quite possibly the most tortuous barrage of mangled noise it has ever been my personal displeasure to hear. If you like hearing a pretentious hipster moan 50 times "Are you real, or assimilated?" to a stolen Depeche Mode beat (yes, he ripped off "Strangelove"!), then maybe dispense with my advice and flush away 45 minutes of your precious life. Hey, it's a free country. However, I was slightly offended that Death Grips thought it appropriate to trot out this joke of an opener considering this was not a cheap show, and frankly, if they had any hand in picking their opener, I'm disappointed in their exceedingly poor judgment and personal taste. I try to be fair when offering my critique, but the opener was seriously amateur hour. When your "music" is so irredeemably bad that you feel the need to call out the sound guy because the audience is noticeably disinterested in what you're peddling, perhaps you should take that as a hint that it's time to pack up your microphone and walk away gracefully.
The Crocodile @
- Seattle @
, WA @
- Thu, Nov 29, 2012 @
Favorite moment: When Death Grips finally played; Zach Hill @
Opening act(s): Cities Aviv (You were warned) @