[DID NOT ATTEND: April 26, 2023] 100 gecs / Machine Girl
Back in 2021, 100 gecs played Union Transfer. Two nights. Both sold out.
I barely know them but I enjoy their hyperactive pop.
Here it is two years later and they have moved up to Franklin Music Hall. I still think they would be fun to go see, but I imagine I would be an old age minority at this very young person’s show.
Still sounds like fun.
Machine Girl is described by Pitchfork as Relentlessly smashing together bits of punk, grindcore, rave, industrial, and more, the Pittsburgh duo’s maximalist music echoes the cruel momentum of the modern world.
Which sounds about right for this tour. The show must have been exhausting.
[DID NOT ATTEND: May 24 & 25, 2022] Nine Inch Nails / 100 gecs
I saw Nine Inch Nails open for Skinny Puppy on Halloween in 1988 at Irving Plaza in New York City. My memory is hazy, but I recall Trent Reznor playing all of his music on a giant reel to reel player and no one else on stage. No idea if that’s correct. I recall not thinking much of him/them. “Head Like a Hole” wouldn’t come out for another year and a half.
Obviously, things went pretty well for him.
I don’t really think I would have gone to this show even if it hadn’t sold out. I have nothing against the new version of NIN, I’m just not all that interested. Plus its fun to have my memory.
100 gecs are a crazy band who apparently put on a wild show (and sell out pretty quickly).
My son played us “Stupid Horse” a while ago and I thought it was crazy–funny, catchy, irritating–a perfectly weird pop song. When they announced a tour, I asked him if he wanted to go and he laughed and said no.
I looked up a concert review to see what their show was like and people said they played their entire catalog, which was like 30 minutes. And that was it. (Turns out they played for 50 minutes at their headline show in Philly).
There were some interesting openers on this tour. More power to Trent:
Yves Tumor, Boy Harsher and a little band called Ministry.
I just found out that someone ha a recording of that 1988 show
[DID NOT ATTEND: December 7 & 8, 2021] 100 gecs / Tony Velour
My son played us “Stupid Horse” a while ago and I thought it was crazy–funny, catchy, irritating–a perfectly weird pop song. When they announced a tour, I asked him if he wanted to go and he laughed and said no.
I looked up a concert review to see what their show was like and people said they played their entire catalog, which was like 30 minutes. And that was it.
Crazy.
I wasn’t going to go either, but the idea of the show makes me smile. (Turns out they played for 50 minutes at this show).
Tony Velour is a rapper I’ve never heard of. Apparently he has partnered with the gecs for something or other.
Back in 2021, 100 gecs played Union Transfer. Two nights. Both sold out.
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