Verdict:
Better off canned!
Shotgun Messiah may well have taken many fashion strides forward over
the past 12 months or so - having ditched their Glam approach for a newly
Indutrialized groove - and 'Violent New Breed' is a right stonker of a
record, but at present it doesn't come anywhere close to to working live.
Instead of seeming like an Industrial band with actual songs, on stage
Tim Skold (bass/vocals), Harry Cody (guitars), and a group of extras are
more like a Glam act without them! The make-up has gone, but what's left
is simply a wash of shockingly mediocre Rock songs. Without knowing who
they were, one could easily be forgiven for thinking Shotgun Messiah were
some bunch of local, unsigned, arena Rock wannabes.
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Visually, there's not much more happening than there is musically. Sing,
pose, point, Rock; sing, pose, point, Rock...etc. As a fan of this duo
since their days as Kingpin, I'd dearly love to be able to come up with
a game-saving silver lining right about now. Sadly, the only positive
impression to emerge from the whole night was a genuinely great cover
of Jetboy's 'Feel The Shake' performed by the opening act - yes, a bunch
of local, unsigned, arena Rock wannabes. So, better luck next time will
have to do for now.
Chris Smith |