Hell Is For Heroes - Crossfire Birthday - London Dingwalls 27/09/02
Hell Is For Heroes (Crossfire 1st Birthday) - Dingwalls, London
Happy Birthday Dear Crossfire. LET'S RAWWWK!
With their debut album release pushed back to February (pah!), it would seem that the inevitable Top of the Pops and CD-UK performances are on ice for now; although World domination surely can't be too far away. To pass the time until that day, Hell is for Heroes have hit the road again, just to see if there are any young folk who haven't yet been swept away by their devastatingly energetic live shows.
It would seem that the crowd at Dingwalls are all at least 2nd timers, and there's clearly some veterans too. When Schlosberg et al get on the stage, the whole friggin' place erupts, and then they have the temerity to warm everyone up with a new song, "Folded Paper Figures", which has no less effect than the old favourites.
This band seems to have been on tour forever, but in actual fact it's nearer 2 years. Their hard work is paying off too. The set list reads like the greatest hits package of a well-loved band. The shouldabeen hits and the gonnabe hits just roll easily one after the other. “Sick/Happy”, “Cut Down”, “5 Kids Go”, “Nightvision”, “I Can Climb Mountains”. I can't think of another band today that has such a blistering live set.
You've got to either love or hate Justin Schlosberg's voice, but even if you take the latter route, you at least have to admire the power with which it spews forth from his less than stocky frame. And with willful lack of regard for his personal safety, he chucks himself around the stage like he’s getting paid per bruise. For him, there are no grey areas, no middle ground, which marks him out as being one of the best frontmen around.
The more sedate moments in the set, such as "Slow Song", give the sweaty a chance to regroup before once again being battered around the head with the familiar riffage of "You Drove Me To It". Here’s a band that has a knack of writing catchy, edgy, fuck-off rock monsters of songs, and they’ve got the live juice to back it up.
And I, personally, can’t wait to see what they do to the popsters in the TOTP studios when they do get a run out. It’ll be sugar-coated carnage.
Happy Birthday Dear Crossfire. LET'S RAWWWK!
With their debut album release pushed back to February (pah!), it would seem that the inevitable Top of the Pops and CD-UK performances are on ice for now; although World domination surely can't be too far away. To pass the time until that day, Hell is for Heroes have hit the road again, just to see if there are any young folk who haven't yet been swept away by their devastatingly energetic live shows.
It would seem that the crowd at Dingwalls are all at least 2nd timers, and there's clearly some veterans too. When Schlosberg et al get on the stage, the whole friggin' place erupts, and then they have the temerity to warm everyone up with a new song, "Folded Paper Figures", which has no less effect than the old favourites.
This band seems to have been on tour forever, but in actual fact it's nearer 2 years. Their hard work is paying off too. The set list reads like the greatest hits package of a well-loved band. The shouldabeen hits and the gonnabe hits just roll easily one after the other. “Sick/Happy”, “Cut Down”, “5 Kids Go”, “Nightvision”, “I Can Climb Mountains”. I can't think of another band today that has such a blistering live set.
You've got to either love or hate Justin Schlosberg's voice, but even if you take the latter route, you at least have to admire the power with which it spews forth from his less than stocky frame. And with willful lack of regard for his personal safety, he chucks himself around the stage like he’s getting paid per bruise. For him, there are no grey areas, no middle ground, which marks him out as being one of the best frontmen around.
The more sedate moments in the set, such as "Slow Song", give the sweaty a chance to regroup before once again being battered around the head with the familiar riffage of "You Drove Me To It". Here’s a band that has a knack of writing catchy, edgy, fuck-off rock monsters of songs, and they’ve got the live juice to back it up.
And I, personally, can’t wait to see what they do to the popsters in the TOTP studios when they do get a run out. It’ll be sugar-coated carnage.
posted by Luci @ 7:40 AM
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