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Friday, September 26, 2008

Tonight! Spectrum

Posted by Andrew R Tonry on Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:45 PM

There's just no nice way to say this so I'll just do it quickly: Spectrum blows.

It was just about a year ago I got myself all hyped up to see the former Spaceman. The show was in September at Rotture and I think it was about $15 bucks. God was it a waste. I felt like I deserved a refund from Sonic Boom himself.

Along with some other yahoo, Boom basically did a hour-long guitar pedal solo. But it wasn't some shredding sort of thing, it was lackadaisical. Incredibly so. Hit a note on the keyboard, stop to smoke while it sustains, stand there, blow out some more smoke, twist a knob or two, smoke some more and there you have it--ladies and gentleman, Spectrum.

Seriously. The show nothing more than puff of smoke. Almost like having the smoke blown up your ass then being asked to pay for it. Really a waste of time and money. Awful pretension. No fucking way dude is touring on this shit if it weren't for his days in Spaceman 3. Which brings us to his former cohort, Jason Pierce, who played here just days ago.

Spiritualized was fucking brilliant. And here, restraint was used to fabulous effect. It seems ABUNDANTLY clear who had the talent in Spaceman 3.

Man, this is a little harsh for a former member of a band I hold as canonical, but harsh is how I felt after Sonic Boom fleeced me for fifteen bucks last year.

Word to the wise--this is not a rock show. It's not even really a show. It's like two dudes fucking around with keyboards in the basement, thinking their shit is sounding super profound but really they’re just fucking really high.

Thing twice before chipping in the next dime bag.

 

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Dude, you have got that so fucking backwards. What a joke Jason Pierce has become. His only "talent" these days is self-promotion. And I was at the same Sonic Boom show you were. What you wrote about it tells me a lot more about you than it does about Pete Kember's solo output. Pity.
Posted by r33k on September 29, 2008 at 12:18 PM · Report

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