Comments on: Special Request: Be Original

By: Dark soldier

Dark soldier — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:11:17 +0000

Wanted to post this FBook message from Vendetta (aug6):

“I firmly believe in doing things right or not at all. That is why it is with great disappointment that I have to announce the Vendetta Festival will not be happening this year; due to the time constraints involved, financial considerations, and the lack of viable venues for the money. This is an unfortunate but necessary re-set, and it will allow us to come back bigger and better than ever next year”

By: 8Bit

8Bit — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:26:18 +0000

wfku.org ppl, gothams dark alternative — our current project is to feed the kids the real smack and not let them know.

By: c.db.sn

c.db.sn — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:00:54 +0000

I was at Day one of the V-fest primarily to support friends acts, I didn’t bother to stick around for the headliner. I skipped days 2 and 3 for this exact reason. I was entertained, but its frustrating to see a handful of bands all utilizing the same sounds and pretty much doing the same thing act after act.

I was bored.

That combined with poor production in some of the acts backing tracks (one act sounded like they had a BP filter over their whole backing track!) I was not amused.

Cursed Chimera put on a great show, as did Blackcell, but I dunno… I stopped making “industrial” music years ago, i became more interested in IDM and more “techy” stuff, and the scene became stale for me, not enough innovators, too many bandwagoners and copycats…

meh, maybe im just getting old/bitter/ect.

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:41:55 +0000

Review of the evening from the Denver Westwood music blog: click here

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:19:43 +0000

I’m friends with Eric (they didn’t play the night I performed). I usually have no idea what Hocico is saying but they make up for it with a pretty energetic show.

By: Jimmy Jams

Jimmy Jams — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:54:28 +0000

The accessibility and democracy of smaller scenes and technology probably brings to prominence a lot of acts that are still “figuring it out,” thematically or stylistically…we’ve all been there, I’m sure.

But I’d say for sure that a band like Hocico – especially live – has something to say. They might have inspired a number of acts to follow that same digital, dissonant, new electro-industrial sound, and they probably put more stock in getting themselves across aggressively than in high production values, but I think in terms of the passion in their performance, and the authenticity of their experience growing up and living in Mexico, they’re kinda special.

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:12:11 +0000

I don’t want to make an impression that I didn’t like Denver or any of the music. The promoters and venue were great and the city was nice. The bands before me were all capable but I just really felt there wasn’t any strong message so what’s the point then? On the other side maybe they are having fun and that’s what it’s all about.

By: Chud

Chud — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:20:10 +0000

Denver sucks. I lived there for 35 years and it’s a bunch of posers.
It’s not that cowboy anymore. It’s pretty progressive and there is a ton of cash that flows through there, in probably the parts you didn’t see. You really have to know where to hang out. But I’m assuming they stuck you on Broadway or Colfax. It’s nasty down there and I don’t blame you for wanting to get out of there. You probably would hate the super nice areas though. Too trendy.

By: kev on music

kev on music — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:17:22 +0000

you definitely got a point there man!

By: Tazz

Tazz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:27:14 +0000

Midwest is kinda like that really, we aren’t to interesting folk, even our artist and musicians. I think if memory serves me right Denver would be better at acoustic rock than EBM/goth styling. How is playing Gotch acts like Hocico and Psyclon Nine differ from more hard line EBM bands?