December 05, 2002

I think I was least excited about this night, but hell, even the ones I didn't think I'd like was hardly a loser... Jarcrew were absolutely fanastic (except for their vocals, which needed t stop with the screeching), and reminded me of Tool from around 1992, which is clearly a good thing. Techno Animal were a brutal assault on "my freakin ears", which resulted in my retrieval of many pints from the bar. With red lighting, more fog than I've ever seen, and constant strobe lights, Ian put it best when he said "Isn't this how the Bible describes Hell?" :) And Alec Empire, well, I'd already seen him open for Nine Inch Nails and I knew I couldn't stomach his set, but I did walk in for 2 moinutes in an attempt to give him another chance... Let's just hope his electro set on Saturday is more to my tastes. This was Rock Night at the PlayLouder @ the ICA festival