TX Punk

  • Home
  • Shows
  • Photo Gallery
  • Show Reviews
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • Compilations
  • Video Gallery
  • Product Reviews
  • Contests
  • FAQ
  • Street Team
  • Store
  • Sponsors & Sites
  • Contact Us

OFF! w/ Cerebral Ballzy At Warehouse Live In Houston October 14

10/21/2011

5 Comments

 
Okay, so the newest star child of the Punk Rock world, OFF!, which features an amazing line up of veteran talent, paired with Cerebral Ballzy, who are quite possibly the best modern Hardcore Punk band around, plus Retox, a thrashy, explosive, Noise Punk band, and they're all under one roof on one night. Holy crap! That's even better than Greg Ginn's keyboard playing cat! What could make it better!?!?

Oh, wait there's a fashion in the other room of the venue, which means there will be frequent socialites walking into the OFF! side with fashion fauxhawks? Oh my god! It's orgasmic! Read More!

PUNK IS NOT DEAD!! PUNK IS NOT DEAD!!! PUNK IS NOT DEAD!!!
Picture
Warning: "I hope you like books cause it's a long exciting tale."
Retox put on an explosive and convulsive show, with their unique noisy hybrid of Punk, Thrash, and slight traces of Metal. They slammed through a set of songs that seemed to last for entire minute at longest, with the entire band acting out the convulsive music all along the way, often looking much like a group epileptic seizure combined with a severe panic attack(that's a good thing by the way). Probably one of the best parts of their set was the complete silence between songs from the band that allowed the stereotypical techno fashion music from the next room to be heard, only to be violently ripped to shreds by their next screeching tune.

Cerebral Ballzy took the stage innocently enough with a fake, slightly uninterested act, but of course the crowd knew better. They began with "On The Run", the first track off their new album, which had a pit swirling and thrashing literally as soon as the first chords rang. From there the immense anticipation for nearly every one of their short hardcore lash-out anthems was clear, a few songs even got a pit spinning before the band even started playing. The entire band whole heartedly tore through every single song, while their frontman, Honor Titus, brought everything into personification, and frequently ventured off stage. They performed in a youthful fury that should make anyone with memories of "back in the day" tear up at the sheer amazing sight that is Cerebral Ballzy.

OFF!... Was nearly beyond word's accurate description. Many phrases that fail to properly quantify the experience come to mind, much like a sufferer of tourette's. Such phrases as "Epic!", "Orgasmic", & "Amazing" immediately follow thoughts of the night, but alas fail miserably at conveying the level of intense ecstasy provided that night. With that disclaimer being said, let's move on.

OFF! casually walked on stage to greet the hundreds of rabid Punks who already had unreasonably high expectations for the night, and who also would have those expectations met, satisfied and subsequently burned in a pool of lighter fluid(... just for the extra entertainment of it). After a short moment of frontman Keith Morris conversing with the crowd and lightly responding to the many inexplicable cries of "F*ck you, Keith Morris!"; they then began a night of chaos. The band started by ripping through "Black Thoughts", followed by "Darkness". While the pit was very small, it was only because the entire mass of people spent their time as close as possible to the stage to thrash about and scream along. They barreled through a few more songs like "I Don't Belong", and "Now I'm Pissed", before even taking a moment to say another word to the crowd. Now, given the fact that OFF! has 16 songs totaling 17 minutes on their first album, and a single totaling 3 1/2, plus a few stray bonus tracks, it makes one wonder how they fill a respectable sized set. The short answer: they play all but two songs they've written, and the rest is filled in by the highly unique and entertaining banter of Keith Morris.

Keith got 2 or 3 chances to sit and converse with the overly-hyper crowd that he often had to calm down. Much like the hyperactive child too impatient for story time, the crowd was frequently restless and what shout many interrupting phrases. Keith would then take the role of the stern and calm parent: "Hold on now! What hurry are you in? It's Friday, where do you have to be tomorrow? Now, chill out and enjoy things for a minute.". When he wasn't harassing people trying desperately to shake his hand or random girls trying to whisper in his ear, which he would walk away from and retaliate by saying "No, this isn't Facebook talk time right now. Leave Facebook at Facebook."; Keith would explain why a song was written or other details. In the case of "Jeffery Lee Pierce" he explained a few things about his friend from the Gun Club, how many people his band influenced, and the urged the crowd to check out his music.

By what seemed to be the end of a long blur of flying beer sweat, and unmatchably intense, honest, Hardcore Punk Rock; the band left the stage... For a minute... The crowd feverishly demanded more, but the band had to address an issue. "See, due to the infant nature of a band like ours, we run into a problem. We run out of songs.[though technically they had two they hadn't played yet if you count b sides and bonus tracks] So, we're going to do what an old band did when they ran out of songs. That band being my old one, Black Flag... We would start our set over again." At which point they launched back into "Black Thoughts" and "Darkness" before bidding the crowd an official goodnight. The entire band was kind enough to wander around the venue or merch booth for those who wanted to greet and thank them for such an impossibly fun night.
Picture
Much like how I was still pogoing for at least half an hour after the show was over, I'm still in a rant mood.

I can't help but think of all the people I've heard rant about how seeing The Clash was a "religious experience" as it is so commonly called. While my musical tastes are slightly prohibitive of me being able to find that believable, I know for fact that there is no Punk show that can be described as better than this one. I have found the meaning of life, and that meaning is called OFF!. Very simple. While, those of you that have read the site throughout its history, you will already know I have become a wordy bastard, but I have had to omit so many exciting parts of this show that stand out in my mind to avoid writing a legitimate book.

OFF! MUST BE SEEN! You cannot die happy without seeing OFF! Cerebral Ballzy too. No exceptions.

... I must be forgetting some- ... Oh, right... Pictures!
5 Comments
Spill Station link
1/17/2012 12:43:47 pm

Really i am impressed from this post....the person who created this post is a genious and knows how to keep the readers connected..thanks for sharing this with us.i found it informative and interesting. Looking forward for more updates..

Reply
casual labour recruitment sydney link
7/17/2012 03:53:01 pm

It is the most to the point and the latest information I found on this issue. Positively glad that I came across your url by luck. I will be reading your feed so that I can acquire the up to the minute news. all the information here.

Reply
renault diagnose link
8/13/2012 01:14:46 pm

Im Gegensatz zu anderen Universal Auto Scanner-Gerät, die nur lesen Fehlercodes, diese Software führt fast alle Aufgaben wie das Diagnosewerkzeug des ursprünglichen Händlers.Unsere Diagnoseschnittstelle enthält K-Line Multiplexer, CAN-BUS Schnittstellen und SAE J1850 (PWM und VPW).. lyj

Reply
king11 link
5/28/2024 11:47:43 pm

It is the most to the point and the latest information I found on this issue. Positively glad that I came across your url by luck.

Reply
etherchain.io link
9/2/2024 04:49:20 am

Im Gegensatz zu anderen Universal Auto Scanner-Gerät, die nur lesen Fehlercodes, diese Software führt fast alle

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    December 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    September 2012
    May 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    July 2009
    April 2009

    Help keep the site running by donating! Any amount helps, and we try to reward our donators however we can!
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.