OFF! and Negative Approach join forces for one amazing tour, and pair off with Dallas based Thrash band, Power Trip for an unforgettable show at Houston's own Warehouse Live.
Power Trip were the closed thing to a local act, being out of Dallas. They ripped through a Thrash set, that had the audience circling the floor, and sometimes just flailing about, from the moment their first notes rang out. After half an hour of nonstop crowd churning chaos, the band bid farewell.
Negative Approach began the night with their classic hit "Can't Tell No One", which already launched the crowd into a fist raising frenzy. If one thing was immediately apparent, it's that seemingly nothing had changed since the band's old performances. The guitar's buzzed in that familiarly distorted and sludgy manner, while the crowd swirled in a massive pit, when they weren't mobbing the stage to scream their favorite anthem, with frontman John Brannon, who also shouted every line with the same ferocity as ever. Highlights include: "Tied Down", "Ready To Fight"(which had the crowd mobbing the stage and any available microphones), "Nothing", and cover of Sham 69's "Borstal Breakout".
Negative Approach began the night with their classic hit "Can't Tell No One", which already launched the crowd into a fist raising frenzy. If one thing was immediately apparent, it's that seemingly nothing had changed since the band's old performances. The guitar's buzzed in that familiarly distorted and sludgy manner, while the crowd swirled in a massive pit, when they weren't mobbing the stage to scream their favorite anthem, with frontman John Brannon, who also shouted every line with the same ferocity as ever. Highlights include: "Tied Down", "Ready To Fight"(which had the crowd mobbing the stage and any available microphones), "Nothing", and cover of Sham 69's "Borstal Breakout".
OFF! made their way onstage to greet the audience, that by this point was already worn from a thorough stint of moshing, yet they got an amazing reaction none the less. They began the night with the intense number "Panic Attack", which had guitars blaring, drums pounding, and equally ferocious screaming from lead singer, Keith Morris. From there they launched into the song "I Got News For You", a Black Flag aimed song best summed up with the line "You bet I got something personal against you too!". Somewhat ironically, the band picks up where Morris era Black Flag left off(pun somewhat intended), being known for short and fiery Punk Rock songs. Highlights of their set include: "Poison City", "Borrow And Bomb", "Darkness", and "Upside Down". The band kept very focussed this time around, only stopping to allow Keith a short moment to interact with the audience every 5 songs or so, while always a treat to see band and crowd interaction it kept the show very concise and high energy. After a 45 minute musical assault the band stepped down, and joined the show goers, to converse with them before the night's end.
