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To be honest, I was more drawn to US punk as a teenager than I am today, but the founder of the legendary "Black Flag" and frontman of the "Circle Jerks" with his band "OFF!" captivated me at least after I bought the 7" EP "live at Generation Records" in the same record store in New York.
(Note: In 2010, "OFF!" played a concert at Generation Records in NYC, from which four tracks were pressed on limited vinyl).
Before "OFF!" was to be heard and seen, it was time for the support: the band "Cerebral Ballzy" is based in NYC/Brooklyn and describes their musical style as punk.
Honestly, I hadn't heard anything from the band before and was curious.
At 8:15 PM, the guys from "Cerebral Ballzy" took the stage in the SO36, which was only half full.
Stylistically, I would personally describe the band as a mix of hardcore and punk. The frequent pauses between songs were repeatedly filled with the same content announcements like "We love Berlin, thank you for coming."
The frontman seemed a bit "wired" to me, and after a while, I wondered what he had taken? And can I have some too?
Because in the last quarter of the set, I started to get a bit bored. The monotonous singing style, the too obvious "bad boy" behavior, and songs that seemed relatively structureless to me made me honestly not too sad when the show ended after about 30 minutes.
Although it was obviously enjoyed by quite a number of spectators, it unfortunately didn't really convince me. But everyone has a different perception, and what one person likes, another does not. That's how it is with music.
In any case, I thought that we certainly have enough good local bands for such support slots that would also be quite suitable.
The NYC-Brooklyn-Motherfucker bonus wasn't enough for me here....
After a short changeover, tuning the instruments by the band members, and distributing water bottles and towels to his colleagues, "OFF!" frontman Keith Morris briefly introduced the band and himself, and off they went with "Void you out" from the new album "Wasted Years".
This was seamlessly followed by four more songs, and after a short announcement, they continued with the next block of five songs.
The band presented a cross-section of songs from all their releases.
Frontman Keith Morris ran around as usual, making faces and with a wild expression, screaming his heart out.
Meanwhile, guitarist Dimitri Coats and bassist Steven McDonald pounded their instruments with all their might. The audience was wildly moshing, and one or two tried to stage dive, which the audience was also encouraged to do by the present cameramen, as the gig was being filmed and there is reason to believe that there will be a DVD after the tour.
After apparently a glass was thrown (I didn't see it exactly), Keith Morris casually remarked: Throwing glasses has nothing to do with punk; punk means using your head. Where he is right, he is right...
Four encores were played, and then "OFF!" left the stage without much fuss. There were calls for more encores, but the band did not feel encouraged to do so. Thus, the "OFF!" gig ended after about 50 minutes. Keith Morris noted during the set that there was more going on in his mother's nursing home. Well, that could of course also be one of those often-used crowd-pleasing remarks.
All in all, I think "OFF!" delivered a solid performance, although I wasn't alone in the impression that the decisive spark didn't really jump over.
What caused that is hard to say. Sometimes it just is like that....
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