| At the Whisky a Go Go, Saturday, January 6, | | | | Emily scream! Creativity: Tops! Good mixture of |
| 2007, the opening band was Vekstar (Can hear | | | | songs and styles. Nothing boring, and they did |
| them on my space if you are intereseted.) Some | | | | different songs than they have on My Space. |
| nice tunes on My Space, but the live performance | | | | (Except for Innuendo which they played live). |
| didn't quite cut it for the audience. The band stood | | | | Audience rapport. Great! They were totally in |
| there looking rather bored and disinterested, and | | | | sync with the crowd and afterwards I heard |
| the audience quickly followed suit. I like to look | | | | good comments coming out of everyone's |
| around at the effect the performers make on | | | | mouths. Final Analysis: Keep your eyes on these |
| the audience, tells me what other people think. A | | | | girls. They are going places. |
| band should communicate to their audience. One | | | | Third up: BILLY BOY on POISON. (Sorry guys |
| of the basic principles of performance. Vekstar | | | | can't find My Space profile on you). Interesting |
| didn't. | | | | act. Probably a little on the bizarre side (lead singer |
| Their performance: poor, boring; Musicianship: | | | | in underwear and fishnet stocking type of |
| Decent; Vocals: lacking energy live, (sound better | | | | bizarre), but interesting. Had a good size following |
| on My Space); Creativity: poor, after a while it | | | | there and like Dead Sara had the audience with |
| sounded like one long song. Audience rapport: | | | | them throughout their set. A good performance |
| none, people were talking to each other and not | | | | oriented act, with strong rockin' music, but a little |
| many were watching the band as they played. | | | | weak (well actually a lot weak) on the vocals. |
| Final analysis. Time to go back to the drawing | | | | Performance: Great! (if you like things a little |
| board. Regroup. Something is not working here. | | | | bizarre) Just plain bizarre if you don't like bizarre. |
| Second up: Dead Sara (Can hear them on my | | | | Nonetheless, still a well coordinated stage show. |
| space if you are interested.) What can I say. | | | | Musicianship: Great! A very tight band, |
| Dead Sara | | | | Rockin'music. Vocals: Terrible. Sorry but someone |
| Rocks! The lackluster bored audience became | | | | needs a few vocal lessons. Creativity: Decent |
| very intent and heads began boppin' as soon as | | | | mixture of songs and styles. Got a little boring |
| Dead Sara took the stage. Dead Sara immediately | | | | after awhile (probably due to the singing more |
| got the audience's attention and kept it for their | | | | than anything else.) Audience rapport. Great. |
| whole set. They opened up with a two song two | | | | Seemed to have lots of fans there, and they |
| member (reminiscent of the White Stripes) set, | | | | liked them. Though, a lot of the non fans didn't |
| and finished with three more songs with a guest | | | | have very many kind things to say. Final Analysis. |
| bassist and drummer (Their My Space page says | | | | Worth seeing to decide for yourself. If they are |
| bassist and drummer needed). | | | | your kind of band, you'll probably like them. If |
| Performance, great! Nothing too fancy but these | | | | they are not, you won't. |
| girls (Emily and Siouxsie) rock, are alive, and love | | | | As for me, not exactly my kind of band. I like |
| music. It shows; Musicianship, great. Siouxsie rocks | | | | good vocals. So I got a little bored and walked out |
| on both guitar and drums. Vocals: Excellent! Best | | | | before Billy Boy on Poison finished. Didn't stay for |
| vocals of the night. Great voice and man can that | | | | the other bands. |