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I saw this show last night in H-Town, wasn't really expecting much but I am a fan of the music and the legend of the Tombs. I was pleasantly surprised to get a great punk rock show full of energy from well prepared musicians. A heads up for anyone in Austin as they are playing Emo's tonight.
For anyone that isn't aware, they were a pre-punk band from Cleveland circa 1975 that was only around for less than a year. Some of the music they wrote in that short time is the stuff of legends: Sonic Reducer, 30 Seconds over Tokyo, Final Solution, Down in Flames, Ain't it Fun, What Love Is et al.The Tombs split up and members fromed the Dead Boys, Pere Ubu and others. One of the key founding members, Peter Laughner drank himself to death soon thereafter. This past year, David Thomas (Pere Ubu), Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys), Richard Lloyd (Television), Craig Bell and Steve Mehlman got together to play some of the music and this tour sprang up.
Anyone who make comparisons to the Doors reunion or the many final tours for the Who just doesn't get it. This is a revisitation of the music these guys shared with each other but never got to previously share it with the population. This isn't a big money tour, I saw them in a bar with 300 people tops.
Do yourself a favor and check these guys out, here is some other info about their non-reunion.
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Thread: Rocket From the Tombs
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12-13-2003, 09:33 AM #1
Rocket From the Tombs
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12-13-2003, 09:46 AM #2
Rockin good show. Period.
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12-13-2003, 09:54 AM #3
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Originally Posted by maynard
Cool, did you see them in San Diego?
Anyone else see them?
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12-13-2003, 09:59 AM #4
At the Casbah... but only for about 20min... I was en route to another club. But what I saw rocked!
(yep, I shoulda stayed...)
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12-13-2003, 09:59 AM #5
i saw them in montreal and frankly the opening band, us maple kicked thier ass in terms of energy and inovation.
i enjor my rftt lp, qand i'm a big fan of pere ubu and the deadboys,But the show was pretty sad in my opinion
seeing a bunch of 50-something guys playing songs they wrote 28 years ago is pretty much the antithiesis of punk-rock in my book
still, i did shake my fist to final solution
i think us maple where more what rftt were orginally abouyt than rftt
i dunno - i've NEVER seen a reunion show that wasn't depressing
i wish bands wouldn't do em cause it taints the music.
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12-13-2003, 10:04 AM #6
I mostly agree that reunions pale in comparison to the originals, but who here saw the Tombs?? anyone? And David Thomas has performed with the liveliness of a 50 year old since he was what ... 20?
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12-13-2003, 10:09 AM #7
dude at the show i saw last week dave was SITTING more that half of the set and propped up with a CANE the other half
he looked likean undead orson welles
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12-13-2003, 10:14 AM #8
Too funny. yep, he had a chair last night as well. "Frustration" was funny as hell cuz he'd like sit while the band was rocking and then get up and deliver that one word and then sit back down again. Originally Posted by seripop
Rosebud
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12-13-2003, 10:18 AM #9
i hate reunion shows... so pathetic.... Originally Posted by seripop
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Buzzcocks, Radio Birdman, Misfits, Suicide, Dead Kennedy's, The Stooges, Gbh, Sex Pistols, Henri Rollins doing the Black Flag medley tour... and in France ...Metal Urbain, Berurier noir, Oberkampf.....etc, etc....
ah ah ah ...... money make the world go around....
pffffffffrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... nobody told them they were dead ?
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12-13-2003, 10:20 AM #10
The Buzzcocks can still fucking BRING IT
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