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LIVE SHOW
REVIEW
Ours with Ocean Color Scene
May
8,2001 Irving Plaza, NYC
On top the
steps five scrawny guys (complete w/ ripped shirts and the
whole rocker 'don't-give-a-shit-about-my-look-sorta' look),
frontman Gnecco
remarkably resembling a skinny Reznor.
Somehow, skinny guys can always surprise me with their vocal
talents, namely that I can hear them at all.
But Gnecco put it out there, and
put it out strong. His vocals glissed smoothly and with full
emotion, humbly showing off his three octave scream range. The
show matched and I would say, overpowered its own album
performance on the CD, keeping very genuine to the sound we
hear on the album itself. Seeing them live allayed my thoughts
of the album being slickly produced (which isn't a bad thing);
these boys kicked it out hard and live.
Gnecco's
voice was clearly the center of attention. His performance
shone vibrantly, echoing the fact that the literal spotlight
was on him and his music. As far as on-stage antics, there was
little to watch other than the frontman and his guitar
flailing about and the skinny-folk that surrounded him, but
again, I was there to hear the music, not to see Gnecco and a
choreographed stage show. Overall, a very decent
show.
Gnecco's charisma shone through and his guitar abilities
were revealed. Even though 'Ours' wasn't the headliner, it was
clear they could
have been, and have the potential to be
more.
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