Echovolt y Fangoria
I knew it wouldn't be a normal local gig when I spoke to the Goth/Punk/Emo girls.
They had spent 8 hours on the bus from Madrid to see Fangoria. But then Goth/Punk/Emo girls are thin on the ground around here ...
ECHOVOLT
I have written about Echovolt before - they are a local band that show a lot of promise.
That night the promise was fulfilled - Echovolt have come of age.
Normally I like to see Echovolt in a "nice sweaty space with lots of noise and people dancing" - but on this night we were in open-air stage setting - almost like a festival.
Yet Echovolt kicked major ass in this setting - they played all of my fave tunes from the next album and dominated the crowd - in fact the crowd were going apesh*t ...
Someone with power and control should sign this band to a major label - because if they don't - another major label will have them instead ...
FANGORIA
What did I think Fangoria would be like? I thought - with a name like "Fangoria" they would be a heavy/metal/rock band.
How wrong was I?
The first third was a white-on-white experience that came over like a Spanish ElectroPop version of the "Pet Shop Boys" - but then they kicked into 20 minutes of "Bacalao" which twisted their version of ElectroPop into a techo version that made me think of ElectroClash.
Then they changed - into black - and the music changed too.
Suddenly the rock hit - but also their most popular tunes.
All around me people were dancing up and down waving their hands in the air and singing all the lyrics - I mean all the lyrics.
I never realised that Fangoria were so popular.
Later they changed again - and started on the 70's influenced Electropop that they are currently doing - and the crowd went mental again, and again.
I really enjoyed Fangoria - cheesy ElectroPop/Rock in Spanish - with a great crowd. I really can't remember when I was last in a crowd that enthusiastic.
What a great night out ...
Tags: echovolt, fangoria, rock, electropop, electropunk, electroclash, live, spain