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Deeeeeeerhooooooooof
Apr. 2nd, 2007 07:24 amThat was quite possibly the best gig I've ever been to.
Deerhoof were just awesome. They're like three people all doing their own thing and yet somehow achieving some sort of extremely unlikely cohesion. Their drummer has an unreasonably large amount of energy. On at least three different occasions during the gig he lost one of his drumsticks and - with no hesitation whatsoever - just starting beating the hell out of the drum and cymbal with his hand. I was waiting for him to close out a song by doing a big cymbal crash with his head, but alas, it never eventuated. He certainly has an interesting drum setup - one kick, one snare, one cymbal and one big-ass cowbell. I came up with a theory for the way he plays drums - I reckon he imagines how a normal drummer would be drumming along the the song to keep the beat, and then does his actual drumming in a complementary manner - filling in all the gaps. It makes for some very crazy, arrhythmic percussion, but fuck it sounds awesome.
They played almost all of my favourites - no "Siriustar", which was a big shame, but there was "Panda Panda Panda", "Wrong Time Capsule", "+81", "Believe E.S.P.", "Kidz Are So Small", "Flower", "Twin Killers", "Spirit Ditties of No Tone", etc etc etc. It was so cool that they played a pretty even mix of stuff off the last few albums, rather than only the new one. A lot of bands just stick to the new stuff when they tour.
A few highlights - at one point during "Kidz Are So Small", Satomi (she's the singer/bassist) was unburdened by bass guitar, and so stepped out onto the speakers in front of the crowd, one hand holding the mic, the other high fiving everyone in reach. So I got a high five. That was pretty excellent.
During only the first song, the drummer was drumming so hard that he went straight through the skin on his snare, and had to borrow the snare off one of the support acts. Once that was set up, he gave us a hilarious little description of how they were going to have followed straight into the second song, but didn't get to, so now they were going to replay the last second of the previous song, just so we could get back into the vibe of it. Funnily enough, the drummer was the only guy providing any banter with the crowd - he'd get up from his drumkit, walk across the stage and talk into Satomi's mic. It looked especially funny given that he's about my height and Satomi is about 4 feet tall (well, a bit more), so he had to lean over a long way.
About midway through the gig, the drummer was drumming so hard that a small piece of his drumkit came flying off, which I managed to pocket at the end of the gig. So that was pretty cool.
He also came outside and chatted with people after the gig, and it was cool that he turned out to be a really friendly guy - no rockstar attitude whatsoever, and he seemed genuinely grateful to us that we'd all taken the time to come see them. I asked him if they had a guitar pick or a setlist that I could have as a memento, but unfortunately by that point everything had been packed up. He chatted with me for a few minutes, though, and said they'd definitely like to come back to Perth another time. Hopefully he means it and wasn't just being polite :P
So, that about sums it up. I came home on a huge adrenaline buzz. It was just awesome. I really hope they tour to Perth again.
Deerhoof were just awesome. They're like three people all doing their own thing and yet somehow achieving some sort of extremely unlikely cohesion. Their drummer has an unreasonably large amount of energy. On at least three different occasions during the gig he lost one of his drumsticks and - with no hesitation whatsoever - just starting beating the hell out of the drum and cymbal with his hand. I was waiting for him to close out a song by doing a big cymbal crash with his head, but alas, it never eventuated. He certainly has an interesting drum setup - one kick, one snare, one cymbal and one big-ass cowbell. I came up with a theory for the way he plays drums - I reckon he imagines how a normal drummer would be drumming along the the song to keep the beat, and then does his actual drumming in a complementary manner - filling in all the gaps. It makes for some very crazy, arrhythmic percussion, but fuck it sounds awesome.
They played almost all of my favourites - no "Siriustar", which was a big shame, but there was "Panda Panda Panda", "Wrong Time Capsule", "+81", "Believe E.S.P.", "Kidz Are So Small", "Flower", "Twin Killers", "Spirit Ditties of No Tone", etc etc etc. It was so cool that they played a pretty even mix of stuff off the last few albums, rather than only the new one. A lot of bands just stick to the new stuff when they tour.
A few highlights - at one point during "Kidz Are So Small", Satomi (she's the singer/bassist) was unburdened by bass guitar, and so stepped out onto the speakers in front of the crowd, one hand holding the mic, the other high fiving everyone in reach. So I got a high five. That was pretty excellent.
During only the first song, the drummer was drumming so hard that he went straight through the skin on his snare, and had to borrow the snare off one of the support acts. Once that was set up, he gave us a hilarious little description of how they were going to have followed straight into the second song, but didn't get to, so now they were going to replay the last second of the previous song, just so we could get back into the vibe of it. Funnily enough, the drummer was the only guy providing any banter with the crowd - he'd get up from his drumkit, walk across the stage and talk into Satomi's mic. It looked especially funny given that he's about my height and Satomi is about 4 feet tall (well, a bit more), so he had to lean over a long way.
About midway through the gig, the drummer was drumming so hard that a small piece of his drumkit came flying off, which I managed to pocket at the end of the gig. So that was pretty cool.
He also came outside and chatted with people after the gig, and it was cool that he turned out to be a really friendly guy - no rockstar attitude whatsoever, and he seemed genuinely grateful to us that we'd all taken the time to come see them. I asked him if they had a guitar pick or a setlist that I could have as a memento, but unfortunately by that point everything had been packed up. He chatted with me for a few minutes, though, and said they'd definitely like to come back to Perth another time. Hopefully he means it and wasn't just being polite :P
So, that about sums it up. I came home on a huge adrenaline buzz. It was just awesome. I really hope they tour to Perth again.
