| Palladium Worcester MA January 26th 2007 Written by Heidi |
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Set List:
Devils
Feel Berlin
The Chair
Framed in Blood
Perfect Skin
Brandon Lee
Lost Boys
Devils
Feel Berlin
The Chair
Framed in Blood
Perfect Skin
Brandon Lee
Lost Boys
In an old converted theatre in Worcester, Massachusetts, vampires made hundreds of unwary fans their rapturous thralls.
On January 26th, the Palladium invited in the most demented little covenant of vampires that set foot on American soil
since the Lost Boys was first screened in 1987. I have a feeling Jyrki 69 would have a few things to say about that
too-- after all, blonde never did replace black as the hair colour 'du jour' for vampires, and Timo-Timo hasn't ended up in
fried in a tub full of holy water yet. Then again, he might just shrug it off faster than the boys of Santa Carla, California.
California, however, is the last thing I thought of when Jussi 69, Timo-Timo, Archzie, Bazie, and Jyrki 69 took the stage
in a cavernous old theatre in Massachusetts. The moment the show opened with “Devils”, my mind was only on the
pretty Finns in front of me. There was Jyrki, running his blood-red tongue over the metal of the mike stand as Archzie
and Timo-Timo ripped through “Feel Berlin”, “The Chair”, and “Framed in Blood”. Jussi gave up two drumsticks to the
audience in the opening number alone: Jyrki didn't help in riling up his drummer, cuing “Framed in Blood” with a howled
“Come on Jussi, let's go!” To which the drummer savaged his drumkit, much like the slavic 'vârolac' of old ripping
through livestock or trashing a peasant's house.
No one dared reign him in, either, as they debuted the first live performance of “Perfect Skin”, off of their upcoming
album “Angels”, slated to drop on March 5th in the EU. This revelatory peek into the new sound starts with a staccato
guitar progression that Jyrki's vocals slide over in introduction to break into full guitars, bass and drums, the full
construction giving the impression of being stalked in some dark cityscape and laid exposed for something nefarious and
altogether... well, fun. For all that the 69 Eyes' music is forever dark and even sometimes mournful, it's fun. And it's
impossible not to enjoy the music they create and present, whether it's Bazie sulking over the bass or Timo-Timo
stomping all over the stage with his guitar.
The set closed with Jyrki reminding us: “you know, it can't rain all the time” and launching into Brandon Lee, laughing
maniacally through the interlude and stitching our throats shut with “Lost Boys”, Jussi a mad creature crawling over his
kit, and the entire band drilling into us that 'everybody knows [we're] lost' but hell, 'nothing's gonna make [us] stop'
either!
I could have done one of a hundred thousand things with my Friday night, and I cannot think of having made a better
choice than making this little pilgrimage to Hell and witnessing one of the Devil's best acts.
On January 26th, the Palladium invited in the most demented little covenant of vampires that set foot on American soil
since the Lost Boys was first screened in 1987. I have a feeling Jyrki 69 would have a few things to say about that
too-- after all, blonde never did replace black as the hair colour 'du jour' for vampires, and Timo-Timo hasn't ended up in
fried in a tub full of holy water yet. Then again, he might just shrug it off faster than the boys of Santa Carla, California.
California, however, is the last thing I thought of when Jussi 69, Timo-Timo, Archzie, Bazie, and Jyrki 69 took the stage
in a cavernous old theatre in Massachusetts. The moment the show opened with “Devils”, my mind was only on the
pretty Finns in front of me. There was Jyrki, running his blood-red tongue over the metal of the mike stand as Archzie
and Timo-Timo ripped through “Feel Berlin”, “The Chair”, and “Framed in Blood”. Jussi gave up two drumsticks to the
audience in the opening number alone: Jyrki didn't help in riling up his drummer, cuing “Framed in Blood” with a howled
“Come on Jussi, let's go!” To which the drummer savaged his drumkit, much like the slavic 'vârolac' of old ripping
through livestock or trashing a peasant's house.
No one dared reign him in, either, as they debuted the first live performance of “Perfect Skin”, off of their upcoming
album “Angels”, slated to drop on March 5th in the EU. This revelatory peek into the new sound starts with a staccato
guitar progression that Jyrki's vocals slide over in introduction to break into full guitars, bass and drums, the full
construction giving the impression of being stalked in some dark cityscape and laid exposed for something nefarious and
altogether... well, fun. For all that the 69 Eyes' music is forever dark and even sometimes mournful, it's fun. And it's
impossible not to enjoy the music they create and present, whether it's Bazie sulking over the bass or Timo-Timo
stomping all over the stage with his guitar.
The set closed with Jyrki reminding us: “you know, it can't rain all the time” and launching into Brandon Lee, laughing
maniacally through the interlude and stitching our throats shut with “Lost Boys”, Jussi a mad creature crawling over his
kit, and the entire band drilling into us that 'everybody knows [we're] lost' but hell, 'nothing's gonna make [us] stop'
either!
I could have done one of a hundred thousand things with my Friday night, and I cannot think of having made a better
choice than making this little pilgrimage to Hell and witnessing one of the Devil's best acts.
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