What a night and where to start, this show started at
7pm and ended at 1:30am
Here's my review on the evening which was simply
amazing! I'm a bit out of it recovering from the night of partying, up for work
at 7am-Arrgghh!
We arrived at around 8pm, the only band we missed was
"The 88" so this worked out perfect.
Hit the bar for a tequila shot & beer with my buddy,
Steve Javors and got a great spot up front.
Out comes Black Francis (Frank Black) as the host of the
evening ready to rock with his new band along with his wife-Grand
Duchy.
Man did they rock and today I'll upload to YouTube
footage I recorded during their set.
From there out came Michael Penn (Sean Penn's brother)
doing an acoustic set, very Bob Dylan esque, not bad just not my cup of
tea.
Following them out comes Black Francis introducing his
friends band O.K. GO who performed some of their own tracks and ended with some
Pixies covers, great stuff.
Out comes Mr. Black himself to perform some of his solo
songs which of course kicked arse. Afer a good 4-5 songs he brings out Tenacious
D
Jack Black is one funny cat and him & his partner
put on a hell of a show.
Before finishing their set, Black Francis joins them to
do a Pixies song too.
Next up is David J (Bauhaus, Love N Rockets) set doing
all his new songs for his new solo project, very David Bowie esque with a
dramatic feel, not bad.
The best part was Black Francis joining him on stage to
perform "In Heaven" the song from Eraserhead-great song!
Now Black Francis has a surprise band in store for the
crowd. Who does he announce but "She Wants Revenge" whom I'm a fan
of.
They come out perform some tracks including a
Psychedelic Furs cover and more.
Right when you think the night is over they keep
bringing out more and more and more.
Black Francis jams more and out comes David J (Bauhaus
& Love N Rockets) along with the original drummer from Bauhaus too Kevin
Haskins to all jam, great stuff. Of course we're treated to more Pixies
covers together too, something you'll never get a chance to see
again!
They even did some Cure covers too.
From there Black Francis has an even bigger surprise,
we're proud to have performing tonight "THE PIXIES" YES-all the original
members, excluding Kim Deal on Bass as she was out of the country. Who fills in
for Kim instead, various artist for each song. First out comes Kim from the band
THE MUFFS which was awesome and then Black Francis's wife from Grand Duchy fills
in too playing everyone's favorite "PIXIES" songs.
For the PIXIES song "I BLEED" out comes the last person
you would expect to see this with them by Weird Al Yankovic, yes Weird Al sang
this track in a serious style, not his typical comedy he's known
for.
For the grand finale on Bass out comes FLEA from The Red
Hot Chili Peppers jammin with them for a few songs and man was that bad
ass.
The crowd went nut seeing FLEA's energy on
stage.
Tonight I'll upload my footage I filmed, we were right
up front.
Cheers,
Stuart
David J & Frank Black-Monkeys Gone To Heaven
Live
Frank Black-Los Angeles-Live
Grand Duchy-Come on Over to my House-Live