April 06, 2006
Flesheaters at Slim's, San Francisco
Old age is such that I probably woulda not gone to this show if it had rained for the nth day in a row (and there's been a record n-1 here in californy), but fortunately, it didn't. As Roehrs noted, us guys only make it to two or three shows a years nowadays...
Then again, the Flesheaters were only playing four gigs, this being the first and the last to be at All Tomorrow's Party in the UK, and I never had the privilege of seeing them in any form other than their post, as the Divine Horsemen back in '85 at the Club Lingerie (with the Cruzados and the Leaving Trains). Not to mention this being their all star lineup with John Doe and DJ Bonebrake of X, Dave Alvin and Bill Batemen from the Blasters, and Steve Berlin of Los Lobos. Of an ever rotating lineup over many years with Chris D being the only constant, this particular one was not only the most star-laden one, but the one that spewed out their most inspired moment, the magnum opus "A Minute to Pray A Second To Die". Their second LP too full advantage of the awesome musical chops the band had to offer and evolved from the abbreviated staccato punk of "No Questions Asked" to extended, conjuring even more vivid imagery
Chris D's throat was as ripped as ever, starting a bit shaky but steadily gaining assuredness through the show. The band has pretty much been playing music throughout the period so they were actually pretty tight. DJ is an AMAZING xylophonist, as I had only previously witnessed on X's Unheard Music movie. A highlight was "Divine Horsemen", which closed the set, their groove in full stride, before their encores...a cover of the Gun Club's She's Like Heroin To Me (by the way, Chris D is rumored to have been quite a junkie in his time), and the Sonic's Cinderella
Nota Bene: Chris reminded us that A Minute To Pray A Second To Die (on CD) is now outta print as of last year.
posted by Henry @ 10:26 PM 
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