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Mittwoch, 14. März 2007, 21:45

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I live near Chicago, and I have been into this kind of music for about 17 years. I do agree with Lushmachine on several areas, but there are really only 2 clubs that are worthwhile to go to. They are Exit and Neo. I have always preferred European music. I started along time ago with bands like Depeche Mode, the Cure, andNew Order. I think I was 15, but then it changed to much darker music. I still listen to this today. Almost every industrial show is sold out here. But you might be right in some aspects, because some of my friends did not know about Covenant or VNV Nation until I introduced them.


Cool, thanks for the back up. Glad I did a decent job giving a glimpse to our local scene. I've managed to have some really great times over the years. Plus, totally agree, shows and concerts are usually jam packed. :D

I live in the city and I'm a regular at Neo, by the way. Sometimes I realize I take for granted that I can go from one club to another with ease but, when you're traveling here, it's usually good to have one place you know is consistently worth the trip. :sch: In that case, I say Neo rarely fails. Although I can say that I'll never again pay double cover to see a certain member of Ministry attempt to DJ, at Neo or not! Maybe a bit harsh but that was the worst time I've ever had there.:lol:
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Mittwoch, 14. März 2007, 22:43

comparison FRG-USA

First of all: hey! that´s the best discussion in this forum since a very long time :-]

- It´s all about style:

Especially teens in the US and Germany do have similar problems (life-crises) -
lately I had the possibility to (re)live my puberty-"problems" because I spent two weeks with my family - including my little brothers who is 15 - and the biggest
surprise was: he is listening to rammstein now (and as we understand all their songtexts it isn´t just another band with music that drives the parents mad - thought not ours - but one has to be really "baaaaaad" :-] if he listens for example to "du hasst". ;)

And the same goes for styles: like in the US many teens just listen to a certain kind of music because it´s related to a "cool" style and it´s very often only this
"seen and be seen"-thing (or face-managing as you might call it).
And there are many superficial scenesters as one of you called them... maybe you already read it in this forum: female covenant-fans from Germany are frequently pissed of by Eskil-groupies who don´t really care about the Covenant-music (and who always stand in the first row during live-concerts).

- our dark past (the federal republic of Germany):

Maybe I can explain why kleineRatte kind of excused herself for listening to MM.
MM uses a style that refers to fascist uniforms (and Rammstein are quite martial, too - moreover they used a Leni Riefenstahl-film for the "stripped"-video).
You can´t simply do this in Germany! There is a big sensibilty for glorifying or only using fascist-symbols or the special fascist aesthetic. Lately even producing(!) well known logos like the (esp. for punks) quite popular "swastika-forbidden"-emblem (for example on pins or tees) has been restricted by some courts.
Using such symbols (runs) openly is under penalty.
And if a band like rammstein plays with such symbols/ aesthetic (in order to get a big publicity ;)) this is what happens: every major print-medium and all the other medias go crazy and it goes like this: "They´re all nazis!" "They have to be forbidden!"
Af first even the little flame-symbol of VNV Nation was a problem to me (because it was used by the Italian fascists).You see, we have a bad conscience over here.

- dancing style

Well, I don´t know that much of the german gothscene, but I have been into the rave-scene before and ravers do dance differently - that´s what I had to discover when I first went into a goth-club and danced like I always had done in elcetronic/techno clubs (I guess I looked like a was hyperactive due to some interesting substances 8)) . Gothic-dance is much slower while ravers on the dancefloor very often look like they´re in a gym.

- developement of subcultures

I got the impression (like someone of you who mentioned I-tunes) that the internet/ modern media "globalize" even the subcultures (and no longer only the mainstream).

-Europe and music

Someone posted, that in Europe it´more about the love of music?
Well, I don´t know but I hope so.
I guess you know that Europeans quite regularly think of many US-citizens as nice but in a way superficial. And maybe it´s in a more superficial way in which they "consume" music. But I´m quite sure that most of the users in this forum make an exception as far as music is concerned.
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Donnerstag, 15. März 2007, 15:19

RE: comparison FRG-USA

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Original von Evolutz

And there are many superficial scenesters as one of you called them... maybe you already read it in this forum: female covenant-fans from Germany are frequently pissed of by Eskil-groupies who don´t really care about the Covenant-music (and who always stand in the first row during live-concerts).

- our dark past (the federal republic of Germany):

Maybe I can explain why kleineRatte kind of excused herself for listening to MM.
MM uses a style that refers to fascist uniforms (and Rammstein are quite martial, too - moreover they used a Leni Riefenstahl-film for the "stripped"-video).
You can´t simply do this in Germany! There is a big sensibilty for glorifying or only using fascist-symbols or the special fascist aesthetic. Lately even producing(!) well known logos like the (esp. for punks) quite popular "swastika-forbidden"-emblem (for example on pins or tees) has been restricted by some courts.
Using such symbols (runs) openly is under penalty.
And if a band like rammstein plays with such symbols/ aesthetic (in order to get a big publicity ;)) this is what happens: every major print-medium and all the other medias go crazy and it goes like this: "They´re all nazis!" "They have to be forbidden!"
Af first even the little flame-symbol of VNV Nation was a problem to me (because it was used by the Italian fascists).You see, we have a bad conscience over here.



OK, let's face the facts:
I'm an Eskil-groupie who likes MM. :D
And it feels good! :-]

Of course the music of Covenant is the main part, but you can listen to it perfectly while standing in the 5th row. ;)
I prefer the first row to watch Joakim and Eskil (and unfortunately no longer Clas...). They are handsome men and I just can't ignore male beauty.
Even women are only human. :lol:

No, I don't care if MM likes to provoke people with this uniforms. It's obvious that he does not want to do something else. And he is an American, so why should I feel ashamed?
I'm just afraid his music is not quite what you would call big art, that's all. :)
All things considered, insanity is the only reasonable alternative.

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Donnerstag, 15. März 2007, 17:31

Lushmachine, I agree that Neo was horrible that night. I stayed for about 30 minutes. I just want to say that I agree with Kleinratte about being a female human. When I was 16, I ran off with Frontline Assembly for a night. It was worth the trouble. I have gotten backstage to many concerts. Such as Skinny Puppy, Nitzer Ebb, and White Zombie (yuck!!) only because I am female. I do not think that I am superficial at all. In fact, I waste so much time looking for meaning in everything. All of you Europeans that feel guilty about the past, it is not your fault. Although some of my relatives were killed during the Holocaust, I hold no grudges. I am an Eskil groupie along with you!!
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Donnerstag, 15. März 2007, 23:32

RE: comparison FRG-USA

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No, I don't care if MM likes to provoke people with this uniforms. It's obvious that he does not want to do something else. And he is an American, so why should I feel ashamed?
I'm just afraid his music is not quite what you would call big art, that's all. :)


Well said. I agree.
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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 00:06

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Originally posted by Marci
Lushmachine, I agree that Neo was horrible that night. I stayed for about 30 minutes.


I got there before he came on and was very happy with the opening DJ (he played a lot of Covenant and Virtual Embrace) and we endured nearly the entire set. Eventually we started to fall asleep just sitting around. Let's just say, I had a very strong drink to make it tolerable. Well, ok, three. ;)

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All of you Europeans that feel guilty about the past, it is not your fault. Although some of my relatives were killed during the Holocaust, I hold no grudges.


I too lost many family members to the Holocaust but I've got living German family as well. (A nickname I had as a teenager was Warsaw Pact ... I've always been interested history). It is a hard subject for many to swallow. There is no doubt in my heart that it less about guilt and more about a deep need to convey that it is not a funny or fashionable aspect of the past. To have people mock such a tragedy understandably rubs people the wrong way.:(

I've never been a groupie for any band or artist, so I don't have an opinon on that matter. Even if I really like a band I don't usually even stick around after shows to meet them because if they end up being really awesome people, I'll feel a little sad that I can't drag them out for coffee and talk about philosophy and stuff. I'm not good at "Hi! Loved you're show. Okay, bye." Ends up feeling cold and reminds me that I'm just another face from the crowd. :( Wow, that sounded so sad! Sorry!

Let's touch back to the subject: Anyone here seen Daniel play with Covenant before and willing to share how he impacted/changed the performace? Watching Clas on stage was extremely entertaining so I wonder what Daniel will do to get my attention! Eskil's great and all but I like having a choice of who to watch on stage. Keeps me from singing too much. :D
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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 07:56

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Original von Marci
I am an Eskil groupie along with you!!


So we have American AND European groupies here. Nice!
I just read your profile... I know that feeling. :D

(Sorry for being off-topic again.)
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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 09:55

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Originally posted by kleineRatte

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Original von Marci
I am an Eskil groupie along with you!!


So we have American AND European groupies here. Nice!
I just read your profile... I know that feeling. :D

(Sorry for being off-topic again.)


Ok, I am no groupie but, damn it, I usually make sure to be in the front row because I am tight with my money. If I pay $30 for a standing room only show, I had better have a fantastic view. I want the singer to spit on me, that's how close I want to be! :P
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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 10:35

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Original von lushmachine
Ok, I am no groupie but, damn it, I usually make sure to be in the front row because I am tight with my money. If I pay $30 for a standing room only show, I had better have a fantastic view. I want the singer to spit on me, that's how close I want to be! :P


:lol: That's the point in watching live shows! :-]
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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 22:45

RE: comparison FRG-USA

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Originally posted by Evolutz
First of all: hey! that´s the best discussion in this forum since a very long time :-]

- It´s all about style:

Especially teens in the US and Germany do have similar problems (life-crises) -
lately I had the possibility to (re)live my puberty-"problems" because I spent two weeks with my family - including my little brothers who is 15 - and the biggest
surprise was: he is listening to rammstein now (and as we understand all their songtexts it isn´t just another band with music that drives the parents mad - thought not ours - but one has to be really "baaaaaad" :-] if he listens for example to "du hasst". ;)


Well, I think teens everywhere go through a stage of existential angst, and "extreme" bands like MM and Rammstein are a convenient way to externalize and articulate that.

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And the same goes for styles: like in the US many teens just listen to a certain kind of music because it´s related to a "cool" style and it´s very often only this
"seen and be seen"-thing (or face-managing as you might call it).


Face-managing... yeah, that's a good way to put it!

Zitat

And there are many superficial scenesters as one of you called them... maybe you already read it in this forum: female covenant-fans from Germany are frequently pissed of by Eskil-groupies who don´t really care about the Covenant-music (and who always stand in the first row during live-concerts).


Ha- *I* always stand in the front row at live shows! Only because I like to be as close as possible to the music- it has *nothing* to do with making doe-eyes at the musicians...

Thing is, and I'm sure other women can attest to this- if you're female it usually *will* be assumed that you are really into a band for groupie reasons as opposed to purely loving the music. Drives me up a wall. Doesn't matter how young or old you are- it usually is the default assumption. Men don't get that assumption. Really annoying.


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And if a band like rammstein plays with such symbols/ aesthetic (in order to get a big publicity ;)) this is what happens: every major print-medium and all the other medias go crazy and it goes like this: "They´re all nazis!" "They have to be forbidden!"


Aaaand they get the exact hyperbolic press they were looking for... shock value doesn't do much for me- I think that's a big reason why I dislike MM.


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Well, I don´t know that much of the german gothscene, but I have been into the rave-scene before and ravers do dance differently - that´s what I had to discover when I first went into a goth-club and danced like I always had done in elcetronic/techno clubs (I guess I looked like a was hyperactive due to some interesting substances 8)) . Gothic-dance is much slower while ravers on the dancefloor very often look like they´re in a gym.


That probably has also to do with all the E ravers tend to consume, quite frankly!


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- developement of subcultures

I got the impression (like someone of you who mentioned I-tunes) that the internet/ modern media "globalize" even the subcultures (and no longer only the mainstream).


My mind's eye first read "globalize" as "mobilize", and I suppose that is true as well...

Zitat

-Europe and music
Someone posted, that in Europe it´more about the love of music?


Ah, that would be me. :)

Zitat

Well, I don´t know but I hope so.
I guess you know that Europeans quite regularly think of many US-citizens as nice but in a way superficial. And maybe it´s in a more superficial way in which they "consume" music. But I´m quite sure that most of the users in this forum make an exception as far as music is concerned.


Yes, I do know that Europeans generally think of Americans in this way. I wouldn't call any of the people I associate with "superficial" by any means, as that isn't a quality that I personally am attracted to in a person, so maybe I'm a little biased and insulated from that.

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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 22:48

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Originally posted by lushmachine
Ok, I am no groupie but, damn it, I usually make sure to be in the front row because I am tight with my money. If I pay $30 for a standing room only show, I had better have a fantastic view. I want the singer to spit on me, that's how close I want to be! :P


HA- exactly!! :perfekt:

Especially if I hop on a plane and travel to another continent to see a show, I am NOT giving up my front row spot!! :nein:

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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 23:02

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Originally posted by lushmachine
The word that I feel describes the size of the Chicago scene is large. I stop short of saying "huge" because there are a lot of nightclubs and shows here on a constant basis but it's also a decently tight knit scene. There's a feeling of knowing pretty much everyone through someone within three degrees of separation despite the fact that there are thousands of us. Most clubs in Chicago play mainstream, highly marketable music and Chicago has a huge nightclub scene in general. However, we're a spoiled Gothy bunch. There are a few clubs and large bars that are not only exclusively "goth" in music and style but also open seven nights per week. In addition, we have long running monthly events, the most popular of which is Nocturna.



We have The Church on Thursdays and Sundays- Sunday is the big night- and once a month we'll have Protocol.

Your scene is big and devoted, ours is big and fickle, and then there's Portland, OR- small but devoted.

Aaand then there's NYC, where Albion was apparently closed *again!* But being it's NYC there's always stuff to do.

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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 23:28

RE: comparison FRG-USA

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Originally posted by Evolutz
And there are many superficial scenesters as one of you called them... maybe you already read it in this forum: female covenant-fans from Germany are frequently pissed of by Eskil-groupies who don´t really care about the Covenant-music (and who always stand in the first row during live-concerts).


Actually come to think of it, I never grokked the whole groupie thing anyway as a person is *not* what they do for a living, whether it's accounting or music. A person is not their art. For me the difference has always been very distinct. I'll talk to people in bands I like, but when/if I do so I am not thinking that they are an embodiment of their music.


(I edited my other post to mention this, but for some reason it posted twice instead, so I re-edited the second one to include this)

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Freitag, 16. März 2007, 23:29

RE: comparison FRG-USA

it's reposting again- sorry!!!

:sch: :sch: :sch:

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Samstag, 17. März 2007, 00:35

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Originally posted by ilex011
Yes, I do know that Europeans generally think of Americans in this way. I wouldn't call any of the people I associate with "superficial" by any means, as that isn't a quality that I personally am attracted to in a person, so maybe I'm a little biased and insulated from that.


Ironically enough, it's all my European cousins and relatives that went totally image crazy when we'd go out while they were in the states. Whether it be because they thought they'd go out and look shabby otherwise or they are superficial could be debated. :P

Superficial scensters exist everywhere on all music scenes. No exceptions. No one will convince me otherwise. I'm just happy that I'm neither one of them nor do I have friends who are. :-]
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Samstag, 17. März 2007, 00:43

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Originally posted by ilex011We have The Church on Thursdays and Sundays- Sunday is the big night- and once a month we'll have Protocol.

Your scene is big and devoted, ours is big and fickle, and then there's Portland, OR- small but devoted.

Aaand then there's NYC, where Albion was apparently closed *again!* But being it's NYC there's always stuff to do.


I've not been to Dallas but know a handful of transplants from Dallas that now live here. All of them love it here and say it's not the same going back. I'd love to check it out for myself.

I have friends in Portland, OR but the scene doesn't attract me much when I travel there. Usually when I'm out there or Seattle I tend not to go out to clubs. When I'm out Northwest I'm much more content going to the coast or exploring the moss laden forests. ;)

The best times I've ever had in NYC were at house parties and photoshoot after parties. I've also got very distorted memories from Batcave but I think I had fun. :lol:
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Samstag, 17. März 2007, 00:58

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Originally posted by ilex011

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Originally posted by lushmachine
Ok, I am no groupie but, damn it, I usually make sure to be in the front row because I am tight with my money. If I pay $30 for a standing room only show, I had better have a fantastic view. I want the singer to spit on me, that's how close I want to be! :P


HA- exactly!! :perfekt:

Especially if I hop on a plane and travel to another continent to see a show, I am NOT giving up my front row spot!! :nein:


Right on! 8)

Isn't is always fun when late comers try and sneak into front rows? My theory is that they see I've got a smile on my face so they think I'm a pushover. I might be nice and generally courteous ... but ... I'm not giving up my spot. No matter who the band. :)
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Samstag, 17. März 2007, 08:03

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Originally posted by lushmachine
I've not been to Dallas but know a handful of transplants from Dallas that now live here. All of them love it here and say it's not the same going back. I'd love to check it out for myself.


Dallas is... oh dear. Hm. Dallas is different. I mean I guess if you're stuck in the south, which I will be for the next year and a half, it might as well be Dallas. You could do a lot worse. It's at least a big city. And as with everything, it depends on what one expects to find and therefore will see. There are other places I like more though, a lot more.

Wow, that was an incredibly diplomatic paragraph, ha ha ha! :D

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I have friends in Portland, OR but the scene doesn't attract me much when I travel there. Usually when I'm out there or Seattle I tend not to go out to clubs. When I'm out Northwest I'm much more content going to the coast or exploring the moss laden forests. ;)


The people seem really nice in Portland, and the scene seems really small. But devoted. And Abney Park are from Seattle so it has that going for it.

And I **love** the scenery up there too. Love the coast and the forests!! Went swimming in the Columbia river... in fact, I have part of the Columbia river and some sand and shells in a jar on my desk. :)

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The best times I've ever had in NYC were at house parties and photoshoot after parties. I've also got very distorted memories from Batcave but I think I had fun. :lol:


That seems to be the general consensus about Batcave, heh! I love the layout of the club- so huge!

This is kind of a tangent but you know the club scene in Robocop? That was shot at the old Starck club in Dallas. The whole film was shot here in fact, though the old industrial area that featured so prominently in the film (where we used to play around a lot back in the day) has been torn down. I was genuinely sad for that!

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Samstag, 17. März 2007, 08:16

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Originally posted by lushmachine

Zitat

Originally posted by ilex011
Especially if I hop on a plane and travel to another continent to see a show, I am NOT giving up my front row spot!! :nein:


Right on! 8)

Isn't is always fun when late comers try and sneak into front rows? My theory is that they see I've got a smile on my face so they think I'm a pushover. I might be nice and generally courteous ... but ... I'm not giving up my spot. No matter who the band. :)



Hahahaha, yeah! They try to creep in all sneaky-like...
And nowhere has this been more evident to me than at a 242 show- don't know how they are in Europe (though I will find out in July, aaaaaaah!), but in the States the audience tends to be... aggressive! I've seen them a bunch of times here and I always have some big male friend behind me so I won't get completely crushed against the stage. I dressed all nice and girly for Seabound and Covenant shows here but for 242 you really have to pull your hair back and wear boots. Not that I mind a bit. ;)

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Samstag, 17. März 2007, 17:02

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Originally posted by lushmachine
Let's touch back to the subject: Anyone here seen Daniel play with Covenant before and willing to share how he impacted/changed the performace? Watching Clas on stage was extremely entertaining so I wonder what Daniel will do to get my attention! Eskil's great and all but I like having a choice of who to watch on stage. Keeps me from singing too much. :D

I believe you'll be singing more ;)

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