Whitehouse

[theotherjohn]

William and Philip duo by the looks of it. At least it's not the last live outing duo from 2009 of William with "Loulou", thankfully the live clip I saw from their final Live Action in Portugal at Out.Fest has long been buried by YouTube's crappy search engine.

[Duncan]

William and Philip duo by the looks of it. At least it's not the last live outing duo from 2009 of William with "Loulou", thankfully the live clip I saw from their final Live Action in Portugal at Out.Fest has long been buried by YouTube's crappy search engine.

Well remembered.  I guess being enough of an old head to have observed the lukewarm reception of Whitehouse's last 2 records, almost zero interest in Cut Hands, mixed opinions on Consumer Electronics across the years and, of course, that hemorrhage inducing video of 'Whitehouse' in 2009, I wonder what this thing is really going to be vs how it will inevitably be received? Can't doubt the fantaticism and good will of Hospital nor a lot of the people who will be in attendance but it is very hard to square the historic attitudes both men have had toward their art (i.e. constant evolution at the wilful expense of the audience) with what seems certain to be the next in a long line of highly paid legacy experience delivery vehicles. Is this an unfair observation? or is 20 (almost) years long enough that due reappraisal of The Thing might have taken place since they were last active, along with some new possibilities for the old fellas stomping about onstage? Think they'll just wheel out the hits and the usual moves? Or find a way to alienate even this obedient crowd?

[Andrew McIntosh]

Whitehouse performance at Hospital Fest 2027 in Osaka; https://amphetaminesulphate.substack.com/p/whitehouse-live-osaka-2027

I'm more impressed to see that Abruptum are playing.

[k.p.g]

I wonder what this thing is really going to be vs how it will inevitably be received?

I think this will enter the pantheon of "extremely divisive legacy sets" that noise has started to slowly accumulate in the last 10 years (see also - Zero Kama at Summer Scum, Smell & Quim at Hospital Fest, The Haters at Ende Tymes).

[Duncan]

The Haters at Ende Tymes).

Interested in this. Haters never really stopped right? So it feels they sit a bit outside that pantheon? Didn't know the set was divisive but then I don't know what it consisted of!

[k.p.g]

Interested in this. Haters never really stopped right? So it feels they sit a bit outside that pantheon? Didn't know the set was divisive but then I don't know what it consisted of!

It's true, they never stopped.  But it seems like the New York crowd at the time was expecting heavier, more distortion, more glass smashing, etc.  Instead, GX played with a pump that was run through one bass overdrive.  The only "fist-pump" moment was when the cable to the pump fell out and buzzed on the ground.  I remember one person saying it was "kinda weak" the day after.  I dunno.  I loved it.  Hah.

[Minus1]

Interested in this. Haters never really stopped right? So it feels they sit a bit outside that pantheon? Didn't know the set was divisive but then I don't know what it consisted of!

It's true, they never stopped.  But it seems like the New York crowd at the time was expecting heavier, more distortion, more glass smashing, etc.  Instead, GX played with a pump that was run through one bass overdrive.  The only "fist-pump" moment was when the cable to the pump fell out and buzzed on the ground.  I remember one person saying it was "kinda weak" the day after.  I dunno.  I loved it.  Hah.

WILL THIS GET A CD RELEASE???

[Manhog_84]

hemorrhage inducing video of 'Whitehouse' in 2009

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