APRIL 17th, 1997
IMPENITENT SEA SNAKES & SLIPKNOT
21 & Over@ Safari Nite Club
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O.K., I thought, "Five drag queens and a bunch of other freaks running around doing S&M type things how could this not work." Of course the people from ISS were perty much assholes but I did make money....
First up was local heros SlipKnot. SlipKnot is a square peg that does not fit right into any of the round hole music types. They throw metal, industrial, a little punk, funk, rap, r&b and hard rock together then throw on masks, set up three sets of drums and a piece of metal and bits of this and that and start banging on things. They are a show not just a band but a show and music in equal parts. They used to call themselves construction rock and that fits them to a degree but at the same time they tend to keep throwing curve balls at you. I really don't care for their music though, it isn't what gets me off but if it was I'd love this band and more then likely would have done my best to be in this band. Their intro for the night was circus music and the clown being escorted on stage by two off duty cops on a two-wheel cart. One of the things that strikes me about this band is the way they explode and destroy the stage in perfect control. They make the place burn in new ways. Now if they just did music I liked.........
Next up was ISS and they started off with scenes form Alice in Wonderland and flash pots. OK the first thing you notice is not only are they five of the ugliest drag queens you've ever seen but that they are five of the ugliest drag queens you've ever seen and play music that really isn't that good. I know that they are trying a Dolls type thing but there sure as hell wasn't no Johnny Thunders on that stage that night. Unlike SlipKnot that could let their music stand on it's own and still pull it off, ISS needs the girl being tied to the ceiling and flogged, the girl that lets this guy use a grinder on her g-string, and to pull a tampon out of one of their pants and then squeeze it into the mouths of those in attendance. The only song that was even worth thinking of listening too was "MX missle up Your Ass". If it was a TV show I would have hit Mute. Oh yeah by the way for those that don't know they like to also call the cops on themselves. Not a bad show overall.
Afterwards the members of ISS's "show" they hit everyone up for drugs. We left and went home.
