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Can we all say Viva La Revolution?!!!
ADICTS SHOW: Nov. 5th - The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. The Adicts performance at this show was simply amazing and most of all unique from start to finish. The atmosphere in the venue was very intense. The crowd seemed to be mesmerized, captivated and honored all at the same time. You could just feel this in the air. As soon as the band took the stage, MONKEY had the entire crowd on fire and raring to go with his onstage antics and extraordinary stage performance. The entire band had everyone in the crowd jumpin' around and participating in the show. There was not a dull moment with these dynamic, energetic, clockwork PUNKS! Having The Adicts play at The Agora Theatre was a great choice. But the one main reason is, when the beach balls came out. There was so much room that all of the beach balls could travel to everyone. As the beach balls repeatedly made their way around the theatre, more and more people began to participate in the fun. The feeling of unity and celebration was one I have only witnessed and experienced at an Adicts show. Everyone was able to get knocked in the head, including the Adicts! However in addition to all of that, The Adicts just blew myself, and as it appeared the entire crowd away! As did the other bands that played the Fiend Fest that night. ADICTS SHOW: Nov. 6th show at Top Cats, Cincinnati, OH, USA. This show with The Adicts was just as amazing. Their performance was every bit as good as the show in Cleveland, perhaps even better! Top Cats in Cincinnati, is actually a bar. So it is much smaller of a place then the venue in which the Cleveland show took place. Seeing them play there was really awesome. It had much more of an old school feel to it. This show was much more intimate due to the fact that the venue was so much smaller and this show was not part of the Fiend Fest. I was very happy to get to experience both of these extremes with the Adicts in just two days. Yet again Monkey and his entertaining way of frolicking around on stage grasped the audience from the first �Viva!� to the grand finale, at the very end of the set, when Monkey dove into the crowd. Monkey; crowd surfing, simply priceless! However nothing compares to the moment in the show where, as Pete puts it; �the crowd gets to feel their balls.� The Adicts busted out the beach balls again. Imagine this, Silly-string, confetti, glitter, a colorful assortment of playing cards and a room full of various sized beach balls being fired out by Monkey and the band. Just let me say that such a small place made this part of the show very interesting and even more amusing. At one point a beach ball actually knocked out a stage light! The band was repeatedly being knocked in the head with random beach balls while never missing a beat. It was a very entertaining sight. Especially when the band members hit and kicked them back into the crowd. Or when they would get smacked in the head and not even seem to notice. A mixture of punks in the crowd with exceptionally tall Mohawks seemed to get the worst of the mad, lively beach balls released from the stage. After the show The Adicts were signing autographs and fans were even able to get their picture taken with the band. There was just a sentiment of total relaxation by this time in the evening. It was more like hanging out with a bunch of your �mates,� who just happen to be some of the most brilliant men in the history of punk rock. This is perhaps the only thing that the Cleveland show was lacking. I was ecstatic to be able to experience it. Over all both of the shows I had the honor to see were amazing. The Adicts show was absolutely the most amusing, intense and just flat out; the fucking most fun Punk Rock show ever! If you ever get a chance to seeing these clockwork PUNKS, you will NOT be disappointed. The thing that amazed me the most was, whether listening to the CD�s at home or seeing a live Adicts show. I could not hear a difference. The music is perfectly on time and Monkeys voice is crystal clear and powerful. These men are so in tuned with one another that their music exhibits harmony. This group of extremely talented men is a family and it comes through live. They live to give amazing music and art to their fans. After you go to see the Adicts next live show, go home, put in your Adicts CD and sit back, close your eyes and listen. You will feel like you are right back at the show. This kind of performance and unity is the reason musicians began doing live shows in the first place. To change how fans feel when they play the CD at home, to give us, the fans the entire experience of what the music is supposed to portray. It is true, that playing the CD at home will be missing one major detail. Monkey dancing, jumping and running around celebrating the music with you. But after seeing him and the boys entertain live, you will never again feel the same while listening to your CD. Or you will never listen to your CD without expecting Monkey to jump out of the CD player. Or at the very least you will feel so much like you are at a show you may expect a beach ball to drop from the sky and whack you in the head! Then again if playing an Adicts CD could really make that happen, I would never want to leave my house (haha). After the show in Cincinnati, I got another chance to talk to THE ADICTS. Just chilling with them on their tour bus. Let me say they are almost as entertaining off stage as they are on stage. Not only that but they are ALL as nice as hell and very hospitable. Anyone who were to say anything different about this group of guys would just be fucking idiots! THANK YOU to you all (PETE DEE, MONKEY, KID DEE, SCRUFF, MEL & DAN) it was wonderful to seeing you play both nights & to have met you each and every one! Can't wait to seeing you play again and to hang out with you more next time. OI! As the Adicts would say "STAY ADICTED!" ~John The Punk |
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