I saw them in Dallas on their last tour... was like a 20 year HS reunion for goths...the venue played music over the sound system before they took the stage...and people were just standing around talking...was like 5-10 minutes after the band started before anyone even really noticed...and even then the canned show they put on most of the crowd just went back to talking for the rest of their set.

was kind of pathetic

/was they "Gypsy Tea Room" ...same place I'd seen They Might be Giants at a year or so prior and TMBG had twice the crowd size and was way more energetic

djfitz: The great thing about these goth reunion tours is that the artists don't have to dress up to look dead anymore. Really saves on the makeup budget.

the down size is some of their aging Fan base are not especially honest with themselves as to what kinds of outfits they can still pull off in public

Squid_for_Brains: Stratohead: I saw them in Dallas on their last tour... was like a 20 year HS reunion for goths...the venue played music over the sound system before they took the stage...and people were just standing around talking...was like 5-10 minutes after the band started before anyone even really noticed...and even then the canned show they put on most of the crowd just went back to talking for the rest of their set.

was kind of pathetic

/was they "Gypsy Tea Room" ...same place I'd seen They Might be Giants at a year or so prior and TMBG had twice the crowd size and was way more energetic

I almost walked out of a potentially amazing Einsturzende Neubauten show because the audience was talking so loudly I couldn't hear them. The band almost walked out, too.

I can't imagine paying that much to completely ignore the show and drunkenly yap at the same people you see every weekend.

in my case some folks I hadn't seen in many years... and IIRC the tickets were at most $20

Squid_for_Brains: Stratohead: Squid_for_Brains: Stratohead: I saw them in Dallas on their last tour... was like a 20 year HS reunion for goths...the venue played music over the sound system before they took the stage...and people were just standing around talking...was like 5-10 minutes after the band started before anyone even really noticed...and even then the canned show they put on most of the crowd just went back to talking for the rest of their set.

was kind of pathetic

/was they "Gypsy Tea Room" ...same place I'd seen They Might be Giants at a year or so prior and TMBG had twice the crowd size and was way more energetic

I almost walked out of a potentially amazing Einsturzende Neubauten show because the audience was talking so loudly I couldn't hear them. The band almost walked out, too.

I can't imagine paying that much to completely ignore the show and drunkenly yap at the same people you see every weekend.

in my case some folks I hadn't seen in many years... and IIRC the tickets were at most $20

"Once paid $20 to hear themselves talk."

Got it.

"Once paid $20 to see a washed up band I enjoyed in HighSchool, the band put on a canned show that was very very lame, but at least I had good company so it wasn't a total wash"

is more accurate.