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davidt
on Tuesday August 19 2003, @09:00AM
Solo-Morrissey Fan in New Zealand writes:
For all those New Zealand Morrissey/ Smiths fans starved of anything live. Down-under Smiths Tribute band: "Friday Night Inoutpatients". Is doing a gig at the Indigo Bar in Cuba St, Wellington. Friday 22nd August 8pm Wicked!!
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Wellington, New Zealand - "Friday Night Inoutpatients" Smiths tribute band (Aug. 22)
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The Southern Hemisphere's only Smiths tribute band (Score:0)
Bryce
FRIDAY NIGHT IN OUTPATIENTS - 8PM
A TRIBUTE TO THE SMITHS
Hailed as one of the most influential British groups ever, eighties pop phenomenon The Smiths combined a lyrical intensity and political relevance with a sixties pop sensibility. They were the antithesis of the traditional rock and roll band. Frontman Morrissey’s social commentary and Wildean wit presented a persona that was anti-drugs, vegetarian, chronically depressed and, allegedly, celibate - before the fashionable ambivalence of the nineties. They were one of the most overtly literate bands to appear on Top of the Pops.
Morrissey’s idiosyncratic fashion statements of NHS Specs, hearing aids and rosebushes hanging out of the back of his pants were embellished by Johnny Marr’s angular and eclectic guitar orchestration. Recently seeing a resurgence as part of the current retro trend, their tour de force “How Soon Is Now” has been covered as the theme to TV’s ‘Charmed’.
On the twentieth anniversary of the release of The Smith’s first single, “Hand In Glove”, the Southern Hemisphere’s only Smiths tribute band is set to tour.
The Wellington debut is at Indigo on Friday August 22.
The band will play close to two hours of material ranging across The Smiths’ varied career of classic songs such as “This Charming Man”, “William It Was Really Nothing”, “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”, “Shoplifters of the World”, “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”, “What Difference Does It Make”, and “Girlfriend In A Coma”.
Audience favourite DJ Bill E of ‘Atomic’ and ‘24 Hour Party People’ fame is spinning hits from his retro wax collection.
$12
I want the one i cant have (Score:0)
i'm now living in Auckland, are they planning on playing up here soon? Does anyone know how i can contact either the band or the organiser of the event?
Yours reminiscing,
ben griffiths
Salford Lads' Club (Score:2, Funny)
Also interesting to note the sheer number of people who turned up -- Indigo was packed to the gunwales, and I did hear that people started being turned away as early as 10.30 as the place had already filled to capacity. On that note, it is perhaps a little unfortunate that the yobbish goth element managed to turn up prior to this cut-off point. Call me an incorrigible snob (because I can be), but I found their pogoing and yahooing to be a bit unseemly and boorish. (Perhaps they had confused "Friday Night in Outpatients" with the Motorhead tribute night down the road?) But I digress.
On the whole, it was a fun night. And I hear from one of the lovelier Lads (who makes an admirable Andy Rourke) that they will be playing again with a whole new & improved set before the end of the year.
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