And in place of an opening act, they had fifteen or twenty minutes of thundering parade kettledrums.
there is some legendary gig where they had a topless man come out and chop up logs with an axe onstage as a support act.
I wonder does Vladimir Putin like Laibach.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Sunday, 19 August 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Did anyone go see the Seattle or Portland shows? I'm thinking about the LA show assuming that it hasn't sold out yet. From: http://nskstate.com/laibach/concerts/volk-tour.php
-----30.09.2008 New York Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza USA28.09.2008 Tijuana B.C. CANCELLED MEX27.09.2008 Mexico City VDMAS Concert Hall MEX26.09.2008 Hollywood Key Club USA25.09.2008 San Francisco Independent USA23.09.2008 Portland Crystal Ballroom USA22.09.2008 Seattle Showbox at the Market USA-----
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 September 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Somebody was saying they were going to the LA show, damned if I can remember who...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 September 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't go, but the Seattle show apparently was really really good. First half: Volk. Second half: classic material.
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 25 September 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Do it! They're incredible live, and it's not like they tour all that often. Saw them in Glasgow, and was charmed to see that much of the back projection was still on real film - which made the precise synchronisation with the onstage performance all the more impressive.
― Soukesian, Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Portland show was sadly under attended (about 200 people in a 1000 capacity ballroom). However, the show was excellent. If you can see them, and you have an open mind, you should see them.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
http://nskstate.com/images/laibach/von_bach/Superheroes_von-bach_250.jpg
― baaderonixx, Friday, 24 October 2008 08:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i've said it before and i'll say it again: if i ever get married i want this band to play my wedding
― imperial management trainee (latebloomer), Thursday, 30 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"Opus Dei" rocks. It is truly awesome, one of the greatest albums ever released by anyone
^
― imperial management trainee (latebloomer), Thursday, 30 October 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
"Opus Dei" rocks. It is truly awesome, one of the greatest albums ever released by anyone.
Major major truth.
I know I always do this on Laibach threads, but I need to do it again:
Ein Schauspieler! WHOOOMPH!
― anatol_merklich, Sunday, 8 March 2009 01:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone needs to start a Laibach goth campaign.
― Goth As A Moth (Bimble), Sunday, 8 March 2009 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess ILM never cared much about Laibach but their new album seems markedly different and is getting quite a bit of press.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 09:09 (ten years ago) link
Funny, I just decided last night to put some of their albums back in my iPod (Kapital, Jesus Christ Superstars and WAT) and that was before finding out there's a new one. Might have to track a copy down.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Good: They are playing Philly and I adore them.Bad: They are supporting Ministry whom I used to also adore but who hasn't done anything relevant in some time.Ugly: $55 per ticket! And that's without fees. Ugh.
I'll probably still go. Seeing this video projected on the screen between bands at a Ministry concert (yes, I know) was a defining moment for me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC73Os9NmZE
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 5 April 2015 23:16 (eight years ago) link
Jesus, a Ministry/Laibach co-headlining tour would have been the greatest thing ever any time between 1988 and 1992.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 6 April 2015 00:17 (eight years ago) link
Agreed. But we're all older now.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 April 2015 12:27 (eight years ago) link
Pretty sure I would still go and see a 1988 era Laibach/Ministry tour (if I could find a babysitter)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 6 April 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
how is this not a bigger deal in the press? i haven't heard much at all about this. it seems kind of like a big deal.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/laibach-announce-shows-in-north-korea-pyongyang
wonder who will be at the show
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 27 June 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
Yeah this is pretty insane
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 27 June 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Would be amazing for this to be your first ever experience of western popular music.
― who epitomises beta better than (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 June 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
I feel like the approval process for this had to involve someone in the NoKo government saying "well... they sound communist."
― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 June 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LV42Y5U.png
'Peculiar singing' otm.
― I wear my Redditor loathing with pride (ShariVari), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
Also 'rich voice' and 'skilled rendition' tbf.
― I wear my Redditor loathing with pride (ShariVari), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
I would so much like this to be released on DVD, but I seriously doubt it will.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
omg they did "Arirang"
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
"The concerts will be filmed for a documentary to be released in 2016."
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
great pictures on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Laibach?pnref=story
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 August 2015 02:19 (eight years ago) link
Saw them last night perform with an orchestra - I went dragging my feet thinking I was over their schtick - but man I havent laughed (in a good genuine way) at a concert like this in a long time (ever?).The North Korea 'Sound of Music' stuff was pretty boring tbh but having an orchestra behind them is how they were always meant to be.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
New video for "Sound of Music" - album of the same name coming in November:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oD0W6SSBUA
This might be the most...fun thing they've ever released. The moment when Milan takes over on vocals is really something.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Huh.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
outstanding video.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
A live album containing a performance from 1987 has just been released. Apparently it was broadcast on German radio at the time, so it's been bootlegged a bunch, but they've remastered it to be LOUD AS FUCK and it's absolutely head-crushing, somewhere between Foetus's Rife and Swans' Public Castration Is A Good Idea. There are audible instruments (guitar, bass, horns!) and the performance is absolutely on fire. Essential if you're a fan.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
Loving how they enforce thee genre continuum on this here new thing while playing me fun music
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ppGhLjssYxZeLjKbJFjcl?si=FQhaTuHFQC2pIFQ6-sXcEw
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 20 January 2023 23:50 (one year ago) link
Opus Dei is being reissued as a 2CD set in May, but frankly the bonus content is a little disappointing:
Disc 1Leben heisst Leben (Opus Dei)Geburt einer Nation (One Vision)Leben – TodF.I.A.T. (Let It Be)TransnationalHow the West Was WonOpus Dei (Life is Life)The Great Seal
Bonus tracks:
Geburt einer Nation (Eine Richtung und ein Volk Version)Leben heisst Leben (Marche Funèbre Version)Geburt einer Nation (3. Oktober – Kraftbach – Version)
Disc 2Leben heisst Leben (London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1987)Geburt einer Nation (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)Leben-Tod (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)F.I.A.T. (Paris, Espace Ornano, 1992)Transnational (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)How the West Was Won (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)Opus Dei (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)Leben heisst Leben (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)Geburt einer Nation (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)Leben – Tod (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)How the West Was Won (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)Geburt einer Nation (Vienna, Messepalast, Kaiser Franz Josef Reitschule, 1988)Leben – Tod (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)Transnational (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)How the West Was Won (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)Opus Dei (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)
Two and even three live versions of the same songs? Who needs that?
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:11 (two weeks ago) link
Especially as most of the music seemed to be coming from backing tracks when I saw them during that era.
― help me I am in hull (Matt #2), Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:22 (two weeks ago) link
Right? It's not like their shows were jammed with wild improvisational tangents.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:38 (two weeks ago) link
I recently unearthed my Through The Occupied Netherlands tape which still sounds SO good. I really wish I'd seen them live in this era, touring with Last Few Days.
Oh, I see they reissued it!
https://staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-occupied-netherlands
― stirmonster, Thursday, 14 March 2024 17:21 (two weeks ago) link