Like others have mentioned, what the hell was with all the smoke?!? I mean, the bathrooms, which are located on the furthest wall from the stage, were filled with smoke. You literally could not see a thing on stage.
FYI - the light and smoke is part of the point - It's a show, and not all rock and roll stars are in it to give you the best possible view of their abs.
I just came back from the WORSE show I ever attended in my life. What a rip-off!! Sorry for all the fans out there (and besides I'm one of them) but this was totally HORRIBLE. Now that I aired a bit of my anger, let me tell you why. First of all, we couldn't see anything at all. The stage was rigged with not one or two... but three smoke machines that kept everything hidden. People had to be just beside the stage to see a glimpse of a movement. So basically, it was a smoke show with some lights going back and forth. It was so bad that we we're wondering if it's were really Eldritch singing.
For the first 20 minutes, from my usually good place at The Métropolis (at the back of the first floor, to the left of the sound man), I could hardly see the two guitarists! Sometimes Eldritch. People around me got frustrated and were complaining. A lot of people at the bar near me were talking about that.In the first moments, screams were louder than the pre-recorded drums and bass. Lights were ble and there was a LOT of smoke which created a nice ambiance on the stage. Yoans and me were like mad happy in the first row, arms on the barrier, in the middle where we could have the best view.
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Second break came and ended with the two guitarist coming back alone. Ben on the left and Robochrist on the right. They started to play like mad. We were hypnotized and delighted. They played with us; we whistled, we screamd, we danced, we applauded. Robochrist even played a few riffs and was leaning towards the crowd as in “do you know this one ? i know you know it… comme on guys !!!� And a few would sing and they would play and have fun as i never saw guitarists having fun with their crowd. they smiled back at us and showed us they were Really playing. At some point, i even think i saw Rob trow his … that little piece whith which they scratch the guitar cords… to a guy in the audience who cought it, and Rob wen to get another one.
Andrew came back. He now was in a see-through fishnet tank top and girls were quoite happy with that (me the first !!) … They started with Temple of love i think, followed by Lucretia, Vision thing and Alice was in too somewhere. Again, it was fun to be facing Von and singing with him.
Just before Sisters came back of the first break, some were booing. I heard boos at the very end too, from the balcony.
For me too, at first, the show was a little disapointing. I couldn't see much and, surprising for the fan I thought I was, I didn't recognized most of the first songs.
But after I accepted the fact that I wouldn't see much and that all that smoke could be an artistic choice, a kind of gothic thing, I began to have a real cool time. Sisters were playin "When You Don't See Me" after all! From this moment, Sisters played more of their classics songs too. And we could see a little more…
If we can't easily find pictures of Eldritch on the Net and if Sister's official site doesn't show much neither, it could be because Eldritch doesn't really want to be seen clearly. Be advised…
Although I noticed he was growing a mohican much earlier than any of the other people I've heard from.
that was some serious smoke machine abuse ; but when it came for the sisters, i the amount was fair and even "less" than as i heard from previous comments
