Shows/1978-11-24

November 24, 1978
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The Factory
City	Manchester
Tour	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
Event
Billing	Pere Ubu The Soft Boys The Red Crayola

Ephemera

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Reviews

Zine review

December 6, 1978

Red Crayola: drums (backing vocals) and lead/vocals. Necessarily minimalist sound. flexible, effective. The drummers good - very good :he knows it jumping up after each song. rolls varying intensity, speed, rythnic changes. Pere Ubu bassist joined them on stage half way through, added power, a more rounded sound, fuller. Fit perfectly on the bill with Pere Ubu- Fellow exponents of a 'modern music'. (re)formed for this tour, afterwards the guitarist stays in england and the drummer returns to new york and a band including Jon Cale (Wow! Gee! rilly!....slow fade).

The Soft Boys: It takes a bit of adjustment after Red Crayola- no jagged edges. The Soft Boys - in the line of Nick Lowe/Rockpile/Mickey Jupp. Once upon a time would have been called 'pub rock', R&B based. blusey, boozy dance music. Its 1978 and some of the riffing's fast and clear. The lead guitarists really small, i spend a lot of time wondering if it's a man or woman - i decide it doesn't matter. it's a good lead guitarist, dressed in red, jumping up and down. Good Spirits exuded from the stage.

Pere Ubu. Ive never seen the Factory (Russel) as full. The music tells its own story. Listen to the records, see them. Hear it. Start with songs from The Modern Dance' and 'Data Panik'. The middle bit is newer songs - 'dub housing or something else. back to the old at the end. play, perform. well. experience. time changes. disturbing noises. disturb ease alternate. Rock and roll dynamic perfection. chemistry they click - a unit. complete- they work. i love it- the newer songs, i dance. other peple dance. loves it listens. not easy. not easy listening (hip). emotion, draining- fulfilling. Between songs a lot of tuning up problems- the vocalist dave thomas) holds our attention, a small move gest geture, noise, holds attention, continuity, They Play an encore. i go home.

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Retrospectives

2018/2021

Hooked on tinnitus-earworm non-alignment pact. Now thrilled alive. The band burns. Voice like contorted sax, David Thomas sweating buckets. Sound of a can kicked down the street at midnight Jet black suited and melting, David Thomas looms over the stage. Modern Dance and Dub Housing songs rumble, yowl, gnaw like mad. Non-Alignment Pact to Codex. After, elated, we're back outside in a night sodium street.

References

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