Megadeth + Slayer (Part 1) @ Zénith, Paris March 26 2011

Slayer + Megadeth @ Zénith Paris March 26 2011

"Carnage Tour"

Well, it's been a long time. Can't remember the last time we saw them, I guess it was in bercy a few years ago.
We missed them at the Hellfest last year, even though we saw them getting on stage (Click for the Pictures).
We are not great fans but they've always been very impressive Live. I clearly remember a festival in Bercy "Tatoo the Planet" in 2001 with Slayer headlining and... we were lucky to be on the stage just next to the drummer Paul Bostaph.
The funny thing was that Jeff Hanneman had trouble with his guitar so he went behind the drum-kit to have it fixed by his tech, you couldn't hear the difference when he was playing and when he was not !

Anyway , it's really a surprise to see that Slayer is not headlining tonight but it's a good surprise for us as we prefer Megadeth.
The Zénith is quite full (6500 capacity) but not sold-out it really shows that both bands are not as popular as before, a few years ago , well maybe 10-15 years from now they were playing sold-out the same arena on their own.

Dark stage for Slayer with a wall of marshall amps in the back and the eagles with the logo above.
Cool lighshow and lots of dry ice (smoke), The sound is perfect : (very) loud and clear.

SETLIST: (TBC)
1) Wold Painted Blood
2) Hate Worlwide
3) War ensemble
4) Postmortem
5) Temptation
6) Dead skin Mask
7) Silent Scream
8) The Antechrist
9) Americon
10) Payback
11) Season in the Abyss
12) Snuff
13) South of Heaven (another version)
14) Raining Blood
15) Black Magic
16) Angel of death

Exodus guitar player Gary Holt is helping out as Jeff Hanneman is sick and is doing a great job.
Powerfull show but songs tend to sound a bit the same in the end.
75 min gig

Merchandising

"South of Heaven" + "raining blood"

Van Dongen exhibition @ Musée d' Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, March 24 2011

Van Dongen "Fauve Anarchiste et Mondain"
Exhibition @ Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris

Kindly invited to the Vanishing-day for this exhibition, I 'm not really familiar with this painter from Holland (1877-1968) who spend most of his life in Paris.
Really incredible this guy painted with VERY different styles all along his career, so don't get fooled by the picture above it doesn't represent AT ALL his paintings.
It's like seeing the exhibition of 6 different painters.
It's really worth going there, it took us a bit more than 90 min.
Check is paintings HERE

BB Brunes joined by Carl Barat @ Alhambra, Paris March 23 2011

French band BB Brunes played a show last night @ Alhambra club and were joined by Carl Barat to play The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" :

We saw them performed for the tv show Trabendo sessions on Dec 8th 2009 and they were really good. (check our Pics & video)

Peter Doherty surprise show @ Carmen, Paris March 23 2011

Updated March 24th: Show was cancelled at the 11th hour.
Carmen WARNING!! We're so so sorry but Mr Pete Doherty can't make it tonight! Maybe another day? Stay connected!

Too late for us, considering the shitty show he did a few days ago @ Le Tigre club (click for Review,Pics and links to videos) we're not going !

Marianne Faithfull + Wayne Kramer (second show) @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris March 23 2011

Marianne faithfull feat. Wayne Kramer @ Théatre du Chatelet
Paris, March 23 2011

Yesterday was so good that we decided to come back
Basically the same show as yesterday, she may have changed the setlist a bit as she didn't perform "No Reason" ( from the new album) tonight, she did it yesterday.
The audience was more hot, she noticed it saying "You are much more better than yesterday" True.
As you can see the first part of the gig has songs from her last 3 albums then she's playing the hits
"Sister Morphine" (here on video) and "Broken English" were extended version with great guitar soli from Wayne & Doug.
As she has a sore throat (so she said) she didn't come back to perform the a cappela song she did yesterday "Love is teasing" from the Chieftains.

SETLIST:
1) Horses and High Heels
2) Why did we have to part
3) Back in Baby's arms
4) The Stations (tbc)
5) There is a ghost
6) The Crane Wife
7) Prussian Blue (click for video)
8) Like Being Born
9) Going Back
10) Sing me back Home
11) Band Intro
12) Sister Morphine
13) Broken English
14) As Tears go by
15) Working Class Hero
16) Incarceration of a flower child
-Encore 1- 17) Ballad of Lucy Jordan
-Encore 2- 18) Strange Weather

Another great show by Marianne who is proud of being Commendeur

Théatre du Chatelet & the nearby Tour St Jacques

"Sister Morphine":

The Kills @ Fleche d'Or, Paris March 22 2011

SETLIST (Courtesy of Oliver Peel):
01: Future Starts Here 02: Satellite 03: Heart Is A Beating Drum 04: No Wow 05: Kissy Kissy 06: DNA 07: Baby Says 08: The Last Goodbye 09: You Don't Own The Road10: Pots And Pan -Encore- 11: Fried My Little Brains 12: Sour Cherry

50 min show

Check our (small) review of the Kills @ Bataclan on Oct 28 2008 & @ Arte's One Shot Not on Oct 29 2008.
Check also The Dead Weather @ Bataclan on June 05 2010, @ Cigale on June 29 2009, @ L'Album de la Semaine on June 30 2009 & @ Olympia on Oct 28 2009.
With lots of Pics, setlist & videos

Marianne Faithfull + Wayne Kramer @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris March 22 2011

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Marianne Faithfull Feat. Wayne Kramer @ Théatre du Chatelet
Paris , March 22 2011

Wayne Kramer from the MC5 on guitar (on the far left)

Marianne Faithfull is back in Paris for two shows at the posh Théatre du Chatelet, one of the most beautiful theatre in Paris. She's promoting her latest album Horses & High Heels.
We've already been here a few times including a great intimate concert with MUSE in Sept 2009.
It's sold-out tonight even though there are still a few empty seats, it's an early start as she's getting on stage at 08:05 pm.
When we met Marianne @ Fnac Montparnasse in February she told us that Wayne Kramer, guitar player from The MC5, would be there. Cool he's here tonight.

No big production, just Marianne and her 5 musicians, she's center stage with a shiny white shirt, lyrics by her side, she won't look at it fo the most famous songs.
She played a few new songs including the one composed by French singer Laurent Voulzy, I didn't see him in the audience but there was Jane Birkin and the French Minister for the Culture frederic mitterrand , who gave her a medal after the show in the dressing rooms.
The concert started smoothly with the atmosphere building up slowly.
Her voice is really rock, posh people woke up when she played her most famous songs (Working Class hero, As Tears go by, Broken English...) even though no one clapped when she started playing Sister Morphine. Maybe they've never heard the Rolling Stones.
Sound is perfect, not too loud, Wayne Kramer is providing great guitar licks doing most of the soli tonight.
The gig was more rock than last time for her shows @ Cité de la Musique (review of second show is Here) for the Easy Come Easy Go Tour 2009.
The set ended with her cover of a Tom Waits' song before she came back with only Doug Pettibone on guitar.
We had an extra song a cappela "Love is teasing" (click for video) by the Chieftains.

Anita Pallenberg (far right)

Great 1h50 min show we're going back tomorrow night.
There was a aftershow party in the dressing room where the Minister for the french Culture gave her a medal (Commandeur dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres).

Wayne kramer & friend

"Working Class hero"

Laetitia Sadier + We Are Animal @ L'International, Paris Wednesday March 23 2011 for Mon Petit Club

Laetitia Sadier + We Are Animal @ L'International,
Paris March 23 2011 for Mon Petit Club

Don't miss this free gig @ L'International on wednesday

Chew Lips @ Fleche d'Or, Paris March 21 2011

Chew Lips @ Fleche d'Or
Paris March 21 2011 10:30 pm

After being @ Canal+'s Album de la Semaine to see Jazz Hip-Hop Australian band True Live, we went to see Electro-Pop English band Chew Lips @ Fleche d'Or.
One girl on drums, two guys on bass and electronic machine plus a Debbie Harry lookalike on vocals
Don't know if because it's monday but the club is empty, 100 people, nor more, mostly girls.
Well the music's ok not really the kind of stuff we're listening to @ Rockerparis, very dance and pop but enjoyable.

Radiohead @ Olympia, Paris March 28 2011 ???

Hum Hum ! Maybe or... not at all !!!
That is the rumour. We don't know anything more and honestly we don't care considering the shit that they're doing for the last 10 years.
Fuck that electronic shit and get the guitars back !

If it's on the 28 we won't go as we have another gig that night.

True Live @ L'Album de la semaine Canal+, Paris March 21 2011

True Live @ L'Album de la Semaine Canal+,
Paris March 21 2011 8:30pm

Soul Jazz Hip-Hop Australian band True Live is promoting their brand new album before visiting France with many gigs in March-April.
One drummer, 2 cellos, one violin, piano and singer, strange instruments to play Hip Hop, just imagine N*E*R*D ( the early one before they started doing shit) playing with classical instruments and you'll get a taste of what they're playing.
Unusual but very interesting.
After listening to the songs you'd expect some black dudes , no they're white in their 30's and looking like record company executives trying to dress cool.
Not sure why the record Cie picked up "Something to be" as single as it's far from being the best song ("Damn Right"'s better and has a real Hook)

Correction : Miles Kane from the Rascals and last Shadow Puppets will play L'Album de la Semaine on march 28.

Peter Doherty @ Le Tigre, Paris March 19 2011

Peter Doherty @ Le Tigre
Paris March 19 2011 00:35am ( March 20)

After attending French Punk-Rock Les Wampas's gig @ Cité de la Musique we're making our way to the Tigre club between Opéra and Palais Royal to attend Peter Doherty's "secret" show there. It wasn't so secret as it was everywhere on facebook on saturday morning.
We arrived there around midnight,Pete is having a smoke outside without being harrassed, as it's saturday night there are a few people outside : some of them having a smoke others trying to get in but it's not madness.
It's a 70 % female audience, all very pretty and in their early 20's.
We could get in very easily (we're Rockerparis for Fuck's sake;-) but some people were turned down ( no use beeing aggresive at the door).We had to pay 10 euros to get in, it was free for the regular customer.
This private club is pretty small (200 capacity) and all in red from carpet to paper wall. It's packed but not crammed.
Some (most of) of the girls inside are stupid arrogant bitches that should be kidnapped and sold as prostitutes to some eastern european countries.
Hard to believe the attitude of some of these bitches (Just ask Oliver Peel) when the owner of the place and the sexy "bouncer" girl are pretty cool and friendly.
Anyway we're here for the gig.

We have to endure a support band consisting of two guys on guitar, one dressed as if he was Brian Jones from the Stones, unfortunately without his skills or talent.Songs are lame and they should sing in tune.
It's just past half midnight when Peter Doherty's getting on the tiny stage with his acoustic guitar. We're at the front and for once nobody's pushing, people are here to see Peter but there are no real fans.
You can see that he's completely intoxicated, he's playing with a young French drummer (??!?).
The beginning of the gig is pretty good though shambolic with "Can't stop me now" and "Bonjour Tristesse" but then things are turning ugly.
Peter is completely out of it, can't remember how many times the microphone is falling down on the floor or how many times the guitar is unplugged and re-plugged.The drummer doesn't help ( even if he tried his best). Hard to follow Peter when he's changing rythm every 30 seconds.
Peter's not playing songs he's more jamming than anything else ("There she goes" was play), we have The Beatles' "She loves you" as well.

Being intoxicated is one thing but having some French Baby Rockers playing with him is another. A "singer" is doing one , the guy is fucking useless he seems more preoccupied by the way his hair is comb than anything else.Then we have a couple of other guys helping out on guitars.Maybe from the first support band
They are from the french rock scene, they have the look and the arrogant attitude but the problem it that they can't fucking play. Which is the complete opposite of English musicians: when they have the skills then they do act as proper rock stars.
Really don't know why Peter is hanging out with these guys.

Drugs are kicking in

This gig is a complete mess, Peter's rapping for a song than making strange noises by scratching his microphone on his guitar strings for another and so on...
The only thing you can say after this gig is "Kids, stay away from drugs".
After 15-16 songs (?) The Stooges' "I wanna be your dog" is played and in the middle of it Peter stage-dives in the audience a couple of times to get back to his dressing room.
60 min show and probably the worst show I have even seen Peter doing and believe me we've seen him many times solo or with The Babyshambles @ Rockerparis.

After chaos !

We made a quick exit to go home, we met Oliver Peel that was late once again (check his review, pics are coming shortly)
Much more Pictures from the gig HERE.
If you wanne see how shitty it was there are two videos from the end of the gig HERE (???) & HERE ( I wanna be your dog & Stage Divin')

Check our reviews of ( all but two) Peter Doherty's solo shows for 2010 in Paris:
Pics & reviews : 1) Fleche d'Or 2) Joseph Store 3) Truskel1 4) Truskel2 4) Truskel3 5) Maroquinerie