Spitting Glass Stars Winter '02
Review of Giant Tank's show with Robotnicka

I didn't catch their name (if they have one) but they were drafted in to replace Robotnicka - the most interesting sounding lot on the poster who failed to turn up. They described what they do as 'free rock' but to the rest of us that means 'improvised noise'. At least that's what you'd call it in front of your granny, in warning a friend you may want to be more graphic. The thing is, if it was a bunch of young children or monkeys making this noise you'd probably think "well good for them, no real tune or structure but they're fairly well co-ordinated aren't they?" and the novelty value would make you smile. But when it's a bunch of lads who just can't be arsed to (or perhaps just can't - who knows?) write songs it gets tedious very very quickly. We had to leave, which I'm sure is a reaction they pray for, but we weren't weirded out - just bored. One for goatee owners only.

'Sarah'



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