i can't understand going to see melt-banana and not moving.

it's totally involuntary.

one of the best live bands on the planet, seen em three times, every time, mindblowing. i always tell this story, but last time i saw them in tucson in december, i went ridiculously early, before any of my friends were there. the opening bands were horrid, one all instrumental post-metal pelican type bullshit, and one all-girl slits ripoff. so, i went to the merch table to get a tshirt, and then i just kinda started helping the dude sell merch. he spoke no english, but he got the point. i stayed there selling merch with him till the line started piling up, he then gave me a couple shirts and agata's last solo record. i then got right in front of the stage, seriously like a foot away from agata and his countless effects.

oh, and the best part of a melt banana show; six short songs. they seriously do like six blazing fast loud ass songs in a minute, with yasuko introducing every song inbetween. they only did the last time i saw them but it was so fucking cool. i mean, theyre just so mindblowingly proficient and tight even when theyre making 5 second busts of noise (this is a band that went head to head with discordance axis).

IM GOING TO SEE THEM IN DUBLIN TOMORROW NIGHT...

sorry for shouting but im real hyped about this one!

best live band.