Gig Review: The Horrors, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 29/03/07
Reviewer: Stuart Williams

From the moment The Horrors walked on stage, the crowd started buzzing.

Faris Rotter, the band’s lead singer, with hair almost as large as he is, is an official card-carrying screaming wild man of rock. The rest of the band - Joshua von Grimm (guitar), Tomethy Furse (bass), Coffin Joe (drums), and Spider Webb (organ), seemed intense and focused on their playing.

The intensity of this band’s stage presence has to be seen to be believed:The Horrors totally dominated the venue. Here are five guys who know how to ROCK!

Opening with Jack the Ripper, one of their most fan-friendly songs, white and red strobe lights flashed away rapidly; dry ice rose in the air; the band looked something like a cross between The Beatles and Motorhead - with a fair dose of the Sex Pistols thrown in for good measure.

While most of the band focused on their playing and imposing stage presence, Faris, the half-crazed front man, climbed on top of the footlights; he climbed on top of the amplifier; he leapt into the crowd (from a height) during at least four of their songs; he socialized with groupies, and a few would-be groupies, who groped him as he sang; he walked through the crowd, climbed on top of the bar and sung while walking up and down it.

This was rock at its finest: Loud, sweaty and out of control.

The show only lasted about half an hour – but this was a genuine, big-league performance. There’s a lot to be said for quality over quantity – and I’m sure that at the end of this gig, Faris, in particular, had given every last drop of energy to the crowd. In fact, it’s amazing he wasn’t carried off on a stretcher.

This was one intense show, and great fun from start to finish.

Like the rest of the crowd, I had a great time at The Horrors’ gig. Okay, they only played for about thirty-or-so minutes, but what they played was great – and performed with style bigger than a 747. This was no mere gig - this was an event! The band gave their all: Together they whipped the crowd into a rocking frenzy – and what more can anyone ask for from a band?

The Horrors are a band that is seriously going places: Their live act is electrifying, and their stage presence is BIG. Certainly too big for this venue; maybe too big for this earth.

You owe it to yourself to see The Horrors live.
That’s all there is to it.

The Horrors: Bigger than a big thing; getting bigger all the time.

CHECK

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Stuart Williams.