Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2011 9:16:36 GMT -5
Motive Sounds presents -
JOEY COHEN RIOT, CORNERSTONE
By Alex Macarte
The Brickyard, Carlisle. 7th February 2003
The Brickyard. What a place. The more I go there, the more I grow to love it. Free pool, Arcade machines (£20 wasted on me and Ste’ completing “House of the dead”!!), cheap drink, good atmosphere and most importantly tonight, good live music. The second of Motive Sounds promoted gigs, sees yet another great double bill, this time it’s Cornerstone and Joey Cohen Riot.
Opening the night with a stadium rock esque entrance of walking onstage one after another with super long intro, were Workington based Cornerstone. I’ve only seen these guys live once before, but again, I was just as impressed as the first time I caught them. Blasting their way through 40 minuets or so of their 'Kerbdog'/'Silverchair' influenced post –grunge pop rock, they repeatedly showed a real knack for top quality tuneage. My favourites being “Sickly Sweet”, “1995” which sounded oh so more fuller and impressive live then on record, and their mad finale of that Kylie Minouge Song, Cornerstone style!
Drummer Rick was spot on despite a painful back injury and frontman Shaun’s vocals were as always, throat wrenchingly good. There was, however, something I felt was lacking from their set. Not so much their static ness on stage, but something I couldn’t quite put my finger on. No matter what, I’m sure I’ll be seeing and hearing more of these guys, if I can help it.
After a short interlude of the DJ’s record collection and a game of pool, tonight’s closers, Joey Cohen Riot, took to the stage. Having taken a break from playing their home town, Carlisle, for a while to concentrate on shows else where around the UK, they calmly started their set with a sample played over the loungy “Le Ciel est noir”. That was about as calm as they would be for the night, as they went straight into following it with the brilliantly furious yet melodic, “French letters & Machine guns”. As usual, Front man Carter Black led his partners in crime, Joey White, Edge and Papaleo, through a fantastic set of Trail of dead inspired avante Garde rock with highlights being new track “Surrealist Daydream”, which I hope is being recorded soon, and the schizophrenic “imperial Soldier”. I have seen and played with these dogs many times and despite it not being their best show to date, I was still hooked and amazed at the quality of their music, playing and stage presence. Bound to go places.
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JOEY COHEN RIOT, CORNERSTONE
By Alex Macarte
The Brickyard, Carlisle. 7th February 2003
The Brickyard. What a place. The more I go there, the more I grow to love it. Free pool, Arcade machines (£20 wasted on me and Ste’ completing “House of the dead”!!), cheap drink, good atmosphere and most importantly tonight, good live music. The second of Motive Sounds promoted gigs, sees yet another great double bill, this time it’s Cornerstone and Joey Cohen Riot.
Opening the night with a stadium rock esque entrance of walking onstage one after another with super long intro, were Workington based Cornerstone. I’ve only seen these guys live once before, but again, I was just as impressed as the first time I caught them. Blasting their way through 40 minuets or so of their 'Kerbdog'/'Silverchair' influenced post –grunge pop rock, they repeatedly showed a real knack for top quality tuneage. My favourites being “Sickly Sweet”, “1995” which sounded oh so more fuller and impressive live then on record, and their mad finale of that Kylie Minouge Song, Cornerstone style!
Drummer Rick was spot on despite a painful back injury and frontman Shaun’s vocals were as always, throat wrenchingly good. There was, however, something I felt was lacking from their set. Not so much their static ness on stage, but something I couldn’t quite put my finger on. No matter what, I’m sure I’ll be seeing and hearing more of these guys, if I can help it.
After a short interlude of the DJ’s record collection and a game of pool, tonight’s closers, Joey Cohen Riot, took to the stage. Having taken a break from playing their home town, Carlisle, for a while to concentrate on shows else where around the UK, they calmly started their set with a sample played over the loungy “Le Ciel est noir”. That was about as calm as they would be for the night, as they went straight into following it with the brilliantly furious yet melodic, “French letters & Machine guns”. As usual, Front man Carter Black led his partners in crime, Joey White, Edge and Papaleo, through a fantastic set of Trail of dead inspired avante Garde rock with highlights being new track “Surrealist Daydream”, which I hope is being recorded soon, and the schizophrenic “imperial Soldier”. I have seen and played with these dogs many times and despite it not being their best show to date, I was still hooked and amazed at the quality of their music, playing and stage presence. Bound to go places.