The Met Cafe September 18, 1997
I prayed that this show would be devoid of Nirvana freaks
wanting
to get close the Krist Novoselic and instead focus on Gailk Greenwood's home town
appearance, and luckily my dreams came true.
Sweet 75, the new Krist Novoselic
band, plays more wandering songs than his former band. I hate to compare, but the
catchy hook was missing. It may be brilliant on CD, I haven't heard. Also the PA
sucked pretty bad, or the mix was off, the singer Ms. Yva Las Vegas could barely be
heard. At one point between songs she said, "Just pretend you hear," because it
was obvious nobody could.
Krist played 12 string guitar most of the time but did
switch to bass for
a few songs. I was standing as Yva's feet so I copied down their set list- they
did most every song on their new CD, plus a country tribute song to Dolly Parton
that was almost
funny, but did get people bobbing back and forth in unison.
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I'm sure if we
could have heard it better we would have enjoyed it more. Nobody hated it too
much- there were no boo's and plenty of applause, so don't rule it out if you get a
chance to check it out.
L7
After their set L7's tech guy went from speaker to
speaker, wire to wire, and amp to amp making changes and testing shit. It took
forever, but when he was done L7 came out and kicked Providence right square in the
ass for their whole set. It was a b last from beginning to end.
From the
opening "Andre" through the finla song "Lorenza" the ladies played the hell out of
their set. Of course it being sorta new bassist Gail Greenwood's home town show
they got a great response. Between songs Gail would say hello to friends, ran t
about how Providence bands and clubs kick ass over Boston bands and clubs, and
generally ham it up.
The crowd was peppered with people like her sister's friends, old
teacher (some old dude by the door), and even somebody sporting a Boneyard t-shirt
to show he's been with Gail from back in the day.
They did lots of new stuff
from "The Beauty Process" like, "Drama," and "Bitter Wine," as well as their best
like "Deathwish," "Shitlist," and "Prentend that We're Dead." Gail Greenwood is
the most energetic on stage- she flops her long hair from sid e to side and jumps
around all over the place. Donita and Suzi don't move around that much, but its
because they're too busy cranking out the shit. Donita is a great drummer and she
played the whole show with a huge grin on her face.
Punk, metal, sludge,
whatever you want to call it L7 has been cranking out some of the best for like 12
years. Gail Greenwood's addition to the band has worked out really well and I'm
glad. Donita shows no signs of getting tired of it all and the ba nd is tight as
hell. I hope that the band has more time to visit Providence because they put on a
great show.
