"Jennifer remembered. When they pulled into Austin to play Emo’s around that time, the duo took the stage with a primitive drum machine mixed at twice the volume of Herrema’s vocals and Hagerty replaced his guitar with a screeching violin. “Neil wanted to do something different and that was his vision for the tour, playing with the violin,” Herrema said. For fans expecting to hear the band’s best material to date, it was obdurate and punishing, and it remains one of the biggest ‘fuck you’ shows I’ve ever seen. But that particular incarnation of Royal Trux was never recorded..."
Now THAT would be an incredible recording to hear
― Royal Trux/TFUL282/Devo Obsesso (edges), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Saw them at Primavera Porto last week, in the sunshine. They're still great.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
ha i saw them on that violin and drum machine tour, neil was playing some triggers for the drum machine or maybe bass notes w his feet too iirc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
@lag∞n is there any more information you can give on this show? That's an amazing sight to see. Did they still set out to play the songs in full/normal arrangements just w/diff instruments? or were they warped versions? Was it just the two of them? Did he still sing while doing all this? any other info that comes to your mind i'm interested in hearing :)
― Royal Trux/TFUL282/Devo Obsesso (edges), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
it was a long time ago but iirc, downstairs at the middle east in cambridge ma, it was just the two of them, the songs were pretty unrecognizable, it was very noisy
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link