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03/01 The Birthday Massacre at Fine Line
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Canada’s The Birthday Massacre headlined the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on March 1st to some very dedicated goth/darkwave fans.
Opening the show was local Female-fronted genre-defying metal band Plague of Stars.
Long Beach’s Julien-K was up next. The band took their name from Julian Kaye (the character from American Gigolo). The electronic rock band was created from the ashes of Orgy.
After the release of Orgy’s third album, singer Jay Gordon had a fight with the rest of the band, and basically toured under the name Orgy without the original band members. Two of the original band members, Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck decided to start Julien-K with their friend Anthony 'Fu' Valcic. You can read about the Orgy fight on Blabbermouth.
We did catch Jay Gordon’s Orgy in March 2019, and said, “Missing for a few years from the scene, Los Angeles industrial nu-metal band Orgy has returned, with not even a cast boot (the result of a foot broken during a recent move) could stop singer Jay Gordon (along with Carlton Bost– guitar; Nic Speck– bass; Ilia Yordanov– rhythm guitar; Ryan Browne– drums) from re-acquainting the crowd to their music.”
Anyway, watching Julien-K play live on stage, you can tell that all the years in Orgy, the band learned a thing or two about being on stage… they even closed with a cover of New Order’s “Blue Monday”, which Orgy is known for covering.
Part of the fun in attending The Birthday Massacre’s show is looking at their fanbase. Everyone is dressed in black, some in black bunny costumes, some in fishnets. What is even cooler is that the band’s audience is cross-generational, meaning today’s youth are listening to this 20+ year old band. Their music and message is just relevant today, as it was twenty years ago.
The Birthday Massacre’s latest album Fascination, the follow-up to their pandemic album Diamonds, is out now on Metropolis Records.
Remaining The Birthday Massacre 2022 U.S. tour dates:
Opening the show was local Female-fronted genre-defying metal band Plague of Stars.
Long Beach’s Julien-K was up next. The band took their name from Julian Kaye (the character from American Gigolo). The electronic rock band was created from the ashes of Orgy.
After the release of Orgy’s third album, singer Jay Gordon had a fight with the rest of the band, and basically toured under the name Orgy without the original band members. Two of the original band members, Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck decided to start Julien-K with their friend Anthony 'Fu' Valcic. You can read about the Orgy fight on Blabbermouth.
We did catch Jay Gordon’s Orgy in March 2019, and said, “Missing for a few years from the scene, Los Angeles industrial nu-metal band Orgy has returned, with not even a cast boot (the result of a foot broken during a recent move) could stop singer Jay Gordon (along with Carlton Bost– guitar; Nic Speck– bass; Ilia Yordanov– rhythm guitar; Ryan Browne– drums) from re-acquainting the crowd to their music.”
Anyway, watching Julien-K play live on stage, you can tell that all the years in Orgy, the band learned a thing or two about being on stage… they even closed with a cover of New Order’s “Blue Monday”, which Orgy is known for covering.
Part of the fun in attending The Birthday Massacre’s show is looking at their fanbase. Everyone is dressed in black, some in black bunny costumes, some in fishnets. What is even cooler is that the band’s audience is cross-generational, meaning today’s youth are listening to this 20+ year old band. Their music and message is just relevant today, as it was twenty years ago.
The Birthday Massacre’s latest album Fascination, the follow-up to their pandemic album Diamonds, is out now on Metropolis Records.
Remaining The Birthday Massacre 2022 U.S. tour dates:
March 3 — Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
March 4 — Kansas City, MO @ BLVD
March 5 — Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
March 6 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
March 8 — Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
March 9 — Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
March 11 — San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
March 12 — West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky a Go Go
March 13 — San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
March 15 — Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
March 17 — Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live
March 18 — Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
March 19 — Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
March 22 — West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectables
March 23 — Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
March 25 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
March 26 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)
March 27 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
March 29 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
March 30 — Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage
March 31 — Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
April 1 — Parsippany, NJ @ Dark Side Of The Con
April 2 — Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing
March 4 — Kansas City, MO @ BLVD
March 5 — Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
March 6 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
March 8 — Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
March 9 — Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
March 11 — San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
March 12 — West Hollywood, CA @ The Whisky a Go Go
March 13 — San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
March 15 — Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
March 17 — Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live
March 18 — Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live
March 19 — Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
March 22 — West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectables
March 23 — Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
March 25 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
March 26 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)
March 27 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
March 29 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
March 30 — Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage
March 31 — Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
April 1 — Parsippany, NJ @ Dark Side Of The Con
April 2 — Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing
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The Birthday Massacre at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (01 Mar 2022) |
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