Post by goo on Sept 30, 2002 1:35:25 GMT -5
Saturday night I saw Hoss @ The Rob Roy in Fitzroy, Melbourne. The venue itself was quite interesting, it has a vague ‘David Lynch’ feel, small band room, comfy couches throughout. The crowd was small-ish, but the size of the room made it feel like there were more punters than actually there.
Hoss have gone through some changes since their reformation, a new drummer and a sound that’s a little more bluesy, less bottom end and subsequently not quite as heavy. They still sound good, but are lacking the grunt of 9 or 10 years ago. I’m not sure what % of their 2 sets was newer material, I did recognise a number of songs and the highlight for me was their rendition of ‘brown sugar’ (off the ‘You get Nothing’ album), which still retained plenty of the old power. A friend there compared them to The Real Kids (70/80’s NYC bluesy punk
), but not being overly familiar with them I can’t comment on that. It was solid show from some great muso’s and definitely worth the price admission.
Anyone unfamiliar with Hoss should have a listen to the ‘bring on the juice’ or 'you get nothing' albums on Dogmeat Records, my fave track being ‘token kiss’ on 'botj'. I’d reckon anyone wanting to score copies should be able to find them in the 2nd hand or cheap bins.
Hoss have gone through some changes since their reformation, a new drummer and a sound that’s a little more bluesy, less bottom end and subsequently not quite as heavy. They still sound good, but are lacking the grunt of 9 or 10 years ago. I’m not sure what % of their 2 sets was newer material, I did recognise a number of songs and the highlight for me was their rendition of ‘brown sugar’ (off the ‘You get Nothing’ album), which still retained plenty of the old power. A friend there compared them to The Real Kids (70/80’s NYC bluesy punk
), but not being overly familiar with them I can’t comment on that. It was solid show from some great muso’s and definitely worth the price admission.Anyone unfamiliar with Hoss should have a listen to the ‘bring on the juice’ or 'you get nothing' albums on Dogmeat Records, my fave track being ‘token kiss’ on 'botj'. I’d reckon anyone wanting to score copies should be able to find them in the 2nd hand or cheap bins.