From: robert@askinc.ask.COM (Robert McMullen)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: PanterA in SF, 8/18/92
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:53:36 GMT
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Inc.

Last night the Gods of Texas, PanterA, came down
from Valhalla to bless us at the Warfield Theatre in
San Francisco...yeah, actually, it WAS that good!

The opening acts were Trouble (New York) and
White Zombie (also New York, I think).  Anyway, we
blew off Trouble--even though I have a couple of
their albums and like them a lot--since you couldn't
drink beer in the balcony seats (our tix) and the 
GA floor was already sold out...

I did notice Tragedy Man, Memory's Garden, and Breathe from
their set though (through walls).

White Zombie was really great even though I only know
a couple of their songs...I'll check them out in the future.
They had a really beautiful woman bassist (who reminded me
in phyisique and energy, of Heart's Nancy Wilson in the '70's).
Live, this group sounded wayyyyyyyyyyy harder than on
CD...musically, much like Slayer!  (pleasant surprise)

Trouble played 30 mins, White Zombie about 45, then PanterA
took the stage...with...












Fucking Hostile!!!!!!
The rest of the set included, in sort of order:  Mouth For War, Rise,
This Love, No Good (Attack the Radical), New Level, Domination, 
Psycho Holiday, By Demons Be Driven, Walk, Primal Concrete Sledge, and
the encores were:  Heresy, Cemetary Gates, and Cowboys from Hell...

(perhaps one other...my memory's not on full yet this morning, and
I didn't write down a list at the show).

Anyway, the sound was great, the show was killer (Phil is really funny
onstage)...one interesting part was the "salute to GG Allin" (known
rock-n-roll sicko) in which Dime actually took a dump into a bucket
on-stage...really!  At first we thought he was just mooning us, because
we couldn't see (the stage lights were off), but Phil called for the
spotlight at just the right moment to see Darrell squeezing one out.  Then
Dime went offstage, presumably to wipe his ass.

The very end was also classic.  You know how rock bands hit those really
loud crescendos with thundering drums when you know it's the LAST song...
well, Vinnie banged the drums, Phil said "Thank you, we're PanterA", then
Vinnie banged some more, and Phil said, "Thank you, we're from Texas",
Vinnie banged some more, and Phil said, "Thank you, we're Led Zeppelin", and
finally, Vinny banged some more, and as the music finally stopped, Phil
said, "Thank you, we're Napalm Death!"     And then they played like
ND for about 15 seconds--nothing recognizable, but 15 seconds is about
5 or 6 old ND songs.....Phil does a great Barney, BTW!

Anyway, sorry if this is slightly incoherent.  I'm still not awake.

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