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Jesus Lizard & Bad Brains @ Vice's Halloween Party - pics

photos by Tim Griffin

David Yow rides the crowd as beer flies
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Titus Andronicus drama aside for a second, I was worried that the “party” crowd wouldn’t be a good audience for the Jesus Lizard and Bad Brains. But as security pointed out, the audience very much treated the show like the “concert” it was. It got crazy for Jesus Lizard, energetic front-man David Yow included…

“The Jesus Lizard performed a ferocious set, with singer David Yow crowd diving and singing noise rock anthems while sweaty hands held him aloft. Meanwhile, the line outside on North 10th Street snaked around the block, as hundreds of costumed revelers waited in the rain to get inside.” [The Wall Street Journal???]

The crowd was ferocious too, but ironically they were 10 times more ferocious for Bad Brains whose front-man just stood there in a white hoodie. Luckily for security (who after a few songs of frustration just let the show be), Bad Brains played a lot of reggae jams. That kept it relatively calm. Bad Brains setlist below. The Jesus Lizard will be back for two more NYC shows later this month.

The bands played upstairs in the two-level warehouse on North 10th Street between Berry and Wythe. Downstairs, and between bands, there were DJs. I was especially appreciative of all the classic 90’s techno hits (at the 1994-themed party). The music mixed with the warehouse location, lights, and smoke machines probably made the Vice event more Maskarave than the actual Maskarave happening across the river. That felt especially true late night, after Bad Brains which was when the majority of the crowd left (and they weren’t letting anyone else in). I don’t know a lot of song names, but Moby’s “Thousand”, Josh Wink’s “Don’t Laugh”, and “Percolator” were at least three of the more popular ones I remember hearing during the DJ sets from Dave 1 from Chromeo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Nick Catchdubs, Rub-N-Tug, and/or Blu Jemz. Earlier in night there was also lots of classic hip hop, sometimes accompanied with the song’s video.

As promised, there was a skate ramp with skaters too (and all the alcohol was free) (I wish they had more porta potties though). More pictures below…

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No pictures of Titus because Tim was downstairs during their quick set, and we’re not even sure if Children ever ended up playing.