Lordi are (were) horrible (last night @ Irving Plaza)

Lordi (cred)

I’m a sucker for a good stage show – schtick or not. I like the music to be good too though. That is possible. Gwar used to be great – original, talented and creative. Somehow I tricked myself into believing that Lordi – despite not looking at all original – would play good music, and that overall it would be a good time. Hey – they’re big in Europe (yeah I know, so is David Hasselhoff) – “Hardrock Halellujah” rocks like Kiss – they even won the Eurovision Award. So last night (Oct 29, 2007) I went to see them open for Type O Negative at the venue formerly known as Irving Plaza (their first NYC show I think). One word: horrible. Not even “so bad they’re good” (ok, maybe that a little – sometimes I laughed). Just kind of unoriginal, cheesy (with cheap props), and bad. Luckily I was mainly there to see Type O anyway.

Worth noting at least: Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French came out to play one song with Lordi (without a costume on). Twisted Sister play the same venue on December 21st. Lordi & Type O Negative play two more shows together – tonight in Philly, and at Starland Ballroom in Jersey on Halloween.