Apoptygma Berzerk :: LIVE::

[DJ Saint]

APOPTYGMA BERZERK with THE SURRENDER at the Crofoot Ballroom

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8

doors at 8PM

tickets: $15 (buy tickets)

It's the first US tour in a long time for APOPTYGMA BERZERK, and the Crofoot is excited to present this special concert: You have probably heard the answer "it's not rocket science", but what was the question? In this case, it might offer a clue to the essence of Apoptygma Berzerk itself, to the force that drives the man who personifies the band, Stephan Groth.

Groth and his group are as inseparable as Norway and the fjords. With another vibrant album to add to the Apop canon, this seems like an appropriate moment to talk to the songwriter himself in his home town of Fredrikstad. Time to add some depth to the impressive statistics (a discography numbering more than a dozen albums, over 30 releases if we count singles and EPs as well - and a band history spanning almost twenty years, touring some 15 countries, with more to follow). "Rocket Science" is studio album number six, if you are counting, by the way.

The Apop sound, meanwhile - typified by Groth's vocal delivery - is instantly recognizable and could never be reduced to the sum of its parts. Compulsive genre seekers tend to lock them in a box labelled synthpop, but this fails to do justice to their broader appeal across electronic and rock boundaries.

info yoinked form here: http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/734.html

[Simon Bar Sinister]

next to U2 and NIN, this is the band I've been most hoping to see this year...and it's within walking distance from home! they have a box office on site, so no TicketBastard or their anal-rape fees.

[TheOsakaKoneko]

:D

Wish it wasn't on a Tuesday..$15's not bad tho.

[Guest Megalicious]

I will be there ...

[AstralCrux]

Maybe, sounds fun!

[Marmee_Noir]

YAY I am so fucking there... Can't wait!!!

[slingerlandstyx]

YAY I am so fucking there... Can't wait!!!

LOL, how'd I know you'd want to go to this.

*edited to add quote

Edited July 31, 2009 by slingerlandstyx

[Simon Bar Sinister]

*bump*

[pleasurekatzen]

I think the roommate and I will be there

[slingerlandstyx]

Workies r teh suxxors... :-(

[Simon Bar Sinister]

got back from the show about 45 minutes ago; the show ran at least 1 hr, 45 min. If you couldn't make it out tonight, here's what you missed:

Starsign

Eclipse

Asleep or awake?

you keep me from breaking apart

in this together

mercy kill

shadow

love never dies

burning heretic

lost in translation

Apollo (live on your TV)

Kathy's Song

shine on

deep red

until the end of the world

encore1:

non-stop violence

unicorn

encore2:

mourn

in case you're wondering, I did get one of the setlists!

edit/update: Bizarre Love Triangle was on the setlist (between Apollo and Kathy's song), but they didn't perform it. :(

Edited September 9, 2009 by SpammerOvTheGods

[Rev.Reverence]

got back from the show about 45 minutes ago; the show ran at least 1 hr, 45 min. If you couldn't make it out tonight, here's what you missed:

Starsign

Eclipse

Asleep or awake?

you keep me from breaking apart

in this together

mercy kill

shadow

love never dies

burning heretic

lost in translation

Apollo (live on your TV)

Kathy's Song

shine on

deep red

until the end of the world

encore1:

non-stop violence

unicorn

encore2:

mourn

in case you're wondering, I did get one of the setlists!

SCORE! Wish I could have managed to see these guys...they are on my short list of 'want to see bands'.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

it was a ridiculously great show.