Needless to say, shooting Ho99o9 (with a semi-professional camera or a just point and shoot) is a challenge: they always play in the dark or are bathed in violent red and green lights and they are obviously restless from start to finish. His joker shirt was saying it all, fun on the surface, very dark in-depth… if you managed to listen to the lyrics: his violent storytelling seemed to come from pain and true life experience, from jail and suicide stories to Mexican drug cartel’s bloody ballads, ready for a Breaking Bad soundtrack.
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One or two songs were calmer, as there is a great variety in his hardcore style, but it was overall delivered in full assault mode, punctuated by a lot of horror screams, with full participation from the crowd. His bullet-like short songs were brutal, sounding like an abrupt rap yelled in everyone’s face along with infectious rhythms. The vibe of his unique act vibe is quite similar to Ho99o9’s (they even have collaborated on music) and his set was one non-stop punk headbanger, that started an early mosh pit. Synth punk N8NOFACE opened the show with his electronic table, while constantly gesticulating in front of his mic. They didn’t even let women enter the place with a small purse and I had to go back to my car twice to deposit everything they do not allow anymore (almost everything): I attended the concert only carrying my phone and a tiny camera, with my car keys in my pocket … I don’t understand why the pandemic changed the rules so dramatically but there was no possible negotiation. The Echoplex now belongs to Live Nation, and if it was relatively easy to get a photo pass when it was still an independent venue, it has become a hassle. Last night, they were playing at the Echoplex once again and gave us another incendiary show. They are back on tour with a new album, “Skin,” and their signature mix of hardcore, hip hop, metal, industrial, and much more. Ho99o9 has to be the most aggressive Black punk band since Bad Brains, and I wanted to see them again in action since I witnessed them trashing the Echoplex to a level of fury rarely seen, years ago.
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