Phoenix Festival, 1997. 25th July 1997
Phoenix Festival 1997, Long Marston, Stratford Upon Avon.
The Faint - Sheffield Octagon, 8th April 2004.
The Faint - Sheffield Octagon, 2004. Full Review, Click Here The Faint Sheffield octagon. Everywhere you look, goths. This isn't your typical Faint audience, for tonight, the faint are supporting Placebo, (who I would also review, if it weren't for the fact they were unquestionably dull). People were there to jump up and down, how should they react when confronted with keyboards, drum machines, and a mass of solid energy? Well, after the initial confusion passed, the audience really started getting into The Faint. It's hard not to get into a band that plays with such a huge amount of intensity. It felt as if the band had stolen Leftfield's sound-system, the bass shook you right in the throat with alarming intensity, an intensity that was shared by vocalist Todd Baechele as he leapt from keyboard to mic and across the stage in a way that made MC Hammer look like he was suffering with arthyritis. Or maybe it was the intensity of the son...
