Where Were You When It Happened?
- 艺人
- Monotonix
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Drag City
- 发行时间
- 2009年09月08日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Jason Lymangrover
Monotonix is one those bands thats much better in concept than on wax. Their on insane on-stage antics are legendary, and if you ask anyone who has caught a performance, the retelling will almost undoubtedly involve a story of lead singer Ami Shalev climbing rafters, stage diving, chugging beer out of his shoe, mooning, or assaulting the crowd with sweaty bear hugs and/or garbage cans. Capturing such a spectacle in the studio is a little like trying to cage a rabid monkey, and even when Shalev sounds as if hes frothing at the mouth on My Needs, as he howls Oh No! Oh Yeah! the experience just doesnt pack the charm or the danger of the live show without accompanying visuals. Even so, as a second to an actual Monotonix live show, the relentless crunch of the band's debut Where Were You When It Happened? is as action-packed and tiring as mere audio could be. Like on their EP, Tim Green of the Fucking Champs wears the engineer cap and he keeps the record's sonics raw to the point of sounding like it could have been recorded in an afternoon of first takes. Like any good garage rock or sludge-metal act, the Israeli trio makes grease-filled music that is tight, simple, and totally explosive. The synergy between guitarist Yonatan Gat and Haggai Fershtman is that of brothers, while the frontgoon caterwauls like a horribly intoxicated Chris Cornell. Hes a much better shouter than a singer, as he proves in the slowed-down drudgy intro of "Something Has Died," but what he lacks in skill, he makes up with heart, and his heart is huge. No doubt about it, this is a guy who loves to rock.
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