Let me tell you my favorite Meat Beat Manifesto concert story.
I had become a fan of Meat Beat Manifesto during the 99% tour and was psyched to see them again on their Satyricon tour. I went to the nightclub they were going to perform at with my buddy in hopes of catching their soundcheck. No such luck, but we did get to meet the members of Consolidated. Nice guys but I don’t think they were to impressed to see me eating a Whopper from Burger King.
Later that night, Harry, my soundman from WMFO, and I went to the nightclub for the show. Consolidated put on an incredible multimedia show and as much as I loved Meat Beat Manifesto I didn’t know how they could possibly top their opening act. I needn’t have worried because Meat Beat Manifesto put on a show that I’ll never forget.
That’s saying quite a lot for two reasons. One, I’ve seen some top notch show and, two, I was out of my head that night. I’m amazed I can remember anything for all the beer and whiskey I was drinking, and I’m not much of a drinker in the first place.
Meat Beat Manifesto were phenomenal. The music was unrelenting and their multimedia stage show was a paranoid hallucination. The beats were pounding and the bass was throbbing and despite my tendency to be one of those guys who stands against the wall tapping his feet to the music I couldn’t but help hitting the dance floor.
I met a lot of cool people that night. None that I can remember after all these years but cool all the same. That’s another thing I like about Meat Beat Manifesto, they’ve built up a community of smart and wonderful people around them. To this day if I meet someone who is also into Meat Beat manifesto we almost always instantly bond.
Anyway, the night came to a close and Harry managed to herd me into his truck and drive me home. I don’t remember anything after that. What I do remember is that Heidi, my girlfriend at the time, had spent the night working at a club and was covered in cigarette smoke, sweat and beer scum came home from work to find my passed out in a puddle of my own vomit. Not my proudest moment. Angel that she was, she undressed me, got me in the tub and washed me down and put me to bed. She’s a far better man than I because if I came home to that, I would have just left me on the floor and went to bed.
Writing this all down I realize that this doesn’t sound like such a great story but somehow I’m very fond of that night. If you have a favorite Meat Beat Manifesto concert story, email me and I’ll read it on the show.
All the songs that appear on this week’s solipsistic Nation come from Meat Beat Manifesto’s Live ’05 album, courtesy of Jack Dangers.
- Meat Beat Manifesto “I Am Electro”
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Spinning Round”
- Interview with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Hello Teenage America”
- Interview with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Radio Babylon”
- Interview with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto
- Meat Beat Manifesto “God O.D.”
- Meat Beat Manifesto “No Purpose, No Design”
- Meat Beat Manifesto “It’s the Music”
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Nuclear Bomb”
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Helter Skelter”
- Interview with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Edge of No Control”
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Prime Audio Soup”
- Interview with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Do It with Soul”
- Interview with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto