Comments on: Death From Above 1979 at Sound Academy in Toronto http://www.chromewaves.net/2011/10/death-from-above-1979-at-sound-academy-in-toronto/ chromewaves Wed, 23 May 2012 20:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike http://www.chromewaves.net/2011/10/death-from-above-1979-at-sound-academy-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-31173 Mike Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:32:49 +0000 http://www.chromewaves.net/?p=33642#comment-31173 I always thought it funny how DFA's legend grew (during their first run as well as during their 5-year hiatus) like fire on gasoline. As a live band, they always were a clunky, metal band with chops and screaming. But their records were a little more cleanly-produced, thus revealing the grooves and beats beneath the sludge - that made their music a perfect fit for dancing in the clubs and radio play. When you think about it, this helped make their worldwide/ multi-genre/ cross-over success so special. So when you realized how new fans were discovering (dancing), and becoming part of their ever-increasing fan base, it was always a treat to see those types of new fans show up in larger and numbers at DFA shows, expecting some kind of discoed-out, dance-rock act, to find that the band's live performance was, essentially, a noisy, sweaty, adrenaline-fueled metal show. As an older fan who first saw them play at a tiny show at the Comfort Zone in 2004, and checked them out as their popularity grew to see them play larger venues and festivals (climaxing with an opening set for NIN at the ACC), I sort of felt like I was "IN" on some kind of joke. Welcome back DFA: heavy rock has missed you so. I always thought it funny how DFA’s legend grew (during their first run as well as during their 5-year hiatus) like fire on gasoline. As a live band, they always were a clunky, metal band with chops and screaming. But their records were a little more cleanly-produced, thus revealing the grooves and beats beneath the sludge – that made their music a perfect fit for dancing in the clubs and radio play. When you think about it, this helped make their worldwide/ multi-genre/ cross-over success so special.

So when you realized how new fans were discovering (dancing), and becoming part of their ever-increasing fan base, it was always a treat to see those types of new fans show up in larger and numbers at DFA shows, expecting some kind of discoed-out, dance-rock act, to find that the band’s live performance was, essentially, a noisy, sweaty, adrenaline-fueled metal show. As an older fan who first saw them play at a tiny show at the Comfort Zone in 2004, and checked them out as their popularity grew to see them play larger venues and festivals (climaxing with an opening set for NIN at the ACC), I sort of felt like I was “IN” on some kind of joke.

Welcome back DFA: heavy rock has missed you so.

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