Orgy & 9ELECTRIC Take Over Fitzgeralds In Texas

Orgy & 9ELECTRIC
April 16, 2015
Fitzgeralds- San Antonio, TX

Pulling up to the venue in San Antonio, we knew we were in the right place by the tour buses parked outside with trailers attached carrying the instruments & merch for the band members. The doors opened to Fitzgeralds directly after sound-check had finished. The few fans that were in line at the time were more than eager to see their favorite bands perform for them in an up-close & personal environment. Fitzgeralnds, sits in a Shopping Strip-Mall between a tattoo shop and a Church. Upon entering the venue one cannot help but notice the beautiful, classy gothic interior. The stage was set off to the back left of the venue near one of the three exits. Dawned in an alluring; 15 foot tall theater curtains that covered the back & side walls of the 3 foot tall stage. The crowd in attendance was pumped up by a local act Kazuma, whom performed a pretty impressive set; that ended with their rendition of Falco’s 1985 hit single Rock Me Amadeus.
After a brief set change, 9ELECTRIC went on stage early due to the band Death Valley High being sick… 9ELECTRIC opened up their set with Under Attack. Under Attack, starts off with an eerie synth with some filtered drumming before punching you in the face with precise guitaring from Lopez. Vocals from 9ELECTRIC’s Thunderwood, were very intriguing as they resembled influences from Wayne Static & KoЯn’s Jonathan Davis. Instantly the crowd (myself included) was hooked. People started coming closer to the stage as more people began to crowd around it… The audience started throwing up horns and rocking out right along with the band.
9ELECTRIC continued their set with Ticking Time Bomb, totally blowing the crowd away with this amazing performance of an amazing song. Every head in the venue was bobbing along with the drum & bass guitar beats. Their night continued without a hitch, cranking out hit after hit after hit. The well received crowd was treated to Take; Control; More More; The Damaged Ones; Goodbye; Filthy & Feel This before kicking the crowds face in with Destroy As You Go which originally featured vocals from the late Wayne Static. Thunderwood explained before the song played that he knew Wayne was smiling down on the crowd this night and that he would be performing Statics part. Thunderwood took off into the crowd during this amazing song for some close, personal; crowd interaction. Singing along with the members of the audience as he slowly made his way throughout the crowd.
9ELECTRIC, ended their set with a phenomenal cover of AC/DC’s 1976 hit Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap), to which the crowd went nuts, singing along with Thunderwood verbatim as the band rocked the crowd to their very core. The audience cheered as the band left the stage and out the exit on stage right. No one left their spot as the stage was dismantled in fear of losing their spot. Photojournalist Jared Wingate could be seen making his way to the front of the stage as he always does to do his job for Soundcheck411.
Not much time passed before Los Angeles natives Orgy, took the stage to perform a set-list of nothing but hits… Jay Gordon was the last to enter the stage from stage right. The crowd went wild with pure excitement while he flipped his mic into the air, catching it on its way down.
The band opened up with Talk Sick, the title track off their new EP. The song opens up with a creepy synth track playing in the background, Jay Gorden yelled to the crowd “Make Some Fucking Noise San Antonio!” and all the lights went out and the music stopped for a couple seconds. Then out of nowhere everything picked back up again but harder than before as each member of the band began performing the amazing track. After the first song finished the crowd cheered. Audience members began shouting out song names to the band. Jay Gordon was surprised by one audience member’s request and answered back “How do you know that song?” Following Talk Sick, the band played Dissention; the third track off the bands 1998 debut hit album Candyass. The crowd in attendance went crazy with the opening riffs as their heads began banging to the crispity, crunchity beat as Gordon made his way from stage left to stage right. Following Dissention, the band played Fetisha; the 5^th track off their debut album. Jay Gordon began singing the words “Day glow all of you; Made for those Little Sick Ones, Played out in Super Drag; Mistreat Another Piece Of You” again driving the crowd wild coupled with the bands uniquely styled music that is immediately recognizable as Orgy…
Directly after Fetisha, Orgy played Option; the 4^th track off their second album Vapor Transmission. The crowd went wild and became even more engaged than before. The women in the crowd began swaying to the very familiar opening drumbeat performed by Orgy’s Bobby Amaro. The audience sung along with Jay Gordon as he would pace the stage flipping his mic between verses; bending down eye level with a few of the attendees as the lyrics poured from Gordons lips like lyrical honey.
This fascinating night rolled right along with each prodigious hit, drawing closer & closer to an end of the night no one wanted to happen. Unbelievable & completely unparalleled hits such as Comeback; (the 4^th track on the new EP) Fiction (Dreams In Digital); Suckerface; & Wide Awake and Dead. Wide Awake and Dead is the first single on the 2 part EP. The song begins with some heavy synths alongside some in-time, filtered drumming; both by Orgy’s Bobby Amaro. And syncopated guitars and bass by Bost, Emerick & Speck complete the preternatural hit.
Pushing the night further the band continued on with Revival; and giving the crowd exactly what they wanted and more with their hit Stitches the 2^nd single of their debut hit album Candyass. Jay Gordon, climbed off the stage via the concert stacks that sat on the floor and made his way through the crowd as he sings the lyrics to the hit single. Holding the mic from one fan to the next so that they can have a chance to sing the amazing song right along with him before he made it back on stage right before the song ended.
Orgy ended the night with Blue Monday, the 1^st single off their debut album. The crowd cheered louder than before as Orgy rocked the New Order cover harder than I’ve ever seen, and sounding as fresh as it did the very first time this photojournalist heard the amazing track sung by Jay Gordon.
The Sick Talk tour has few stops left on this amazing tour. Make sure you don’t miss your chance to see these 3 phenomenal bands!
Thursday, April 23rd – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Roya