HOTSNACK

HAPPY HAPPY GOOD HEALTH BAND, U.K. NUMBER ONE! GO!--------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- THURSDAY 15TH DECEMBER, THE PACKHORSE PUBLIC HOUSE, LEEDS, LAUGHTER IN THE DARK: an evening of alternative music.HOTSNACK Untrammeled and truly inimitable experimental 5-piece from Sheffield; blending avant-garde, free jazz, tribal and world music into a peculiarly addictive sound that duly earns them the accolade of being one of the best bands I have ever had the pleasure of seeing perform: rubber chickens, burgers, hotdogs and more musical instruments than you would have thought necessary. The Music Guru.------------------------------------------------------- ----------HOTSNACK, THE GRAPES, SHEFFIELD 6.1.06 Hotsnack were on top form last night, plenty of upbeatness and excitement and with a devoted crowd in attendance it made for a really great gig. Almost felt like a proper gig, whats that mean I ask myself? It means when the music is so good your mind stops its rubbishy moaning and pretend business and you enjoy yourself. Oh how I loathe the belief that fun is reserved for the young and irresponsible! Never mind the wanker at their Lescar gig last month who was overheard making sarcastic quips during the gig to his mates about Hotsnack being mainstream; what were you doing at the front then you cultureless nonce? You bores can keep your safe pop, Hotsnack are here and theyre experienced, different, dangerous and they know about fun. Yes the music was loud the instruments were tight, the sound production was good, the tunes are wonderfully different and unusual, some tinged with sentiment, some with mystery and surrealism. Pity I cant remember too much due to the local Moonshine but I do remember getting that jumpy-up-and-down-to-the-beat feeling, and I reckon theyre not more than a couple of gigs away from a mosh pit. Ooh, that would be interesting given the mixture in attendance. Spike the doorstamp ink Bri? Seriously (if thats possible as I remember Brians superbly disturbing face pulling routine and raspberries) the five piece deliver the buzz that is todays real Sheffield music. The crowd are up for it, the scene really is starting to kick (a new hand made gig guide Knives & Forks is in circulation), not too much fag smoke in the room to wreck it. Yep, its happening. Cheese biscuit anyone?M00))))DI-------------------------------------------- ------------------------------Hotsnack. Live, The Lescar, Sheffield. 17 Dec 2005For those of you not in the know, Hotsnack is fronted by Brian and Heather of the above (Acolytes Action Squad) and seems to be the 'main band' of the multi faceted group, who have appeared in at least three other incarnations to my knowledge. Aaah, Hotsnack! What a refreshing show. I first saw them at a Sheffield Independent Film do when, by the time they came on due to the unlimited free booze faced an audience of drunken shouting (talking) but finding myself on the partly vacant front row of chairs was great! No, last night they didn't fail to please the jam packed room of drunks and smokers either. Appearing in resplendent costumes and masks the band was evidently well rehearsed and proceeded to entertain with their irreverent brand of comedy.. huh? Hold on. Scrub that, I think I picked up a writing ghost from a previous Comedy Club. Hmm. Well sod it, I love their stuff, especially when the beat picks up..I can't describe it and wish I'd filmed it. Relying on an old tape walkman was a mistake and I was well peeved climbing into bed with my headphones on to find I'd wiped over an old Keith Jarrett tape with faint sounds of people..shouting. Beats me why folk pay £4 to see something then insist on yapping, mind you a lot of them were probably complaining they couldn't see as it's a shit venue which feels a bit like being on a crowded bus with less seats. Benjamin Wetherill supporting with his ukulele sat on a floor stool (with an empty stage behind him) so out of 120 people about a dozen could actually see. Oh shut up complaining. I got to the front for Hotsnack and that's what counts. I don't make notes, I try not to pretend I can write reviews and I enjoyed the music too much to be actually thinking in words. Ok, here's a few: Gong... Sun Ra... Zappa... punk...original, free jazz, scrummy, mushrooms..tomatoe MMMMMMMMOOOOOOO000000000000DDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIII----------- ---------------------------------------------------------Hot snack. Crazy mysterious surrealists with energy. Like Sun Ra meets Clash... Costumed five piece fronted by the beautiful Heather and a man in thermal underwear. Totally original, dedicated and daring bunch not without bags of experience and sophistication. Pulling up-for-it crowds constantly in the North.Menudo------------------------------------------------ ----------------'HOTSNACK' - 'JAZZ BASTARDS'Go NO! List -------------------------------------------- Hotsnack will be doing a spin-off of themselves called Giblets and Co. They are the best new thing to come out of Sheffield. This Heat-ish wonky prog with flute, guitars, jazzer drums, field recordings, southern-accent vocals and extravagant costumes. Freak-sodding-out.obscene baby auction---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------Get Your Own! | View Slideshow More Free MySpace Backgroundssnakk (sound), uncle jack (guitar sounds) and marty mc archer (brass sounds) carrying sound for damo suzuki bish boom bash rappity tappity smak::::HOTSNACK:::: A RARE EXOTIC BIRD WHO CAN SOMETIMES BE SEEN TO PERFORM IN RITUALISTIC FEATS OF GRANDIOSE DISPLAY, DIVINE MOURNING & ETHNIC WIG-OUT...THINK: THIS HEATSUN RASUNBURNEDVOLCANO THE BEAR AND YOU MIGHT BE CLOSE... ............................................................ ............... ---------------------------------??????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The ugly and confused MySpace page points towards the idea that Hot Snack might be stoners with too much time on their hands—and no coherent direction to their lives. So does the music. Good thing, too. Hot Snack reside somewhere in the cruel ground 'twixt the bloody minded post-Postcard blocs of gtr scratch practiced by the semi-forgotten likes of the Dog Faced Hermans and The Stretchheads and the dressing-up box faux-ethnology of the Sun City Girls. The dead-eyed creepiness and cold sweat they display live keeps them a hairs-breadth the right side of complacent wacksterism. In other words, exactly where they need to be. [Patrick McNally] ???????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!???I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Praxis - Animal Behaviuor

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