i finally saw the magik markers last night in dublin..
 

... and they were great, the sound wasnt the greatest from the mix but then again thats hardly the bands fault.... the energy, the noise, the tectures, the shitty tapedeck, the dropping of sticks, the dropping of tapes, the cheeky smile and above all, the niceness and friendliness of peter and elisa knows no bounds. Excellent night, excellent gig made even better by meeting up with old friends and fellow boardies,.... and making new transatlantic ones!

i think i now have the only 2 markers shirts in ireland at the moment to... thanks pete!!!

oh yeah, shit-for-brains me forgot both my still and moving image cameras but i know there was clickers and bootleggers there so im sure some will surface. elisa looked exquisite! peter looked like..... peter...

Sounds like fun. I bet they're great live, a sound not yet captured on their recordings. Is their sound live more in the vein of 'Boss' or are they mixing it up with some of their older, improv stuff?

Elisa's hot.

I predict a thread of epic proportions. Take your seat, we are ready for take off in 5 minutes.

Nah. There's not much else to say.

yeah it was 40% boss, but noisy boss and 40% other stuff and the rest improv or whatever. just a real good vibe off the whole night and i was slightly taken aback by the fragile beauty of elisa, man such a nice person! (im trying to be the gentleman here!) but i have to say, not 2 nicer and friendlier people have i ever had the pleasure of spending time with. markers rule!

Awesome.

Sounds pretty cool.
On a slightly related note, is Leah up to somehing? beside searching for friends on friendster?

they are still one of the best live bands out there.

great set!

very true. really, really nice people. hug with Elisa was my best encore ever.

it was my second time seeing them and i can say they're much better as live band. i can upload audio rec. of it, if somebody would be interested.

oh yeah, some pics.

jeez, my eyes are kinda red in that 3nd last one. i look fucking demented! im on far right behind elisa.

shit man, upload away. good to see you again rich.... "..........you are american yeah?............." funniest moment of the night goes to you rich!!!!!!

sounds like a good night, i would be very interested in hearing this

yep, im quite pleased with myself karlie!!!

so here's, uhmm, mp3 version of it.




http://download.yousendit.com/A61D6D152505D7D7

(*edit*) listen to it loud.

by the way. Pauly as I promised, expect some visuals later on.

thanks rich. thats an amazing photo of eliza!

excellent, this thread has got me very hyped about seeing them tomorrow night

They were very enjoyable indeed in Cardiff the night following the Dublin gig. You can see a couple of vids here.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...tv&search_type=

Plus one from support act Meanz Heinz

Aberdeen was way gnarly. They played a short but sweet set; Empty Bottles, Axis Mundi and Body Rot formed the core amidst extended drafts of feral skronk. Also got there early and spoke to the promoter who was impressed we had driven from Edinburgh and subsequently let us in for the soundcheck so we got to here them play Taste as well. I also scored the Markers/Vampire Belt 7" on Not Not Fun which I had been lusting for. Ace.

anyone know when the manchester gig is? i am at work so cant really check.

would be tonight, sir

motherfucking cunting shit fuck i cant make it, still i have seen them several times before.

my opinion about the markers changes almost daily. i think ive decided that they started off as a boring noise for noise sakes band, but boss was very good and a step in the right direction, and they have potential to do great things.

does anyone else think that they sound sort of like led zeppelin's more psychedelic moments, but you know, noiseier?

"I am generally thinking about wanting to sound more like H.R. from the Bad Brains, John Joseph from the Cro-Mags and Keith Morris from Black Flag," says Ambrogio. "I wish I could think like Conlon Nancarrow and Don Van Vliet. I generally wish I could play sweeter licks on my guitar. I had never liked the no-wave stuff I’d heard until I heard Red Transistor and then Teenage Jesus, but that came pretty late into my music listening. In my mind I am trying to sound like either Minor Threat or Led Zeppelin, but it comes out sounding like it does."

http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/347

personally, I preferred Markers earlier material. Boss is cool though

wow, i thought i was gonna be totally alone on that one.

wow, i just read that article, their influences are actually very similar to mine:

beefheart, sonic youth, zeppelin, no wave, hardcore, krautrock, dance music, shit.

glad you have enjoyed gig in Cardiff. thanks for youtube links. I scored that 7" split with Vampire Belt as well. can't wait to hear it.

its fucking great rich.. did you go to the corsano flaherty gig in dublin last week rich?

no I didn't in the end. have seen him @ atp tho, so I'm ok.

Pauly, can you rip that 7" somehow and share it in group? did you scored anything else? I bougth some cd's of Pete as well. one is his project Spectre Folk and second cd is some unknown Magik Markers.....sy group....soon.

why, why I forgot about tshirt? don't tell me they had some. coz I have a feeling you wrote above that you bought some. aghrrr.

*edit*
Spectre Folk is fantastic, chill out, but fantastic.

they had 2 shirts left from wherever they were and pete kept em for me.... as he promised! no i didnt even look at cds, i would have got that spectre folk one tho.... the vampire belt 7 incher caught my eye. i cant rip vinyl im afraid..... im not that computer efficient yet!

Did they do "Last of the Lemach Line"? Not that I'm going to get a chance to see them live, but if I were, I can't decide whether or not I'd want to see them do that song. I think it's just one of the most mind-blowing things ever captured on record, with the nuances and progression seeming both perfectly planned and totally, passionately in the moment. I'd be afraid that seeing it live, they would do something different that took away from it. But from the sounds of their live performances, maybe they would make it even better. Arrrghhh! This is a stupid quandry to be in, considering it's completely hypothetical. But I'm still curious.

yes they did, in parts. nothing like the recorded version. probably improvisied most and adlibs lyrics and such.... fuck all this muso talk... its the markers. so did they play it? not in full.....

there are 3 videos I've upped on youtube. every video is different picture. I've just started to learn/play with video editing software a bit..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ0KvrxSiLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXNqKzS7B6g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRq2XMQEcHY

*edit*
oh shit, red and blue video ended up really dark after converting em into different file with different preferences because wanted something small for youtube..a well.

nice.....