OFF: Ozrics

[Christopher Bruce]

Paul Mather wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Dan Witt wrote:
>
> => Just saw the Ozrics at First Avenue in Minneapolis last night.  Great
> => show, they played about 125 minutes.  Lots of fancy lights and
> => projections.  The opener, Star People, was a real surprise, kind of like
> => Bryan Ferry meets Syd Barret, or maybe Dean Martin meets Sun RA, take
> => your pick.  Do check out Star People if you get the chance.
>
> I saw the Ozrics at Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC on this tour, and arrived
> during the opening set of Star People.  Quite bemusing.  They struck me
> as being a kind of dada outfit, who freely (and sometimes randomly:)
> ranged over several disparate styles.  There is definitely an air of
> performance art about them, all smartly decked out in those tuxedos and
> affected antics. It's my guess that folks will either love them or hate
> them.  Some of the spoken word pieces reminded me of early Hawkwind,
> albeit less heavy (though Star People can lay down some brutal riffs).
>
> => I have great dat of the Ozrics show, made from some AKG's and a Lunatec
> => pre.  I'll be transferring it to CDR and will be up for a trade in the
> => near future, if anybody is interested contact me privately.
>
> Do the Ozrics officially allow taping?  I ask because I saw at least one
> mic rig in front of the soundboard at the gig I went to, and one or two
> people with camcorders, too.
>
> I have to say I was sorely disappointed with the Ozrics merchandise.  I
> was all set to buy a 1999 tour t-shirt only to find they didn't have one
> (just generic Ozrics shirts, and a Blim "creation").  Plus, they'd run
> out of the latest CD release (which I subsequently got in my local
> shop), and, in fact, had no CDs or other audio for sale.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> NP: Ozric Tentacles, _Waterfall Cities_
>
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
> "I don't live today; maybe tomorrow..."
>         --- James Marshall Hendrix
Yeah, they're cool on taping. I have Masters of their first US appearances on
VHS... no problem, into it totally...
CB