Tomahawk came on around 10:30 to a not-so-packed out Palace. The vocal mix was terrible, with much unintended feedback and loud pops. It's unfortuate because the band were tight and Mike was full of energy. Tomahawk only have an album worth of material so peppered through the set were a few unknowns (possibly covers?) and various "noise jams" with Mike on his "thing" and microphones and the rest of the band jamming along.
It seemed as though Patton was a little out of place. He was full of energy, screaming his vocals at time, jumping around, being the clown, while the rest of the band were tight and barely moving. Was it Mike not fitting in, or the rest of the band just being boring? It's hard to say.
'Twas a fun gig, but nothing explosive, and let down massively by the bad sound. Tomahawk spit out great rock tracks and I'm hoping for more from them soon.
They can do more than add things to our history. They can take things away. Things like the World Trade Center. That's right, go look for it. It's not out there, and we didn't tear it down. It never existed in this world, except in our memories. It's like a big, shared illusion.
- "Relationships", John Varley (1989) short story from "The Year's Best Science Fiction 7th Annual Collection" (1990)