A few other people there were there to review, wish we'd put on a better show, but first of four bands is hardly worth mentioning really.
The cover of Digging The Grave was fun.
Dave recent reordered Faith No More's King For A Day, Fool For a Lifetime, replacing the rockier songs with live versions and moving them to second CD. KFAD was the album that got me into Faith No More. I had heard The Real Thing and enjoyed it enough to buy KFAD, but it was KFAD that started the obsession. That was re-enforced by seeing the band live twice in 1995, once for Alternative Nation and once at Festival Hall in Melbourne. Live has always been a huge part of my love of Faith No More. I collected live versions of everything and spent more time listening to them than to the album.
So converting part of KFAD into a live album made perfect sense to me. I love everything about KFAD. It is perfection. I love the jaringness. I love the short crazy guitar pop songs followed by brilliantly produced tracks like Star A.D.. But over the years I've become used to the album. It's no longer as jaring or insane.
Dave's version shows the album in a new light. Not quite like playing an album on random. I notice the tracks that are missing, but I know they're coming up. Removing tracks serves to highlight those that are left. The album is over quicker, leaving me wanting much more. KFAD's full 14 tracks never left me wanting to hit repeat. I was always satified.
The live tracks ("Fool For a Lifetime") are an interesting listen. As a guitarist I can't help but hear the hundreds of mistakes. It makes me feel better as I can think "I make less mistakes than Faith No More". But the energy of the performances is something I'm rarely able to mirror. Faith No More are a fantastic live band. Playing live isn't about perfection. My only thought is, that as most of the songs are the short poppy heavy songs, that the live "Fool For A Lifetime" disc is over far too quickly. Leaving me wanting more.
So I put "King For A Day" back on and start over...