I have had terrible luck when trying to see Nomeansno live, but I finally after three tries in the last fours years made good on the third, and the boys didn’t let me down. They are as sarcastic as heck, and (something I respect maybe most of all) they sound the same as they do on their albums. I find that the really unique, and most technical bands are the ones that can reproduce the work they do in studio.
The lighting in the West End is amazing, and really made a punk show that I had never seen before. This show was all presence, and not a lot of staging. The guys played songs such as I Got A Gun, and Devil or Angel with precision, and had great chatter in between tunes, including a nice crowd flip off from the drums as the encore began.
One criticism I do have is that there wasn’t enough of the fast tracks, which are by far my favourite, but perhaps these three have lasted this long because they are savvy and know how best to present their product.
Either way if you have never seen Nomeansno live, or even hears of them I implore you to get some sort of contact with this trio before they stop touring, although from the looks of things they will be coming through Winnipeg at least once more.
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