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Wednesday
Jul222009

The Dead Weather @ Terminal 5 - Photos

By BAL

Made a last minute decision to see The Dead Weather at Terminal 5, AKA worst venue in New York. Not only it is too big and crowded, but security is a bitch and loves to rifle through your pockets like you are a common criminal. Making the following photos all the more impressive, considering the cuttyness it took to get them.

Not sure how I feel about the whole supergroup concept. I mean there is no guarantee that simply because a band contains members of other well-known groups that they will magically mesh together and create a defining musical style. Zwan, for example, sounded to me like more of a Billy Corgan solo project as opposed to a true collaborative effort. As expected, artistic differences, infighting and overall antipathy emerged after the initial release and resulted in a rather hostile breakup, the feelings from which remain to this day.

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