Ian Svenonius, verteran warlord of such acts as Make Up, Nation of Ulysses and Weird War, is not a man to be trifled with. Do not look at him with bared teeth. Do not write his name and phone number on a toilet wall. Do not feed him after midnight. Do not at any point tell him your address or give him the names of any family members or favourite pets. Chain & The Gang come to Festsaal for a night of tribal garage rock and wiping blood from their swords.
In order to keep this extraordinarily powerful and dangerous musician from doing you or I any harm, we could arm ourselves and learn five styles of martial art, donning plate metal armour and training white tigers to carry us into battle as on their backs, or we could just get along to the show at Festsaal and count on this small offering of our time as being enough to calm his fiery nerves.
…and while after watching that clip you might not immediately see the intense power that an attack from Ian Svenonius can encapsulate, be not so foolhardy! You not only need to go to the concert, you must also, for the safety of every person living in this city, also buy the new album Music’s Not For Everyone, streaming here: http://www.krecs.com/chainandthegang/index.html
Support on the night comes in the form of Electricity In Our Homes, a band not as merciless at Chain & The Gang and not so renowned for violence, but they can turn you to stone with a simple glance. True.
