Live reviews

'Rock Mod Bjarne'. On Trial, Highway Child - July 7th, Pusher Street/Woodstock, Christiania
     
"We wanna be free! We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. We wanna be free to ride. We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by THE MAN! ... And we wanna get loaded!"
  
Yeah, it was like Peter Fonda was there in outlaw spirit at Pusher Street in front of the Woodstock bar. The free concert was a middle finger to police chief of Copenhagen, but strangely enough Bjarne didn't turned up, FUCK THE MAN! After seeing some local blues rockin' bands from 3 to 7, I was pretty tanked by the time On Trial hit the stage around 8, but not as tanked as their recent Loppen gig, haha. We got songs from their excellent new "Forever" record as well as old ones like "Blood Butterfly" and a neat cover of Pentagram's "Be Forwarned". Psych rock'n'roll of the finest quality, but the sound wasn't that good, Henrik's guitar was turned too low compared to Bjarni's. Bo's vocals wasn't that clear, but still a kickass show. Prior to On Trial going on I had text messaged Highway Child, and all the 4 guys turned up. There wasn't really planned a band after On Trial, but Highway Child were game and delivered a sensational balls-out hardrockin' show. On Trial's Nik played the bass in the beginning, later Bo helped out with the vocals, but Patrick and Paw were totally possessed by the moment and the rock'n'roll gods from above (or below) with songs like "Send Me More", "Highway Child", "Love For Sale" and the new ditty, "Change Yourself". The show rocked so fierce and loud that someone later told me the cops were afraid to patrol the area because they couldn't communicate with each other due the demonic volume of Highway Child, and they were afraid to get beaten up if they stopped the show! What a perfect ending of the 'Rock Mod Bjarne' day at Christiania. FUCK THE MAN!!!
  
On Trial
Highway Child

Jens