FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY > The Fenix, Seattle, WA > 29.10.1998





Setlist:



01. Mortal

02. Vigilante

03. Circuitry

04. Predator

05. Resist

06. Suface Patterns

07. Plasticity

08. Comatose

09. Liquid Seperation

10. Gun

11. Millennium

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12. Life = Leben

13. Mindphaser

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14. Bio Mechanic





Band:



Bill Leeb: Vocals, Samples, Percussion

Chris Peterson: Synths, Sequencing

Jason Filipchuck: Keys

Jason Hagen: Drums

Jed Simon: Guitar, Percussion









Bootleg:



(ca 90min NTSC VHS) The live footage is shot by one camcorder, located at the mixing board of a smaller club. Mostly full stage, a few zoom-ins. The audio is bass-distorted, but otherwise quite hearable (keep your mind strong: turn the bass on:). The video quality is okay. The show itself is cool, Gun rules. Between the end of Circuitry and the beginning of Predator there are approx 3 minutes missing, Im not sure if this is only on my tape, I guess its on the master. The band does a good show, Leeb makes a few jokes, Jed throws his hairs around in circles, and the coolest thing is how Leeb comes up on stage in Vigilante, and with an energetic "howgh" the song sets in:)











Review



I saw F.L.A. last night Oct. 29,1998 the first show of the Re-wind 98' tour. They played at the Fenix in Seattle. I also saw them at the same place March of 1996 for the "Hard wired" show so I had something to compare. Now for the show last night... It's a re-wind of sorts. To my suprise the same unit 187 guitarist and drummer were there with another keyboard player, five total on stage.

Bill was his normal self dancing around like a rap artist, and with the normal army vest and "combat" look. The show was a combination of "Hardwired" and FLAvour of the Weak, even with guitar laced in that..A solid "hard/metal" sound to my suprise once again. It was even better than my previous F.L.A. show in 1996, but kind of the same. I guess I was looking for something a little different. They did play a variety from their 11 year history. The venue was packed, the crowd went wild and that`s all that matters I guess.

A footnote ...Chris Peterson might be a good "technician" but he's no Showman. Maybe he needs some more practice. He looked uptight, nervous..Anyway I'll always see FLA when they come to Seattle or anywhere else. For sure one of the best shows I've seen all year, next to Numb and C-tec. By the way, does any body now what happened to Die Krupps??



Reviewed by Doug Keener







Second Review



Let's start at the beginning. First, the Fenix is a moderate size venue, holding about 300- 400 people. They have a kickass sound system that makes the building shudder when the bass kicks in. If you're outside, you can hear the show several blocks away.

Frontline came on, after a very long stage set-up. I had seen them play once before, in Philadelphia, supporting Hard Wired. They were much better this time, but the set was similar. You could call this show a Greatest Hits show. We had several winners from Millenium and Hardwired kicking off the show. We were treated to Resist and Gun. We got Mindphaser. We even got an excellent- amazingly fast version- rendition of Plasticity. Grab this- for Plasticity, there were 4 drummers, one keyboardist. Bill was pounding away on the drums and dancing around grunting the words.

Their stage set-up by the way, featured Bill and Chris, another drummer, some freaky long-hair thrasher for a guitar player, and a Cyprus-Hill looking mo-fo on keyboards. I know that the Millenium is very popular, but lose the guitars. Really. This is industrial music, not thrash. The guitarist on stage had his axe turned up way too far, and kept swinging his head around like he was fronting for Guns and Roses.

Towards the end of the show, they played some of their more recent material, like Columbian Necktie, and Sado-Masochist. They sounded excellent live. Interestingly enough, all the goths were sitting around, looking bored, primping themselves, smoking cloves, and kissing everyone they knew while this great hard ass music was playing. It was like they were trying to ignore it, but it was impossible to ignore the sheer volume of noise that FLA was generating.

They wrapped up the show, and played two encores, even though I didn't feel they warranted it. By the second, and last encore, half the friggin club had already left. But, Bill put on a great show, and in the end, it was an excellent start to this year's tour. By the way, Bill's got a bit of beer belly showing. Its not a monstrosity, but its very noticeable.



Reviewed by Derek S. Coller







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