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SFist Reviews... She Wants Revenge
Judging by the audiences' volatile reactions, She Wants Revenge did everything in their power to give the audience what they wanted: a spectacle (with some music). About half-way through their hour and a half set, a fight erupted. (This isn't the first time, we hear, that fights have started at one of their shows.) The lead singer, Justin Warfield asked, "Can't we all just get along?" and then continued singing their synth-pop Depeche Mode influenced tunes. Before the mad chaos and anger erupted, a different sort of emotion was in the air: love. Two girls (hot-looking-art-school-types) were making out right in front of us - meaning they had entered our claustrophobic-do-not-enter-under-any-circumstance bubble - and it unfortunately fortunately felt like some strange version of a ménage à trois. But, through all of the antics - the earthquake-induced jumping, large amounts of audience participation, illegal-substance abuse, silly string and screaming - we did hear some music... just barely.
One of the main attractions but also main detraction was the incredible lighting design. Purely rating the integrity of the design, we can honestly say it was one of the best we have ever seen. Each song had a completely different lighting theme with variations. The lights perfectly complemented what She Wants Revenge was trying to musically capture. At times though, it overshadowed the band and music - it then became the "thing" to watch.
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Throughout the evening the band worked through their latest release, This is Forever, featuring their new hit single, "True Romance." They didn't forget several of their most-liked songs, "These Things" and "Tear You Apart," off their first release. Warfield's voice was good, but lacked the electronically compressed 80's-inspired vocals that you hear on the CD.
As the last night of their six week tour, we expected some variances to the normal show. The last song, "Out of Control" brought Kenna - who opened for them - and the band's roadies to the stage; they pumped the crowd up into a complete frenzy. Through the sea of silly string, free merchandise, streamers, and back-up dancers, Warfield explained, "Okay, so, you can tell that is has been a very exciting six weeks with our tour mates, Kenna." He continued, "Wow, I don't want to be the guy who cleans this mess up." Finally, he kicked Kenna off the stage by screaming, "Now all of you get off my fucking stage so we can continue this mother fucking song....Now let's sing." Sing, we did: "We can't slow down even if we tried/If the record keeps spinning so will I." The place was out of control, a complete frenzy which then abruptly stopped at the end of the song. The lights came up and reality hit; the spectacle was over.