Die Mannequin
Friday, Dec. 1, 2009
Live Lounge
Care Failure, the leading lady of the Toronto punk band, Die Mannequin, rocked the stage with her incredible style and performance Dec. 4 at Ottawa’s Live Lounge.
She began the show crawling across the stage, as Anthony Bleed, the bassist, mimed shooting her with his guitar. She stumbled around the stage, making the fans scream as the band began its raw punk set.
Although the band recently finished a tour with Marilyn Manson, playing arena shows across the nation, Failure said the band much prefers smaller venues.
"If I had my way, there'd be no stage — just the crowd," she said. I can see why.
Failure jumped off the stage into the audience, singing part of “Where Poppies Grow” while she was immersed in the crowd. She pulled audience members up on stage to join her for “Autumn Cannibalist.”
I have never seen so much audience interaction at a concert, and I don’t think it could possibly work as well in an arena venue.
She finished the show by crowd surfing to the back of the venue, where she spent time at the merchandise booth meeting fans and signing autographs (or in some cases, messages written on their breasts).
Many of the songs on the set list were not on either of the band’s major releases. They did not play “Saved by Strangers”— one of their biggest singles. Instead, they did a cover of a Turbonegro song.
Die Mannequin’s performance of “Bad Medicine” had many audience members singing along. It was complete with Failure singing into a megaphone to imitate the vocal effects from the recording.
The merchandise seller mentioned that the show was a late one because Failure wasn’t feeling well. It didn’t show in her performance.
It was a high-energy, microphone-throwing, bruise-inducing, punk rock show.-------
Originally published in the Charlatan, Carleton University's independent student newspaper
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