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SXSW review: Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party
Act: Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Venue: La Zona Rosa, 12:30 a.m. (started 12:51 a.m.) Saturday
Pre-show buzz: Non-existant. Only a few people in the audience even knew who was going to perform.
High point: When Farrell took us 30somethings in the audience back to the first Lollapollooza by playing “Stop” and “Mountain Song.” I taught myself how to play bass partially by learning the infectious bass line on “Mountain Song.” The audience erupted with those gifts.
Bonus points: Coming back out for an encore. The “Satellite Party” song was quite beautiful; it’s middle-eight speed metal bridge was nothing short of awesome.
Off-the-scale coolness points: Perry Farrell announced from the stage at the end of the show that he would be available in La Zona Rosa’s patio to discuss ideas about how the 6 billion people on Earth can — and how they should — save the planet. He noted that the “Solutionist Movement” idea came about in the garage while his band was rehearsing. “I want to get to know you,” he said with his patented child-like sincerity.
And true to his word, shortly after 2 a.m., Farrell came out to talk with his fans about solutions.
Funniest bit of between song banter: Farrell spoke about death between songs, multiple times: “I heard that in hell they make you stand on your head in doo-doo.”
Post-show buzz: “The new songs were actually good.”
Afterthoughts: It doesn’t make any sense for one of Austin’s best venues to be virtually empty on a Saturday night during SXSW. If Farrell’s new band was no good — maybe. But they were good. And the Jane’s Addiction/Porno For Pyros/creator of Lollapalooza is actually a living legend in rock ‘n’ roll. It would have made more sense to have his band playing at Stubb’s with the Stooges.
Comments
By d
March 18, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this
guess u didnt know that his band played friday night to a packed house at stubbs and this extra show was what it was suppose to be. as a fan, i loved that i wasnt packed in like i had been at other shows this weekend
By m
March 18, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this
That is great that commenter d was able to enjoy a show that was not packed out with people. I don’t think the bartenders or the band enjoyed the venue being so unattended though. Musicians always, ALWAYS, want to play to as many people as possible…for as many people as possible to hear their music and their message.
Also, it seems to make no sense to have hundreds, maybe even thousands of people being turned away from Stubb’s to go home dissapointed when, with a little better planning, they could have actually got to utilize their wristbands to see the La Zona Rosa show…if only they had known about it. A text message going out at 1:00 a.m. that the show is now free and open to the public doesn’t seem like something that they planned to happen. Seems more like a last minute attempt to fix the problem.
By f
March 22, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this
Text message went out hour before he went on. I didn’t have a wristband and was glad this was free! It was tres good.