{"id":4639,"date":"2015-04-22T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T12:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2015-04-22T14:43:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T12:43:27","slug":"of-the-struggle-to-inspire-the-audience-and-cat-t-shirts-the-tale-of-off-with-their-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=4639","title":{"rendered":"&#8230; of the struggle to inspire the audience and cat t-shirts: the tale of Off With Their Heads!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Still blessed by Poison Idea the day before i returned to the Hafenklang to take in Off With Their Heads, a big miss on my personal &#8220;need to see&#8221; list to date. They have countless records out and many of these are just perfect harsh but still sing-a-long songs. As such i was keen to see them finally.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4645\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ub-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Unfinished Business (Hafenklang, 20.04.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ub-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ub-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ub.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unfinished Business (Hafenklang, 20.04.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First on where Unfinshed Business from Hamburg and i think they had a tough slot &#8211; people where around for OWTH rather then Unfinished Business and anyway it was not a big turnout (my guess would be 75 folks). As much as i know that i won&#8217;t do them justice i have to admit that i listened to a few songs only, found them so &#8220;lala&#8221; (and that is to say sounding too much the same and too much like a willful attempt to sound like someone else) and took off to have a beer and chats outside. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Next on Off With Their Head and they kicked off like this:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 630px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4639-1\" width=\"630\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Off-With-Their-Heads-Hafenklang-20.04.2015.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Off-With-Their-Heads-Hafenklang-20.04.2015.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Off-With-Their-Heads-Hafenklang-20.04.2015.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Oh oh, Ryan has a sore throat i&#8217;d say! He tried his best and i was pleasantly surprised that his voice did hold until the end of the show. What was strange though, at least for me, was that i had a subtle feeling that the songs did not work as great as they work for me when i listen to the records. And honestly, i have no clue why. Was it the voice? Was it the fact that OWTH is a studio band that when touring has ever changing members? Or was it the overall sound? The lights (too much red if you ask me)?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4650\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/owth-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Off With Their Heads (Hafenklang, 20.04.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/owth-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/owth-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/owth.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Off With Their Heads (Hafenklang, 20.04.2015 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think some of the more subtle sounds, breaks and musickal tricks from the recordings (i&#8217;d guess overdubs and the like) just did not come through live and as such i simply came with wrong perceptions. It was not bad, it was just that i was not as thrilled. Also it was a strange setting where only after 30 minutes the band did address the audience with some mumbled words &#8211; no interaction between band and audience does turn me down too.<\/p>\n<p>They played i guess for 50 minutes, invited the audience over to the Gun Club to drink with them and left without an encore. As said, it was not bad and i am most likely complaining on a high level but something was missing. I did listen to the records the day after and blime me, they are still killer records!<\/p>\n<p>And what about the cat shirt? The OWTH merch included a shirt with a picture that from far looked like our cat Toni but on close view did not &#8211; so i needed to let go. On the bonus side: The merch table was full of vinyl, so collectors should have been able to complement their collection!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still blessed by Poison Idea the day before i returned to the Hafenklang to take in Off With Their Heads, a big miss on my personal &#8220;need to see&#8221; list to date. They have countless records out and many of these are just perfect harsh but still sing-a-long songs. 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