Downunder with The Datsuns
Posted: Wed Nov 5, 2008 6:43 am

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They came. To treat the Tron. Earlier this year.

Bursting out of the mighty Waikato in 1998, The Datsun’s success has seen them travel the world over. Lucky for us they haven’t forgotten where their home is, treating the Tron to two shows in a space of a week or so. Their second show was held on Thursday night at The Yellow Submarine along with a couple of super supporting acts from London and Detroit.

The New Telepathics had almost finished their funked up set as we made our way downstairs into the hot wee cave. Knowing that all hell would break loose later on, being greeted by people lounging around to the island-ish beats was a dreamy way to slip into the evening.
We were lucky enough to hear the last three songs of what must have been an outstanding set full of intriguing instruments. My personal favourite were these standing steel tubes beaten with drumsticks making it feel even more like a tropical resort – hot!

Continuing on with the island theme, The Dirtbombs’ Ben Blackwell appeared on stage first beating the drums to draw in the crowd before the rest of the Detroit rockers danced on enthusiastically. Jumping into their latest and greatest, it was awesome to see everyone dancing and singing along loudly to their set. Of course, it wouldn’t be a show at The Yellow Submarine without someone in the audience of 50 trying to crowd-surf, which turned out to be short and sweet – much like The Dirtbombs show.

Feeling abit more like a sauna now, most of us headed upstairs to cool off under the street lights which are so incredibly bright they could wake the dead. None-the less it’s always a good pick-me-up when you’re feeling a little more like a wilting lettuce than a fresh flower! After ten minutes of white lights and second hand smoke it felt like I’d downed at least two energy drinks making it about time to head back inside for rock n’ roll action.

One by one the long-haired Datsuns walked on stage ready to put on a Christmas sized feast that I was happy to indulge in. From the get-go these guys rocked up the crowd opening with two new songs, Your Bones and Such a Pretty Curse. Singer Dolfe de Borst headed into the crowd for some lovin’ when they performed Human Error - making the bald guy next to me so excited that he dove into the centre for a piece of the fun. While all this was going on the rest of the band were throwing themselves around the stage, bending in ways that surely only a yoga instructor should be able to do!

Sweet treats of the evening were radio favourites Harmonic Generator and Stuck Here For Days seeing people getting tossed around like rag dolls. This truly was one of the messier shows of this size I’ve been to and when MF From Hell was performed all hell broke loose – I knew it would! The crowds increasing enthusiasm was like watching greyhounds at the races with arms and legs going in all directions. Finishing with another newbie, Eye of The Needle the much loved Datsuns walked off stage before being yelled at for a delicious encore.
Strolling back, we were treated to one of my favourites off their self-titled album Lady which was performed with smiles from the crew knowing that they’d put on a fine feast for the Tron.

Amanda Ratcliffe

RE: Downunder with The Datsuns
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