Best Show Ever Announced: ANJ, Yngwie Malmsteen @ Jaxx
Just announced: the band behind this unbelievably hilarious video, Russia’s ANJ, is playing at Jaxx on October 27.
Go on, watch the video. I’ll wait.
Let’s ignore the uncomfortably blatant sexism here for a second. Any video featuring a muscle-bound, gladiatorial Mikhail Gorbachev killing evil Stalin zombies by shooting lasers out of his eyes, thus ushering in a new era of Twinkie-eating capitalist prosperity, must be good. OK, so the music is pretty bad, but that’s splitting hairs.
It gets better: ANJ is opening for none other than Yngwie Malmsteen. I can’t go to this show, if only because my head would probably explode at the terrible awesomeness (awesome terribleness?) of it all.
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11:29 am
Don’t feel bad about not going – They can’t possibly be as ‘good’ as that video.
12:12 pm
Went to the show last night- met the entire ANJ band- they were great. The guitarist was technically fluent, a true shredder. They had a terrific sense of humor collectively.
Seeing Yngwie live is an experience that any guitarist should have. His concerts are like a World Wide Wrestling show, a monster truck show, 80s glam rock stadium show, and a terrible 80s action movie perfomed live all rolled into one (I prefer to think of Arnold’s Commando- a personal favorite).
The fact that they were playing at the jaxx only makes this better- a place that has seen (probably) more bar brawls than anywhere else on the planet and where their alcohol inventory ensures that even when sold out, if everyone drank til they puked there would still be enough for a raging after party.
12:47 pm
Awesome. How was the crowd? Anywhere close to sold out like the Jaxx website indicated it would be?