REVIEW: 36 Crazyfists live at The Astoria, London 8 Apr
Bands like 36 Crazyfists creep out of the woodwork. You ask a Kerrang-reading 15 year old who his/her favourite band is, and they might say Marilyn Manson, Slipknot or My Chemical Romance.
But ask for second, third and fourth favourite bands, and you will eventually arrive at 36 Crazyfists. They'll never be the first band to spring to mind, but when the Alaskan four-piece put a gig on in the UK capital the teenagers are piled high.
And they all know the words. So with their ever positive bleach haired front-man Brock, the 36CF storm through a set of tracks from their two highly successful metal albums, the debut 'Bitterness
The Star', and roaring follow up, 'A Snow Capped Romance'. As well as old anthems the band debuted a few numbers from their as yet uncompleted third album. The band's big strength is that they aren't pushing boundaries of form or style. They aren't saying anything new or shocking. They're a solid heavy metal band who look fucking great and can rock the shit out of 1,200 kids who have seen the likes of Killswitch Engage and Mastadon.
And for this reason they'll be around long enough to be invited onto The Best Heavy Metal Albums of All Time in the year 2038.
And maybe even have one of their own on there. JG