Published by Swiss James on 09 Apr 2008 at 02:13 pm
The Subs
Photo taken with that Seagull camera I bought a few weeks ago, so the flash works too
I’ve been to see a load of stuff in the last few days; Hamlet at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (I don’t want to ruin the plot, but he choses “to be”, and then ends up “not to be”), a great acrobatics show at the Portman Centre (the French lady sat next to me literally said “Ooh la la!“), but the pick of the bunch was definitely The Subs on Saturday night.
The Subs are a rock band from Beijing- and when I say rock, I mean rock.
One girl from the audience passed out and was carried off on someone’s shoulders from all the hardcore rockery that was involved. Beer and sweat rained down on the crowd and I got elbowed in the eye about 8 times, it was fantastic.
They played at a club called Windows Tembo which used to be renowned for having a 30RMB (2 quid!) open bar on Tuesdays and is now, on the strength of last Saturday, the best place in Shanghai to see live music. 10RMB for a bottle of Harbin too, it sure beats The Spot.
Thanks for coming out … I’m glad you enjoyed the show. Do you mind if I repost a couple of these pictures on the Windows website?
No probs Brad- I would ask for a free beer in return but at those prices…!
Great pic!
Now, I got to go out
and find me one of
those cameras.
Jack
yeah, nice pics JC!
I agree that SUBS are a fantastic band – I hope they’ll do well abroad too.
They’ve obviously spent every last penny they have on musical equipment as the lead singer can’t even afford a full set of clothes!
Hi Shanghai Spy,
myself was living in Shanghai almost 5 years …..I still miss it – now I am in HK …..
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Thanks
This is a way belated comment but when we saw Subs at the Dream factory I had no idea you had been at this one (The Tembo gig).
That show was a landmark good show, I nearly passed out myself.
We were talking about it a lot recently, how the better underground shows here are uniquely good because they are in smaller, intimate places but with fully good bands. When you watch unsigned bands locally back home it’s often in a pub and is clearly ‘pub level’.