The Crystal Method - Vegas

[b.miller]

i saw TCM in Rochester, NY when they toured in support of Vegas (no Orbital, just a long wait while they filled the entire room with smoke machine haze. Lunatic Calm was supposed to play but they didn't show up)... the light show was pretty and i was really into the music (Busy Child was the first record I bought when i got turntables... WAY before Vegas was out) but I remember thinking the one guy trashing his keyboard like that was pretty out of place. It BARELY makes sense when Trent Reznor does it in the midst of his angsty release to sold out arenas, but for a Las Vegas DJ to do it to a small crowd? stories of Jimi Hendrix's manager keeping the one guitar alive enough for him to beat the crap out of it every night instead of a new one came to mind. I also spied either one or both of the guys standing there drinking beer while their song played, but can't attest 100% to both of them at the same time... so who knows. It was an OK show