Love the vest, ^^

Really warm to wear though x.x

Oh Nice :)

Cheers Shadow :3

Wicked and sexy sounds about right ;)

:3

Oh my... my my... that has a good reaction on me... =^_^=

Glad you like :3

FUCKING SWEAT!!

**SWEET** (fuckin' typos...)

Glad you like it. From you taste in music, I can sort of see why :3

yesssssshesh, EBM and industrial has a very significant place in my heart; same goes for the scene.

*nods* I feel the same way :3

What are your favorite (or at least noteworthy) bands? I gotta ask...

I'm a sucker for Noisuf-X and Phosgore. Also fond of Suicide Commando, Centhron, Eisenfunk (though not the best dance music), Asphyxia, Grendel, Modulate as well as some of the more traditional ones such as Assemblage 23, Covenant and VNV Nation.

What I can think of on top of my head at least. The list is longer.

Grendel vs. Suicide Commando... I can't decide... And VNV Nation is truly incredible, I missed out to see them live when they came to the U.S. this year, but that mistake won't happen again... And it pisses me off that Suicide Commando never tours in the U.S.

Why decide between the two? They're both pretty cool.

Feel the same way about VNV Nation and their London gig

Not sure if this applies to Suicide Commando as well but I was speaking to members of Eisenfunk when they were in London and they said that the performance visas to the US are really costly, and a nice group like them can't really afford it unless they do multiple gigs. They said some performers got in with normal visas but it's risky if you are found to be performing with a normal visa.

I Suicide Commando listed in the lineup for Infest, which tempts me a lot.

Just curious, apart from the fact that the vocalist are performing live, what is so special about industrial musician's live shows from say, a DJ in a dance club just playing a track from the bands in question?

Depends on the vocals and instruments. I've seen XP8 and Surgyn play their instruments as well as singing. Eisenfunk have done it as well. Phosgore, however, *was* pretty much Phosgore playing his songs from a computer. It was still a lot of fun (granted thats cos I love dancing to Phosgore), but it wasn't a performance per-se.

That said, Eisenfunk and Phosgore had both great audience rapport.

The Alien Vampires gig was very performance heavy during their less vocal songs. So, there are ways to make it interesting.