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Fortunately there was no support band as the starting time was 11:00pm and I'm not much interested in non-TISM rock bands.� The Watershed venue is based around a shallow pond outside of the W.A. Art Gallery, enclosed for the purpose by various walls.� Despite, theoretically,�being part of the official DeRM tour there were no 'making of' CDs for the first 200 through the door.
The crowd was starting to show TISM's age, with a lot of late-20's early-30's fans.� Most seemed�to be from the yob element, although on the way home I was passed by a sporty BMW driven by a lady�at the gig.� Oddly I appeared to be the only person dressed in a TISM shirt.� TISM were dressed in the canary yellow body suits, wearing harnesses holding large helium balloons with the evil smiley face logo.� No nudity ensued, although Ron took his balloon off early on (it may have been damaged?).
They opened with I Drive�a Truck, good choice.� The sound was clear and of moderate volume in the stands, but�in front of the stage it condensed horribly and became very loud.� The organisers of the Big Day Out received a mention in the list in Mystery of the Artist Explained, but I couldn't determine the list's punch line.� Other songs (I'm pretty sure this is complete but it's not in order)�were Thou Shalt Not Britney Spear, Honk if You Love Fred Durst, Death Death Death Amway Amway Amway, X-Treme Sports Can Kiss My Arse, Ol' Man River, Greg! The Stop Sign, Defecate on My Face, Channel Turd, If You're Not Famous at Fourteen, You're Finished, Ten Points for a Razor Scooter, All Homeboys are Dickheads, Saturday Night Palsy, I'll 'Ave Ya, Five Yards, Whatareya?�and�BFW (minus the rant).� In the middle somewhere was the Advance Australia Fair diatribe.
Amway went off with the bagpipes being replaced by feedback and general noise.� Whatareya? was great live too, mainly for it's beat.� One of the guys ran through the crowd during the second song, stealing a swig of beer from someone on my left and a puff of a joint from someone on my right.� Ron ran through the arena a few songs later, hyperactively jumping up and down to peer over the watershed walls.� Other TISM member jaunts (can't remember who) included splashing about in the pond and dancing in the mosh pit during I'll 'Ave Ya (the balloon being used as a punching ball).� Half the mosh crowd got up on the stage for I'll 'Ave Ya, the final song.
Two crowd surfers gave it a go, including a girl who surprisingly didn't seem to be getting groped.
Disappointments were the lack of vocal interaction with the crowd.� I was expecting more rants, but also some actual speaking from the band.� Don't we all want to be insulted by TISM?� Perhaps refusing to speak to us is the insult...� After living on free T-shirts from holidaying relatives the over the past couple of years I was in need of some new ones.� Unfortunately there was only one style available in anything other than a tiny size.� No Five Yards T-shirt or shorts, for which I was hoping.� I was also disappointed by my general reserve and stultifying shyness which precluded me from moshing.
Having never seen TISM before live it was impressive to see the ludicrous, non-stop�dancing moves and general energy.� Although aptly suited for a 'joke' band, it's hard to imagine a better live show.� One hour fifteen was too short - it's amazing how quickly the time goes when you love the music as opposed to standing in a pub trying to politely enjoy some tossers' whiney originals.
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