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K17 Halloween Party

October 30, 2004

Jailbreak

Berlin, Germany

live at 21.00

Setlist

m01 I.NO.RI.
m02 Nervous and Innocence
m03 Iconoclast
m04 Garden for a Zealot
m05 Void
m06 Dead End
m07 Mother
m08 Logos
m09 Dead or Alive
m10 Desperado (P-TYPE)
m11 Eve of Destruction
Encore1
You Killed Me First
 

- report by Geisha -

I'm back from Berlin and, as promised, here is a brief report of the show:

The concert started late. The lights dimmed around 10pm (the announced start time) and smoke started to engulf the stage but EOD were nowhere to be seen. Yuko was darting back and forth between the stage door and the "control room" at the other end of the room, setting things up and signalling to whoever was in charge of the lights and the sound system.

Finally, EOD appeared on stage and the show began. If they were disappointed about the low turnout they didn't let it show. Haruhiko in particular seemed cheerful and full of enthusiasm. Közi appeared more subdued but nevertheless gave a thoroughly professional performance. The audience loved every minute of it, dancing or taking photos during songs and cheering happily in between. The crows consisted mainly of Goths, with a few Gothic Lolitas and some more "normal" looking teenagers mixed in. EOD played for 30 or 40 minutes and then disappeared but, after some persistent cheering, were persuaded to a brief encore.

Later there was an autograph session in the corner where the T-shirt stall was set up and the fans rushed forward to have their flyers and CDs signed (I think I spotted a copy of Katharsis). I was hanging back because I didn't want to add to the crush and started chatting to a very nice Japanese guy who was taking pictures for Kera magazine. There was also a group of German students of Japanese studies, who were interviewing EOD and members of the audience about the increasing popularity of Japanese bands in Europe.

Perhaps I was a little bit too laid back because suddenly EOD got up and left, leaving a good number of people (including me) still queuing for their autographs. I wasn't too disappointed though since I had come for the music, not a signature, and the others took it in good humour as well. There was no screaming or hysterics. One girl followed Közi (Haruhiko had already left) because she wanted to chat to him about the concert, not realising that he only speaks Japanese. Poor Közi must have thought she was after an autograph because he disappeared and returned shortly after with a flyer signed by both Haruhiko and himself. Eventually, everybody was ushered out by the not too friendly K17 staff, who seemed keen to wrap things up.

Overall it was a good concert and I felt sad that it was so poorly attended. The timing, with D'espairs Ray playing at the same time across town as part of a VK/Halloween party, could have hardly been worse. Of course, it meant that EOD ended up playing in front of an audience of truly dedicated fans but I couldn't help wondering if their sudden disappearance reflected some disappointment after all.

~Geisha, October 31

- report by Marusaki -

We arrived and after queuing for about 5-10 minutes, we went in and up to the 2nd floor, where the EoD live was. There was only about 40 people in the room at the time plus a small camera crew and Yuko Tsukamoto, who was selling T-shirts. We were interviewed by the camera crew (I think they were students), as were a few others during the night. They asked us about our clothes, where we were from and how we started liking Visual Kei (o_O Eve of Destiny are VK?). We waited for some time before the band appeared, during which time Yuko Tsukamoto went back and forth between the stage and the tables set up by the door for selling T-shirts and, later on, for signing, a lot.

By the time the live started more people had arrived, but still the place was quite empty. In fact, at one point the girl in front of me turned round and said "There's so few people…oh well, it's good for us!". Perhaps it was because D'espairs+Ray were playing in Berlin on the same night? Közi, who was using Shirouzu-ko that night, came onstage first, soon followed by Haruhiko Ash. Both of them looked amazing were very energetic and enthusiastic.

They started with I.NO.RI and everyone was cheering and engaged by their performance from the outset; everyone we saw, anyway. Haruhiko Ash smiled quite a bit, especially between songs, adding the odd "thanks" here and there. Közi and came to the front of the stage a few times and threw some of his guitar picks into the audience, but because it was quite dark, no one seemed to be able to find them. Luckily, we picked up 3 of them off the floor at the end.

They played 12 songs in total, including the encore (You Killed Me First), but the whole thing seemed to pass by in no time at all. The songs I hadn't heard before (Void, Dead End, Mother and Logos) were really good and I'm looking forward to the release of their CD even more now.

A little while after the performance EoD went to the tables at the back of the room and signed things and posed for photographs with people. They were both really nice and took the time to give autographs to quite a few people, before disappearing rather suddenly.

This was the first time we had seen EoD live and it was definitely worth the long trip. It was a really enjoyable night and all I can say is that if anyone went to the D'espairs+Ray live instead, I hope they were good, because Eve of Destiny were excellent. ^_^

~ Marusaki

(please visit her own website for more on the Berlin live)