Loves Ugly Children – The Mothership: August 22, 2024 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Loves Ugly Children rose from the dead to treat Auckland music lovers to their first show in 27 years.
Loves Ugly Children rose from the dead to treat Auckland music lovers to their first show in 27 years.
Loves Ugly Children split up in 1998 after a blistering run of singles, EPs and Albums and live shows throughout the Nineties. Against all the odds, they are back.
EYEHATEGOD are an originator band from the “Louisiana Sound” metal music scene (NOLA) heavily influenced by Black Sabbath and The Melvins, but energised (perhaps politicised) by hardcore punk, think Black Flag.
The deeply emotive raw power that New Zealand’s Loves Ugly Children brought to international fans throughout the 1990’s – is back.
The Cosmic Psychos are the legendary antithesis of The Birthday Party, where The Boys Next Door went fucking arty (as TBP), the Spring Plains (TCP earlier incarnation) went ‘fuck this arty shit’ and the motor-cituy guitar-driven punk sound that has stayed forever with The Cosmic Psychos was born.
Cockney Rejects wasted no time on stage as they blasted out a classic British punk show, undiminished in its power and glory even after forty-plus years.