Bad Girls of the Bible at Jive

Date: Saturday, March 26th 2005
Venue: Jive
Time: 9pm door opens, 9.30-10pm gig start
Price: $7
Bands: Bad Girls of The Bible w/ Mirrorline + Pharaohs

Adelaide's own Bad Girls of The Bible had a launch for their 7" double A-side single release for 88 Keys / Simple Mistakes ($10 for the 2-track CD and "Czech-made" 7" red vinyl record) at Jive with fellow supports, Mirrorline and Pharaohs. I turned up just in time for the Pharaohs but people said Mirrorline (formerly known as J-DED, who I've seen a few times before) were impressive.


Anyway, the Pharaohs (who I've seen before as supports for The Shins and were previously reviewed) were extremely tight and they had catchy bass sounds. They were a "loud" band for a 3-piece but great none-the-less and the crowd seem to love them.

But like the support bands said, "The night is all about Bad Girls..." and the crowd agreed.



The crowd was buzzing for the local headliners. Dan Pash's vocals were great and the band were definitely tight. They played both 88 Keys and Simple Mistakes, some other crowd favourites and finished off with a Neil Young cover of Hey Hey, My My (which I've recently been listening to covered by Oasis; actually most Adelaide bands I've caught always cover Neil Young...).

Hightlights: Dan jumping into the crowd a couple of times during their instrumental track. Dan jumping on top of the head speakers during 88 Keys and falling back onto the stage. Oh, and Dan jumping onto the drum kit / drummer at the end of their set. Choreographed (or channeling Jarvis Cocker)? Maybe, but there was a lot of sway-jumping for a pretty short set.


Melodic. "Spontaneous". Impressive. Expect big things from Bad Girls of the Bible.