Hotaru's Orgy Concert Review

I saw Orgy for the second time this year on July 11, 1999. Here is is a review of the show i wrote Orgy was by far the best show at the 1999 Dreamscape K-Rock-a-thon on July 11, 1999in Vernon New York at Vernon Downs Horse racin track. The show began at about 10:10 pm, and lasted until after 11:00 pm. Not only was the music terrific, the lights were also very impressive. Lights of blue, purple, red, teal, white, and green flashed and dimmed and shone in a mesmerizing display of color throughout the entire set. The set consisted of "Stitches", "Dissention", "Platinum", "Fetisha", "Fiend", "All the Same", "Pantomime", "Dizzy", the big finale "Blue Monday", and a new song entitled "Sonic". Jay's dark vocal style combined with Paige's throbbing bass, Bobby's electronic drums, Amir's spacey synth sounds, and Ryan's guitar skills made for a hypnotizing show. The new song Orgy added to the set list, "Sonic", was fantastic. Keeping with the "death pop" sound, "Sonic" was an ominous mixture of 80s synth, industrial heaviness, and techno dreariness. "Blue Monday", the last song Orgy performed, blew the crowd away. Crowd surfers sprang up from every corner of the crowd as the audience jumped up and down in a wave of synchronized bodies. At the end of "Blue Monday" Orgy kicked into "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record"), a song from 80s group, Dead or Alive. Before each song, Jay would energize the crowd with shouts of "Let me see some fucking fingers!", "Make some fucking noise New York!", or other orders to that effect. He also said, "You know, I've heard...that sometimes...the people in upstate New York can get fucking CRAZY!!!". This produced a wild reaction of middle fingers, signs of the devil, and screaming. The show was an insane ride of heavy music that kept the audience at bay. The band built anticipation between songs by turning out miscellanious bits of music that kept you guessing what the hell the next song was going to be.

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