06.98 - Liceo Carlo Cattaneo, Torino

The sax player was a schoolmate, they played at the end of the year school party lol
It was also the last school year for both of us.

XX.99 - El Paso, Torino
05.06 - Spazio 211, Torino

XX.99 - El Paso, Torino

A very odd show in a dirty squat, there were about 10 people attending. Gerstein played a video about jails and did some remarkably good electronics.

XX.99 - El Paso, Torino
04.12 - Padiglione 14, Torino

05.99 - Piccolo Regio, Torino

First time I was seeing Ms. Lunch. It was rather funny, she kept insulting men in the audience, and since Italians usually don't understand a word of English, the most clapped at her.

11.04 - Supermarket, Torino

Boring. The venue was almost empty, Lydia kept chatting and chatting, the music was absolutely forgettable. An unfortunate night.

XX.99 - Foro Boario, Moncalieri
07.00 - Parco Della Certosa, Collegno

Both performances were great, the second was a bit better because they had introduced a new item to bash on stage. They're always a load of fun to see live.

XX.99 - Supermarket, Torino

They opened for My Cat Is An Alien.

03.02 - Supermarket, Torino

Michael Gira played a short solo set before them.

09.06 - Teatro Colosseo, Torino

This was a Larsen & Friends performance, with Jóhann Jóhannsson and David Tibet. Great stuff.

09.09 - Teatro Alfieri, Torino (with Z'EV as guest)

XX.99 - Supermarket, Torino

Larsen was the opener. MCIAA played behind a screen and produced a great wall of noise.

28.12.10 - United Club, Torino
with Ramona Ponzini and Z'EV as quartet

XX.99 - Supermarket, Torino

The most ridicolous show I've ever seen. Alec Empire was extremely serious and got pissed off because people didn't react enough "revolutionary" to his words. At a certain point, he came off stage and asked aggressively someone in the first row what he was doing there. The guy was the drummer of Larsen who replied he was just enjoying a concert. Alec got totally furious about the reply, the whole band left the stage and came back only after five minutes, completed the show and left without saying a word.

LOL!!!! Take it easy, man!

11.99 - Supermarket, Torino

Alan Vega was completely drunk (or on drugs), and could barely sing, despite that it was a great show. I think I was the only person under 30 in the club! I was wearing a self-painted Suicide t-shirt with the cover of the first LP, and many asked were I had bought it.

XX.00 - Cafè Procope, Torino

XX.00 - Cafè Procope, Torino

XX.00 - Gabrio, Torino
XX.03 . Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino

06.00 - Parco Della Certosa, Collegno

Great opening for Einstürzende Neubauten. They were actually much better than the boring Silence Is Sexy thing.

10.05 - Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino

Another great show. All the classics you could hope to listen in a Young Gods live set.

06.00 - Parco Della Certosa, Collegno

Great expectations, but they remained quite unmatched. EN played most of Silence Is Sexy, of course, and while at the time I enjoyed that album, I now hate it. Fortunately, they also played stuff from Ende Neu and Tabula Rasa. No older hits that time.

03.04 - Teatro Delle Celebriazioni, Bologna
07.04 - Corte Malatestiana, Fano

Awesome shows! The Perpetuum Mobile tour was much better than Silence Is Sexy. The album itself is the last true good album they did. They also played older hits like Armenia, Haus Der Lüge and Neun Arme. I was in a awe.

05.05 - Teatro Della Concordia, Venaria Reale

No need to see EN live anymore after this. It was the 25 years anniversary tour. They played Yü-Gung, ZNS, Armenia, Haus Der Lüge, Durstiges Tier, Kalte Sterne, Draußen Ist Feindlich...

Leb' wohl, Neubauten!

06.11 - Teatro Colosseo, Torino

07.00 - Parco Della Certosa, Collegno

I never liked this band, they played after Les Tambours Du Bronx in a summer open-air festival (strangest bill ever, like putting Sheryl Crow and Anenzephalia one after the other).
Boring show for nostalgics, sorry. CCCP - Fedeli Alla Linea was another story.

11.00 - Bunker Strasse E, Dresden

Opener for Monolith, Dive and Suicide Commando. Not the best act that night for sure. The woman tried to "play" a chain.

11.00 - Bunker Strasse E, Dresden

Didn't know Monolith until that night. I was blown away. Great sound! Erik ist the best.

09.09 - Kantine, Augsburg (Electro Body Beats Festival)

11.00 - Bunker Strasse E, Dresden

Finally got the chance to see Mr. Ivens live. It was amazing, I came out as a very happy young man. Previously, I had only listened to Final Report, the day after I went off buying any Dive release I could find.

11.00 - Werk II, Leipzig (Mensch Und Maschine)

The most incredible fight I've ever witnessed broke out in the audience during Dive's set!

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)

Towards the end of the show the power went off. It was the summer of 2003, 40° everyday and problems with energy supply in Italy. Dirk took it quite philosophically.

03.04 - Jam Club, Mestre
09.06 - Noise, Torino

11.00 - Bunker Strasse E, Dresden

Right after Monolith and Dive, I found Joan's music a bit boring, and I hated his vocals. Not my cup of EBM.

12.11 - BIMFest 2011 - Antwerp

I discovered totally different artist in this exclusive "vintage" set to celebrate the project's 25 years of activity. Cold, minimal and heavy, miles away from the later developments!

11.00 - Werk II, Leipzig (Mensch Und Maschine)

11.00 - Werk II, Leipzig (Mensch Und Maschine)

My first Das Ich show, and the best of the whole festival that night.

08.02 - M'era Luna Festival, Hildesheim
07.08 - Tanzbrunnen, Köln (Amphi Festival)

11.00 - Werk II, Leipzig (Mensch Und Maschine)

One of the greatest disappointments of my life. I had waited years to see 242 live, and they played a horrible set with completely distorted sound and vocals too low to be heard. One hour of pure noise, I could barely understand that they were playing "Headhunter" because of their gestures...

06.01 - Agra Halle, Leipzig (Wave Gotik Treffen)

Another chance to see 242 in Leipzig shortly after the huge disappointment. This one was far better, good sound and better show. They were forgiven ;)

12.11 - BIMFest 2011 - Antwerp

An exclusive "vintage" show for Belgium, with tracks taken mostly from the early albums and classic analogue equipment on stage. Fantastic!!! More than ten years after that bad show in Leipzig, I finally saw the REAL 242 live.

11.00 - Alter Schlachthof, Dresden

Pure legend! I went backstage and shaked Lemmy's hand. I also had a picture taken with him, but it was the very last one in the bloody film and it didn't turn out...

02.01 - Wasserburg Heldrungen (Flammenzauber 2001)

Was it maybe their first show ever? I really hated them, they had drum machine, a terrible goth guy playing keyboards and shouting from time to time, and songs were plain boring.
Fortunately, they have evolved a lot since then.

05.10 - Volkspalast, Kantine, Leipzig (Wave Gotik Treffen)

02.01 - Wasserburg Heldrungen (Flammenzauber 2001)

No idea who they were, and it was a nice discovery. They rocked! Very powerful and intense concert. A pity no one heard about them since then.

02.01 - Wasserburg Heldrungen (Flammenzauber 2001)

I'm so glad I could enjoy Herr Ritter live before his health condition went worse. It was a beautiful and gentle concert. Forseti lebt!

03.01 - Siddharta, Prato

They opened for Deutsch Nepal and Blutharsch. I had perviously only listened to Fragments Of Demise, so what they played was much different (mostly from Ephemeral Dawn). I was quite stunned when they finished.

03.01 - Club Propaganda, Karlovy Vary

Knowing what to expect, I enjoyed the show much more, I actually loved them. That night I officially became a power-electronics addict!

03.01 - Siddharta, Prato

I knew Lina was a funny character, but he went over any expectation. The music was great and he made me laugh a lot. I had a new hero.

03.01 - Club Propaganda, Karlovy Vary
04.04 - The Masquerade, Monticelli D'Ongina
10.04 - Totem, Vicenza (Cold Meat Industry Night)

03.01 - Siddharta, Prato

First experience with Albin and co., I liked it even if it wasn't their best.

03.01 - Club Propaganda, Karlovy Vary

A lot better, more powerful sound, better atmosphere.

12.01 - Interno 20, Vicenza

Third Blutharsch concert in one year! Didn't like this show so much, but they played an encore with "Kampf Sieg oder Tod", it was the first and last time I listened to that track live.

07.02 - Piazza San Francesco, Bologna (Pavoni Sonici)

Blutharsch open-air in Italy's most leftwing city? It was pure madness, I met many people for the first time and it remains legendary in my memory. Albin had the bar on the corner run out of red wine that night!

04.04 - The Masquerade, Monticelli D'Ongina

Best Blutharsch concert ever! More "rocking" versions of their classics, but not yet like their latest stuff.

06.01 - Akropolis, Prague

I was disappointed by this first Laibach experience. They only played Jesus Christ Superstars and NATO.

02.03 - Siddharta, Prato

Maybe because I did know what to expect, I enjoyed this show a lot more.

12.06 - Estragon, Bologna

Awesome "Volk" show, it almost drove me to tears. The "WAT" part was the best, a pity it didn't last more.

03.08 - Ossigeno, Torino

Another awesome "Volk" and "WAT" show, with some variations.

02.11 - Teatro Stabile Sloveno, Trieste

"Laibach Revisited", a great gig with their early industrial songs reworked in awesome new versions. Looking forward for the CD to be released...

06.01 - Agra Halle, Leipzig (Wave Gotik Treffen)

I paid the entrance ticket to the WGT just to see Coil. Those crazy things you do when you're young. I managed to see Front 242 too, who played right before them. Coil were the most outstanding live experience ever. I was wordless when they finished. I never regretted spending that money, especially since Jhon is no more.

04.02 - Teatro Delle Celebrazioni, Bologna

Another precious chance to see Coil. They were again gorgeous. Miss you, Jhon and Sleazy!

06.01 - Universität Campus, Dresden

In Germany, at University Campus festivals you get THESE bands to play LOL! It was fantastic, I had a lot of fun with these crazy heads.

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

Another great Tanzwut show. I loved the fact that they played before In Extremo, showing who invented what.

12.01 - Siddharta, Prato
06.08 - Sala Salamandra, Barcelona (Mediterranean Autumn Festival)
06.09 - Schauspielhaus, Leipzig (Wave Gotik Treffen)

12.01 - Interno 20, Vicenza

This guy is a legend. He opened for Blutharsch producing 30 minutes of pure noise. Then he left.

03.02 - Supermarket, Torino

Michael was a bit annoyed that night, after 3 songs he left the stage because he couldn't tune his guitar properly. I remember having talked a lot to him at the merchandise desk, he was a very nice and charming dude. We also talked in German a bit, which is one of my fondest memories.

02.08 - Spazio 211, Torino

Another chance to see Michael, this time at his best. Swans and Angels Of Light classics and rockhard charisma.

04.02 - Blackout, Roma

I was a bit disappointed by the only Boyd show I managed to attend. It was mostly Wolf Pact stuff, and it lasted about 25 minutes. Total War was the first track and just wasn't powerful enough.

04.02 - Blackout, Roma

Albin wasn't there, so it was Doug and Boyd. They played new songs but also People, and most of the audience wasn't happy to hear Boyd call back Mussolini. He had a lot of fun with it, of course.

04.02 - Blackout, Roma

I was at the peak of my DI6 mania back then, so I loved the show, of course. Looking back at it, it wasn't surely Douglas P.'s best performance, rather the opposite, disappointing. Let's wait for the 30 Years show!

10.11 - Carlito's Way, Retorbido (PV)

A long wait to see DI6 back on stage, but well worth it. Douglas was energetic and the show turned out really good, great atmosphere. I finally "reconciliated" with DI6 after many years!

05.02 - Alte Spinnerai, Glauchau

Surely it wasn't the Wolves' best show. The sound was low and the stage way too big. They played just about 45 minutes.

05.02 - Alte Spinnerai, Glauchau

Another disappointment. Rather boring show done in karaoke mode. I love Dagda Mor on vinyl, but definitely not live.

05.02 - Alte Spinnerai, Glauchau

G.O. saved that night. They were the most incredible thing ever seen. Wilhelm cut a sheet metal with a blow torch, they played fuel barrels and then threw them at the first row of audience. G.O. were evil bastards that night. Exactly what we wanted to see!

11.03 - Kantine, Augsburg

Another amazing show! Hundreds of people packed in a small venue being tortured by this hell of a shock treatment! They played "Burn" and then I could have died there as a happy man. It nearly happened, as I went out and it was bloody cold, I caught flu and had to travel 10 hours by train back home.

04.05 - Totem, Vicenza (A Day At The Border)

What a shame for Italy! A whole Tesco mini-festival destroyed by an incompetent sound engineer. G.O. were extremely pissed off, and with much reason. Their show wasn't safe from audio problems either, and the atmosphere just awful. I would have killed that man with much pleasure.

02.09 - Siddharta, Prato (VI Congresso Post-Industriale)

An amazingly powerful show, with a large audience coming from whole Europe. Everything went smooth. Italy was forgiven ;)

05.11 - Mannheim, Germany

First concert in their hometown since more than 20 years. It was a total blast, pure violence and energy. Impressive live set with some of their great classics together with new material.

07.02 - Parco Della Pellerina, Torino (Extra Festival)

07.02 - Parco Della Pellerina, Torino (Extra Festival)

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim
07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)
08.10 - Schlagstrom Festival, Berlin

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim
07.08 - Tanzbrunnen, Köln (Amphi Festival)

Why has this band always a totally distorted and saturated live sound?

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

Tanzwut played right before them, and they didn't like it. The singer joked about it. Tanzwut were just way better.

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

Didn't know what to expect, but definitely nothing THAT bad. Heldritch lost his voice long ago, the sound was plain horrible, and I couldn't recognize even one song.

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

Beautiful. I was nearly crying, while some goths right beside me were actually crying. Marc Almond was god, and everyone had loads of fun with their set.

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

Watched just a few songs from back behind. Not my cup of tea.

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

First 3 songs were extremely fun and powerful, the problem is that the rest of the show sounded exactly the same. Repetitive.

08.02 - M'Era Luna Festival, Hildesheim

I was blown away the first time I was them live. They played in Hildesheim in the afternoon inside the hangar, no atmosphere at all, yet they created pure magic.

05.04 - Shock Club, Torino
09.07 - Kindergarten, Bologna (Die Wunderkur II)
12.07 - Teatro Dadà, Castelfranco Emilia
07.08 - Parco Diaz, Osio Sotto
12.08 - Hellraiser Club, Leipzig (III Apokalyptik Folk Silvester)

10.02 - Chiesa Di San Bernardino, Vercelli

A performance inside an unholy church with the strangest mix of audience possible.

11.02 - Plan 9, Padova

11.02 - Plan 9, Padova

This remains as the oddest show I attended. 30 minutes of Fredrik Bergstrom playing a theremin and Tomas Petterson speaking.

11.02 - Plan 9, Padova

Powerful and impressive, despite the fact that the venue sucked.

08.09 - Raw Tempel, Berlin (Schlagstrom Festival)
10.09 - Taurus, Ciriè (TO)

11.02 - Plan 9, Padova

A bit of a lame show, especially because of the sampled guitars...

11.02 - Siddharta, Prato

Opening for Raison d'être.

05.05 - Cafè Concerto, Modena
05.07 - Diagonal, Torino
05.10 - Volkspalast, Leipzig (Wave Gotik Treffen)

11.02 - Siddharta, Prato
05.04 - Shock Club, Torino
10.04 - Totem, Vicenza (Cold Meat Industry Night)

01.03 - Siddharta, Prato (III Congresso Post Industriale)

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)

Wertham open-air in an ancient medieval village.

02.09 - Siddharta, Prato (VI Congresso Post Industriale)
08.09 - Raw Tempel, Berlin (Schlagstrom Festival)
10.09 - Taurus, Ciriè (TO)

01.03 - Siddharta, Prato (III Congresso Post Industriale)

One and only I Burn performance ever?

01.03 - Siddharta, Prato (III Congresso Post Industriale)

First and best MMM show. It was loads of fun!

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)
07.04 - Shock Club, Torino

01.03 - Siddharta, Prato (III Congresso Post Industriale)

Was lucky to see one of Corbelli's rare live performances. He had great charisma on stage, and I preferred his music live a lot than on CD. Rest in peace.

01.03 - Siddharta, Prato (III Congresso Post Industriale)

I became a great fan of this man that night. Pure genious!

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)
08.09 - Raw Tempel, Berlin (Schlagstrom Festival)

03.03 - Docks Dora, Torino

Opening for Backworld.

04.07 - Spazio 211, Torino

Opening for Akron/Family. On stage were Baby Dee, Mariae Nascenti, Julia Kent and Trevor (NG). Great show!
You can't just not love this man.

03.03 - Docks Dora, Torino

03.03 - Naxos, Torino

03.03 - Naxos, Torino

One hour of improvised noise by this crazy looner.

04.03 - Siddharta, Prato

Opening for Ain Soph (who sucked that night). Spiritual Front were already very good live, but nothing could have foreseen what they would have become!

11.06 - Siddharta, Prato
12.06 - Hellraiser Club, Leipzig (Apokalyptik Folk Silvester)
05.07 - Diagonal, Torino
07.07 - Vicolo Bolognetti, Bologna
02.08 - Wake Up!, Pescara
07.08 - Tanzbrunnen, Köln (Amphi Festival)
06.09 - Parco Ex-Caserma Di Cocco, Pescara (Indie Rocket Festival)
11.10 - Wrocław Industrial Festival, Wrocław

04.03 - Siddharta, Prato

Only time I saw them, a pity because they sucked. Sound was horrible, they couldn't play nor sing properly. ClauDEDI wasn't there either. The whole atmosphere was a bit like a party of very drunk people.

05.03 - Indian's Saloon, Bresso

05.03 - Indian's Saloon, Bresso

Caught Mortiis right before he turned his music into heavy metal shit. The show was completely centred upon the great Smell Of Rain.
He was extremely pissed-off that night, because in another room of the venue someone had turned on the TV on an important football match, causing half of the audience to leave the concert. That's Italy...

06.03 - Transilvania, Milano
05.07 - Diagonal, Torino

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)
11.04 - Antidox, Torino

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)
02.04 - On Gaia, Torino
11.04 - Antidox, Torino

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)

Great rocking show! The old chaps still can do their job.

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)

07.03 - Castello Del Vescovo, Arceto

The venue was a medieval castle, and they opened for Dies Natalis. Given the circumstances and with a name like that, you would have expected neofolk. In stead, it was 30 minutes of hardcore techno! LOL

07.03 - Totem, Vicenza (Metamatik Festival 2003)

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)

Two big guys bashing an old washing machine with a big screen behind their back showing a loop of the airplanes crashing on the Twin Towers. WTF!

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)

Pankow without Alex Spalck "playing" instrumental stuff. Rather disappointing.

12.11 - BIM Fest 2011 - Antwerp

With the new singer Bram Declercq the band resurrected and played a good show, including some older classics.

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)
07.07 - Vicolo Bolognetti, Bologna
09.08 - Sala Salamandra, Barcelona (Mediterranean Autumn Festival)

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)
04.07 - Siddharta, Prato (V Congresso Post Industriale)

09.03 - Recanati (Modulor Festival)

11.03 - Kantine, Augsburg

11.03 - Kantine, Augsburg
12.03 - Jam Club, Mestre

04.05 - Totem, Vicenza (A Day At The Border)

What a shame for Italy! A whole Tesco mini-festival destroyed by an incompetent sound engineer. Dernière Volonté were extremely pissed off, and with much reason. Their show was half-destroyed by audio problems, and the atmosphere was just awful. I would have killed that man with much pleasure.

07.10 - Fano Moonlight Festival (Italy)
11.10 - Wrocław Industrial Festival, Wrocław

12.03 - Jam Club, Mestre
10.05 - Cafà Procope, Torino
09.08 - Sala Salamandra, Barcelona (Mediterranean Autumn Festival)

03.04 - Jam Club, Mestre

The singer was dressed in the most impossible way.

03.04 - Jam Club, Mestre

Probably, the worst thing I've ever seen. The music was "played" from an old tape deck, sound was terrible, Lirim shouted in the microphone looking a bit bored. After 3 "songs", he left!

05.04 - Auditorium Agnelli, Torino

05.04 - Shock Club, Torino
05.05 - Ex-Saponificio Uappa, Cantalupo

One of the only electronic bands that I actually saw playing the WHOLE music live with keyboards and synths!

01.10 - Mondomusica, Torino

Boring show in one of the worst venues ever. The new "prog" sound lost the whole magic of their classic depressive ambient.

05.04 - Shock Club, Torino

05.04 - Shock Club, Torino

07.04 - Parco Della Pellerina, Torino (Traffic Festival)

07.04 - Parco Della Pellerina, Torino (Traffic Festival)

R.I.P. Ron Asheton. I'm SO happy that I was there!

09.04 - Teatro Juvarra, Torino

Opening for Current 93. Don't like this man at all, sorry.

09.04 - Teatro Juvarra, Torino

I attended both shows. Simon Finn was the opener (bleaurgh!).

06.06 - Teatro Risi, Ravenna

Pantaleimon was the opener, who ran out in panic after 3 songs. I felt very sorry for her. I was enjoying her music.

04.08 - Volksbühne, Berlin

I attended both shows again, the first with Nature Unveiled and Dogs Blood Rising was total! Opener was Skitliv.

06.09 - Agra Halle, Leipzig (Wave Gotik Treffen)
09.09 - Teatro Alfieri, Torino
03.11 - Locomotiv, Bologna

10.04 - Supermarket, Torino

What a nice surprise! Had no idea what to expect, and Gen blew me away!

10.04 - Totem, Vicenza (Cold Meat Industry Night)