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.

03.99 - El Paso, Torino
05.06 - Spazio 211, Torino

03.99 - 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.

03.99 - 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.

06.99 - 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.

06.09.14 - 45° Nord, Moncalieri

10.99 - 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)

26.06.13 - Hiroshima Mon Amour

10.99 - 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

13.11.99 - 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.

11.99 - 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 - Café Procope

11.99 - Cafè Procope, Torino

04.00 - Gabrio, Torino
09.03 - Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino
03.12 - Gabrio, Torino
05.12 - Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino
11.12 - Gabrio, 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.

28.04.18 - Zona Roveri, Bologna (Neuropa Festival)

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)
08.13 - Schlagstrom Festival, Berlin

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
08.13 - Betriebswerk Schöneweide, Berlin (Schlastrom Festival)

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 a 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)