Comments on: The Tough Alliance

By: trne

trne — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:13:21 +0000

@doorknobs: their point is to make you pissed :) they'll keep on lipsyncing untill the day when noone will be pissed off by it – means never. Seeing them live is one of thethings I have to do before I die. Do they ever come to Denmark?

By: Wired

Wired — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:13:27 +0000

They'll make a splash for sure.

By: Rickard

Rickard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:17:32 +0000

My friends father is the manager of this band. They are from my hometown, Gotehenburg. I love em. But there is something wird with em. The often make shitty performances, getin on stage wasted and drunk. They act like they just dont give a f*ck. Okey, that might sometimes be a successfull attitude but in this case I think they should get their act together if the wanna make a bigger impact. But I guess thay wanna stick with being "underground".

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:50:55 +0000

Here in stockholm these guys are infamous for always lipsynching on their shows

I take it they broke their britney routine at SXSW?

By: mook

mook — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:27:19 +0000

hahah, i love the first comment by adum. it's so self-referential.

tough alliance to take over (north america) in 2008!

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:26:46 +0000

@doorknobs, how is it any different then seeing britney spears or something? most people go to a show for the experience… not to see how well a musician plays on stage. singing into an empty mic stand was so conceptually amazing it is still fucking my head.

the performance was intense… more so than anything else i saw in austin.

By: Swede

Swede — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:01:09 +0000

I'm glad that you appreciated their performance. I was very curious how the American audience would react to a TTA concert. I would very much like to experience one in America.

doorknobs:

"it's not a question of understanding it man, if you feel it you feel it stupid"

By: Strata

Strata — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:58:28 +0000

I live in Oakland and traveled the distance to see them play in Los Angeles at the Echo. I can say honestly that being one of the people in the crowd of maybe 25, that my life will be changed forever. I'm in love. There will never be a band as enlightened as The Tough Alliance

By: doorknobs

doorknobs — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:44:07 +0000

love their records, but went in to see them and was actually PISSED and left after 2 songs. not even a semblance of a performance. i'm not necessarily itching for all the instruments to be played live, but…half singing along to every other line while KINDA dancing and having a smoke machine going while the record plays in full behind you? bummer.

By: Mark Gnar

Mark Gnar — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:09:20 +0000

WORD UP! That performance… oh man! 15 min. of pure magic. I think only 4 of 5 people knew what was up but I'm sure all those not in the know got their wigs pushed back for sure.

By: adum

adum — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:09:02 +0000

I dunno…

Everything I've been reading about them lately sounds so fucking pretentious…..