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○ Paris Locomotive (NMEより) - 日にちは不明。内容から見ると、1991年のライブのようです。

○ LONDON ULU (NME - 1991.1.5)




*Paris Locomotive

FADTASTIQUE!

Now here's a funy thing: if you position yourself four-and-a-half yards to the left of the cloakroom in La Locomotive, it is entirely feasible that you'll be able to hear George Michael's stubbly tones from the deesco upstairs, intermingled with the soothing tune of The Pistols' 'Anarchy In The UK' emanating from the club down the corridor.

Rather less amusing is the realisation that a thimbleful of beer will set you back £5, and the Parisian laws of decadence prevent the band from playing until gone 1am. Having been forced to soundcheck at 8am (erm, that's yesterday,kids) and spend the rest of the day being interrogated by local journalists, perhaps it's hardly surprising that the New FADS fail to achieve overdrive once permitted to perform.

For sure, their level of effort can't be faulted, straining at the leash and encouraging bystanders to perspire by sheer visual activity alone. Freeform percussionist Icarus is particularly mobile, flitting from bongos to banging implements and flirting with mayhem. Quite right, too, as it's his pummellings which give the FADS their edge, one which doesn't settle for existing in simple razor-sharp form but traverses tradition to become akin to a breadknife: pointed, spikey and adaptable.

The attack comes from awkward angles. Like novice boxers, the FADS utilise unorthodox jabs and outlawed butts to gain points. And even when only 90 percent fit, thanks to a long lay off, the likes of 'You Were Lying When You Said That You Loved Me' pack an impressive bodyslam, Clash-like riffs exhorting sub-Ska beats to go bonkers.

A new one which has the potential to be called 'Kypho' elevates proceedings to an even weirder plane, exotic Oriental touches colliding with severely Napalmed wah-wah. New 45 'Get Better' receives a pleasantly crazed cuddle. And the Ever-mesmeric 'Big' rumbles away, the pick-up track with a Ferrari engine on life's great orbital motorway.

It's a hard life, but the New FADS can be harder still. Grit the North.

-Simon Williams


*LONDON ULU (Soul Family Sensation というバンドと一緒に出演した模様。SFS の部分は省略します)

FAD AND FRANTIC

And so the crowd has been thoroughly heated for the New Fast Automatic Daffodils. How fast kids grow up these days. Witnessing The New FADs' pre-pubescent blues 18 months ago was like lusting over a 14-year-old boy and wishing he was five years older. Well, now they're ready to be mothered and molested. Andy, vocalist and inoffensive skinhead Suggs character, throws himself around the stage like a hare on speed, launching into 'Jaggerbog' with wild enthusiasm.

The only place to witness a New FADs gig is pressed up against the raised boards, unable to breathe, dodging stage divers and mingling with saturated bodies who drip sweat into your beer. Those that managed to raise their heads and untangle their legs could nod along with Andy, whacking the side of his leg, sadistically keeping time.

These five men have obviously been working their instruments to exhaustion. Hearing first single 'Lions', with its slightly anarchic punk sound and hard-faced edge alongside their dancefloor stormer 'Big', their tune progression really shows. 'Lions' is no less of a song, it's purely a world apart as Andy sings "This isn't a song this is a totally new concept in disposability" -half-yelled, marginally growled and gruffly exhaled - the gelled masses move wildly as one. Whilst 'Big', a heavy percussive dance track with cleverly mastered cow bell accompaniment, shoves its professionalism right down your throat. The New FADs are aggressive, take them or die?

- Gina Morris


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