Eve 6, Goldfinger, Dynamite Hack

July 6, 2000

Roxy -- Atlanta, GA

Since releasing their self-titled album in 1998, the boys of Eve 6 have quickly grown up. Headlining an evening at the Roxy with Goldfinger and Dynamite Hack, the band took the stage with an air of arrogance and maturity preceding them.

Despite three power outages during their performance, opener Dynamite Hack demonstrated an edgier, punk rock-oriented contrast to its mellow single.

After the opening set, the crowd was fully energized by the ska-punk outfit Goldfinger. Admittedly, the majority of the audience had come just to see Goldfinger, which played songs from their newest album, but threw in some classics too. Topping off its hard-hitting, aggressive set, Goldfinger really stole the show when the drummer stepped out from behind his kit, stripped off his pants revealing a lacy black thong, and jumped right into his own rendition of Sisqo’s “The Thong Song,” complete with inflatable props.

Bereft of his bass guitar, sporting some new tatoos, and emitting his sexual energy to a crowd filled with swooning girls, singer-bassist Max Collins embodied the new image of Eve 6. Throughout the show, Collins imbibed his energy from the screaming girls and the Goldfinger-loving punk boys that composed the mesmerized audience. Instead of milking the hits from its debut album, Eve 6 surprisingly mixed in several tracks from the sophomore release Horrorscope. Siebels’ turquoise hair--perfectly complemented drummer Tony Fagenson’s newly acquired black and red ‘do. One of the most noticeable alterations to tonight’s Eve 6 show, however, was the guy standing towards the side of the stage playing bass. Ever since Collins decided last October to drop his bass duties at live shows, a touring session guy was picked up. But the poor guy never got any recognition at the show, and only served so Collins could grab his crotch a little more, exhibiting his trademark extroversion. Amidst the hit singles--“Inside Out,” “Leech” and “Open Road Song”--the guys tossed in new material including “Amphetamines,” “Nocturnal” and a latest single titled “Promise.” After closing the main set, Eve 6 returned to a room flooded with cheers to perform their cover of “Leaving on a Jet Plane.”

Despite the somewhat differing styles of the three bands, it was a hard rock element that united the sets of Eve 6, Goldfinger, and Dynamite Hack and each band demonstrated just that.

Leah Weinberg