Alert: This has nothing to do with hip hop but everything to do with music. They classify themselves as LIVE ELECTRONIC on the myspace if you wanna get specific. Check the myspace HERE.
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I don’t have too much to say on this because words cannot describe what i just saw tonight. My boy Dante (www.twitter.com/dantelasalle) hit me up and alerted me to the fact taht GMPD was in town. I of course had no idea who they were but I’m always up for an adventure and Dante toured with them on warped tour and said that they were everybodies favorite band.
They were playing at the Pike Room in the Crofoot. Upon entering, I knew this was on some other shit. Hipsters were out and American Apparel was everywhere (not a diss – just the facts). Anyways the band before GMPD were very entertaining but i can’t remember their name. Anyways, when GMPD came out the vibe was ridiculous. Let me paint the picture for you. 3 men walk on stage in spandex spiderman outfits. They could’ve covered up with some cod pieces though. The songs have a very 80′s vibe but in a Back to the Future when Marty goes into the future kind of way (to clarify. it’s like what someone in the 80′s would think the future sounds like). The stage presence is phenomenal and one member is a magnificent dancer, and the other dude is a ridiculous story teller (sorry…don’t remember names and don’t have energy to research).
The crazy thing to me was the crowd though. Even though a lot of the music was ambient and spacy, the crowd was forming a mosh pit, crowd surfing, and throwing shit. however, whenever someone would fall i noticed they would form a circle and make sure the person got up okay. there were a lot of minors in the crowd so i stayed off to the side and decided to not get my R Kelly on. to give you the maturity level when i was taking a piss two girls ran in and started screaming did a lap around the room and ran out. i’m rambling so let me wrap this up.
I believe my boy Dante is housing them for the evening and he has been streaming the evening live on his Qik accountso you can check out footage of them HERE. Do yourself a favor and check their tour schedule and go be entertained.
On a final side note, I would love to work with these guys musically in some way in the future. there is something very free about what they do.
Tags: Crofoot, Dante, Gil Mantera's Party Dream
