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Event organizers, Naked Highway, composed of Sy Bokhari and special-guest guitarist Aileen Brophy, performed the longest set of the night - electro-industrial covers of earlier, more obscure Banshees tunes. Their set began with a creative medley of Poppy Day and Metal Postcard, and ended with a shocking drum 'n' bass version of Icon.
"The versions we performed we radically different for the most part," said Sy, "I'm sure that many people didn't recognize what song we were doing until I started singing. And that's exactly what I was trying to accomplish. Icon was my absolute favorite to perform. We started, like the original, with guitar and vocals only, but then broke into a distortion-heavy drum 'n' bass beat. The only song performed on-point to the original was Red Light, which itself was one of Siouxsie's first attempts at synthpop."
Swimming Horses drummer Adrian commented: "When [Naked Highway] took the stage, I thought DJ just threw another record, and I thought 'good CD' before I realized there was an actual band playing! That, I think, is the best compliment you can give to a band."
Next, George Alley performed a short improvised set, including The Doors' The End, The Banshees Take Me Back and the theme from She-Ra. Attendee Kenny Mellman, of the performance-art-duo Kiki 'n' Herb, could utter only one word about George's performance; "Brilliant!"
The Swimming Horses took the stage last with their "post no-wave" rock stylings. "We performed in the spirit of Siouxsie and the Banshees' first performance, which was a lengthy noise jam on The Lord's Prayer," commented singer/guitarist Edward Bottger. The group's set consisted mainly of Siouxsie classics such as Nightshift, Slowdive and Tattoo (recently covered by Tricky) before turning the stage into a free-for-all with Killing Jar.
The successful night even garnered attention from the Banshees themselves. Drummer Budgie relayed his fondest wishes to the attendees of SIOUXNYC (via the web) by quoting the late Francis Bacon..."Champagne for my true friends and true pain for my sham friends!"
For more information on Primal Digital and Naked Highway, please visit PrimalDigital.com and NakedHighway.com. Both are planning future events and Naked Highway is currently promoting their new EP Hyperbollocks.
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