Punish Yourself @ CMW 2006

Hometown: Paris, France

Background/Composition: NIN/Ministry/Orgy meets The Blue Man Group. Their band name isn't a suggestion, it's a Surgeon General's Warning. Gritty, destructive, black industrial about satan, sex and suicide. Deafness be damned.

Grade: 73

Comment: Insane Clown Posse with snooty French accents.

Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations
80-100: Exceeds skill and knowledge expectations, i.e. rocked us so hard we peed our pants.
70-79: Achieves required skills and knowledge. Meets rock 'n' roll standard.
60-69: Demonstrates some skills. Approaches rock 'n' roll standard.
50-59: Demonstrates some required skills and knowledge in a limited way.
00-50: Has not demonstrated required skills or knowledge.

Learning Skills: E=Excellent, G=Good, S=Satisfactory, N=Sad Really

Oral And Visual Communication
EyeContact: E 
Pronounciation: N
Stage Presence: E
Stage Banter: G
Image: E
Appearance: E
Use Of Stage: E
Strengths/Weaknesses/Next Step: Dressed to distress in full-body paint: flourescent pinks, lime greens, blues, with fake stitches, blood and scars. They look like Po-Mo clowns! I'd love to see what their bathtubs look like after a performance. The body designs, although theatrical and eye-catching, seem to make up for the face that they're not that talented. But they get extra points for energy, sweat, bare feet and all-around social-outcastedness.

Musical Analysis
Level Of Participation: E
Problem Solving: N
Teamwork: G
Work Habits: G
Organization:G
Audience Participation: S
Sound: G
Composition: E
Songs: G
Strengths/Weaknesses/Next Step: Surprisingly enough, they've got some hard-biting, ass-grinding, dissonant dark riffs. If only I could close my eyes, they'd be an awesome black industrial band. Instead, they're a joke. The lead singer got all up in our faces, writhing around in the audience, not letting us separate ourselves from the stage or his performance (which was a good idea, 'cause many people looked uncomfortable). They worked their asses off up there, but they're full of sounds of fury signifying Frenchness. But I will give them props for their high-moshing-factor. Too bad their green sweat flew all over the place.

Other Skills And Areas Of Interest
Charisma: E 
Problem Solving: S
Teamwork: S
Sexiness: N
Haircut: E
Indie Rock Footwear: G
Nods To Disposible Fashion: G
CoolEquipment: G
Level OfInebriation: E
ActualAbility: G
Strengths/Weaknesses/Next Step: I couldn't stop laughing at the ridiculousness of it all. They've taken the anti-establishment idea and ripped it up into something unrecgonizable. Is this originality, shameless gimmicks, or performative spectacle? The bassist, delightfully confident in his sexuality, let his PINK THONG peek out from under his jeans without a care. Scratch that, he was purposefully pulling down hispants so we'd all see his lacey bum. Then the lead vox put his black shit-kicking boots on his hands and started crawling around the dancefloor like a lemur. Suddenly, the entire band let their music loop so they cold take off their clothes and writhe around inan orgy of fluorescent colour and innappropriateness.I've been rendered speechless.