NEON TREES x WE ARE SCIENTISTS 'LIVE'

 as much as i (and possibly many many others) felt that the neon trees concert held in singapore should have been a double bill gig instead of a 'neon trees gig with opening act, we are scientists'!

but heck, whatever the controversy was, it was good fun!

shortly past 8 in the evening, we are scientists with keith murray on lead vocals and guitars, chris cain on bass and former razorlight drummer andy burrows rocked the stage with their own definition of  rock 'n' roll! the people standing around me were obviously loving what they were hearing and they were all dancing and rocking out with the band the whole time!

i believed W.A.S played for an entire hour with some silly but funny jokes about 'the spotlight shining on the owl in the tree' ha ha they played 'impatience', 'after hours', 'ambitions' and 'dinosaurs' among others in their hour-long set.

and after about a half hour break for the crew to have finished setting up for the main act, drummer elaine, bassist brenden and guitarist chris appeared on stage with touring guitarist david charles! a couple of drumbeats and guitar tunes later, lead singer tyler was spotted with his flat mohawk and they licked off their set with the theme off the movie, 'the running man' ,'walk on' before transiting to their latest hit on radio 'your surrender' which instantly got everyone jumping and cheering!

ty also explained that it was their first trip to singapore and that he loving everything here from the fans to the food. at one point when he mentioned that his pants were falling, he even suggested that he  should 'have more kaya toast'!! HA HA!

the band played every single songs off their album and a little tribute to the late amy winehouse with 'love is a losing game' before continuing on to one of their previously unreleased track 'attraction'. ty and the gang closed their set with a cover of the INXS track 'never tear us apart'.

some photos from the concert (via quirk creative)

Elaine with her drum set!

Brenden doin' what he does best with his bass

Chris feelin' it!

Tyler doin' his thang!

here, the set list

walk on - theme from 'the running man' (intro)
your surrender
girls & boys in school
helpless
calling my name
in the next room
1983
phones (with a snippet of 'maneater' by hall & oates)
farther down
alarm
our war
animal
love & affection
attraction (with an amy winehouse 'love is a losing game' intro and tribute)
death of you & me
sins of my youth
never tear us apart (inxs cover)

i enjoyed every single second of the gig and i have to say when they did their radio hits, it was so much fun to see everyone jumping and singing with him and rocking out with the band. now i have to go and hunt down their earlier songs when they were all indie before they go all mainstream ha ha just a note, check out calling my name, one of my favourites!!

it was a very good night of rock 'n' roll and thank you fuji water and @jovenatheart!!

'HERE WE GO AGAIN..' - Animal

ps. i only own the first four (4) photos and the rest of the nicer ones are from quirk creative and no copyrights infringement intended.