Over the last 13 years I guess. They have changed very little, but with a little help from the radio and TV advertisements, the band has worked their yelping, histrionic, violent music into fan base gold. They have recently added a second guitarist, Johnny Marr (from the Smiths), which is what bands tend to do when they reach a certain humungous level of success. (Do you remember when Pat Smear joined Nirvana on the In Utero tour?) Lead singer, Isaac Brock stills yelps – at least when he plays the old songs. The new ones had a more mellow feel, though. Brock was actually singing at some points.

This was good and bad. The new material stumbled off the blocks, with a lame excuse for a song called “Fire It Up” (I think so, because he said it about a million times) making me wonder if this ticket was worth all the trouble. Mid-set however they showed some of the song-writing and lyrical craft that has held these fans attention for 13 years. They’ve continued the eclectic direction they started a couple albums ago, and seem to be prepared to push it further. I don’t know if I’ll buy the new album, but I won’t object if someone else puts it on.