Just got back from the Metro on Oxford Street London and bloody hell 7th February ImaRobot has been added to their listings.... Still pissed off that i've wasted quite a few hundred pounds on trips to Germany and Belgium but suppose i'm glad that i'll get to see em on my birthday after all...

Thanks for the info and proof via the pic.

Yeah, we're looking pretty far ahead and I guess schedules change all the time. Let's up the 7th stays.

I remember the last show they played at the Metro in London. I was lucky enough to be there for that one!

Good luck and thanks for keep us posted.

I was at the last one too so let's hope there's a few more people there this time...

i will be there. thats a great picture. any news on ticketS!?

ima robot
dave dulake and virgo intacta+the dash

Following the release of their eponymous album, Los Angeles noise-synth-pop-etc quintet Ima Robot (feat. members of Beck's backing band), return to the Metro once more with their unique mix of new-wave punk-pop.

"They whip up a frenzy of keyboard bleeps 'n' bloops, meaty guitar riffs and big funky bass; it boils down to infectious, fancy-pants garage rock. Also working in Ima Robot's favor is the fact that the rhythm section of Meldal-Johnsen and Waronker are studio pros who spent much of the '90s backing up Beck. As left-of-center L.A. rock pedigrees go, Ima Robot's is better than most" popmatters.comm

"Whilst Ima Robot trade heavily on the crude, heavy riffing of PIL, Big Audio Dynamite and the Sex Pistols, and the angular, spasmo vocals of John Lydon (Dynomite, A Is For Action, 12=3 Here Comes The Doctors, Here Comes The Bombs) the sound relies as much on the wiggling electro currents of bands like Devo, Talking Heads and early glammers, Sparks (Song#1, Lets Talk Turkey and Black Jettas). That any band who pays this much attention to the archive, can comfortably scale the heights of freshness and originality themselves. The distorted, double-tracked Alex Ebert vocal and the edgy, monosyllabic drum beat provide Ima Robot with a haunting and disturbing hot suicide bent both musically and lyrically a combination as unsettling and alienating as anything on Syd Barrett release, and as perversely tender as anything by Joy Division. With Hot Hot Heat, and Stellastarr* and Interpol having furrowed the field in preparation for their advance, their marvellously vital splicing of new-wave, new romanticism and punk makes it almost inevitable theyll exploit that opportunity to the fullest." 2-4-7-music.com

date: Sat 07/02/04
doors: 8pm-11pm
admission: £6
promoter: blow up


Hopefully my mate got tickets last night, cos i got a feeling this is gonna sell like hashcakes!

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Originally posted by lomax Hopefully my mate got tickets last night, cos i got a feeling this is gonna sell like hashcakes!

Oooh yah! :saint:

Just joined this forum today. Do you really think this'll sell out, I've never met anyone in London who has even heard of Ima Robot, let alone are fans. It's good to know some exist however. Sadly can't make this or the show on the 5th, any chance they'll come back to London anytime soon??

Will be at Metro's tomorrow to see Melody Club who i'd recommend to people here. www.melodyclub.com

And if you want somewhere decent to go after the show on the 7th... www.glam-ou-rama.co.uk

Check the Germany cancellation thread--Tim mentioned possibly heading back to Europe later this year.

hopefully a 5/6+ gig tour of the UK! hopefully! oh, and dyler, what your avatar all about?

That's my mate Johnny Ribs who sings in an ImaRobot tribute band called "Fuck all else to do"...

Yeah...it's probably Dyler after hours....heheheh

Ha ha... I just pissed myself at that.. Funny girl.

Chill Dyl's! Do I hint a bit of sarcasm?! A 'Bot tribute band! Ask them to record some stuff so we can hear!!! Should be good....

No sarcasm Lomax they really are.. And lucky you if you drive 20 minutes down the A40 to Northolt on Friday 13th Feb you can witness them in the flesh cos that's where they're playing next..

What, and they play all Ima Robot covers?

you are crazy people!

DylerPlummer, what did the think of their set last time they played the metro?

Peace
Mark

Come down lomax and find out for yourself...

Mark.. The songs were new to me when they played the Metro last time but i enjoyed Reading more and the Barfly was excellent.. This time will be even better cos i know most of the stuff.. 2 days to go.. Ha ha.

Lucky guys...you only have a day or so left before you see the Bot!

HELL YEAH! Work tonight, school tommorrow, straight to bus stop, bus to train station, get into Marleyone at about 5ish, go to Tottenham Court Road, and let the fun commence........

Hell yeah! relax tonight,work tomorrow,home and smack the children,drag the oldest one along to the gig,into the van,pick a few people up on the way,arrive at the Astoria and hunt for Lomax and Mark.. One of my friends has got a spare ticket if anybody needs one..
I've also got something for you Lomax so i'll be on the lookout for someone who looks extremely excited and is also giving out stickers..

Hey smack the kids for me too.....just kidding.

When I read that I had to crack up. Aren't you the busy one with 4 of them? That's great you can take the oldest one with you.....have fun tomorrow guys!!!!! Tell the Bot that everyone on the .NET boards love them! Try and get some photos!!!:D

Yeah i'm the one with 4.. My oldest Jennifer (she's 15.. "my god how old are you then".. ha ha.. Still in my 30's but not for long) goes to loadsa gigs with me and has done since a young age.. These will be her 3rd and 4th Robot gigs.. Lucky for me she likes the same stuff as me but as for my 13 year old.. "Boo".. She's rebelling against me.. She likes R'n'B.. Ha ha..
Then there's two younger ones.. We'll have to wait and see what they like but Anthony (he's 3) is already a little Punk rocker cos he tells me everyday..

OH! What do you have for me?!?!?!

You'll find out in about 4 hours time..