From the 2007 DVD Demons of the Night Gather to See Black Widow Live.
Y'know what I was just saying about the alternate universe version of Jefferson Airplane? Well, I guess this is the evil alternate universe version of Jethro Tull. OK, maybe not, but it's flute-rock, damn it, and I'm tired and running out of clever references, so that'll have to do. A fine prog band from the U.K., Black Widow put on a hell of a stage show, rife with mystery and ritual, culminating with something that totally improves any concert: a mock-sacrifice of a naked girl! Pretty out-there stuff for it's day. Kinda hard to believe this track actually used to get some limited air-play back when it first came out, though I ain't holding my breath for it to start showing up on any ClearChannel-owned classic rock stations.
Great vid! I saw Mortiis do a similar deal when I saw him open up for Christian Death. He "sacrificed" a girl about halfway into the show, then near the end, he doused her in blood (she was hanging from an X-shaped cross the entire time), unhooked her, threw her over his shoulder, and walked off. End of show.
ReplyDeleteAnd for more fun, Clive Jones and Clive Box later went on to form the weird ultra-campy punk/metal band Agony Bag, who's aesthetic seemed like it was straight out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show...
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