It is safe to say that Blood On The
Dance Floor is an intriguing band. Amidst all the hair and make-up and alter
egos of Dahvie Vanity and Jayy Von Monroe they have an incredibly loyal,
dedicated fan base and a small army of songs.
Est.1987 headed down to Manchester Academy
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| Blood On The Dance Floor |
For
anyone who sees the band’s music as parody or comical, definitely shouldn’t mention
that if you happen to find yourself at a Blood On The Dance Floor show. Not
only do the fans know and believe every lyric, but they also don their hair
dye, eccentric make-up and coloured contact lenses and become one of the “Slash
Gash Terror Crew”. The fact that tonight’s show is sold out is testament to
their fan base over here in the UK
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| Jayy Von Monroe on stage in Manchester |
Electro
meets crunk-rock, meets new romance meets vampire chic and we are just about
there as they blast through unreserved songs such as “Death To Your Heart” and the
video-game like “Star Power”. Dahvie Vanity spends the majority of the set down
within the crowd; either that or on stage pulling pranks between taking to the
mic. As well as being carried out on top of the crowd itself he also spends
much of his time revealing his derrière on stage, on numerous occasions, much
to the delight of his fans.
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| Blood On The Dance Floor on stage in Manchester! |
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| Jay in Manchester |
Blood
On The Dance Floor is joined on stage by a full band including a female
violinist, which surprisingly works to bring the entire show together and adds
another dynamic to the already diverse performance. The unrelenting foam cannon
firing out into the crowd, however, adds a whole other dimension to the
performance.
“It’s colder than hell outside and hot as f**k in here”, laughs
one of the two front-men, Jayy. “Scream For My Ice Cream” in typical rapping
meets spoken-word style, is a crude as it sounds; whilst “Yo Ho! (A Pirate’s
Life For Me)” is jovial, flamboyant and dare we say immature.“Bewitched”
sees the band pull a large chunk of the crowd onto the stage with them; cue
tears, hysterics and phones at the ready to capture the action. Admittedly, the
more ballad-like electronic based song is actually the bands catchiest and most
approachable song; one for the Blood On The Dance Floor newbies, to ease them
in.
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| Dahvie Vanity in the sold out Manchester crowd |
It’s
safe to say you are either in one of two camps. One side whole-heartedly “get
it” and believe in everything that the band represents and sings about; the
other, clueless to the hype. And there is very little in-between. That said,
Blood On The Dance Floor clearly only concentrate on their loyal devotees which
has to be applauded and, by the looks of tonight’s sold out crowd, they are an
increasing number, whether we like it or not.
