Saw the Fixx at a small club in Grand Rapids MI on Monday night. I always liked this band back in the day and thought they were a cut above most of the New Wave bands that were out at the time. I had only seen them once before as an opening act for the Moody Blues way back in the mid-80’s. The current version of the band has all of the original members and they are touring on the heels of a very good new album called “Beautiful Friction”. The club was a small venue that I think holds around 400 or so. I would say it was about half full. The band came out and started with several tracks from the new album, then went back into their catalogue pulling out some hits and album tracks. The sound mix was not very good at the beginning (you could hardly hear any guitar), but they seemed to get that worked out as the night went on. Cy has lost nothing in his vocal range and is still his cynical self. Instrumentally the band were totally tight all night long with guitarist Jamie West – Orum pulling out some really tasty solos. I never really understood why this band fell off the radar so quickly back in the day, but they are still a vital strong band today. The crowd was small, but I guess not that unusual for a show that did not start until 10PM on a Monday night. The opening act was a local dance / pop / new wave duo called Alexis. Not really my cup of tea, but they were good at what they did.
Here is the set list:
ANYONE ELSE
JUST BEFORE DAWN
TAKE A RISK
BEAUTIFUL FRICTION
WHAT GOD?
HAPPY LANDINGS
OUTSIDE
ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
LESS CITIES MORE MOVING PEOPLE
TREASURE IT
STAND OR FALL
FOLLOW THAT CAB
I’M LIFE
BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
SAVED BY ZERO
ENCORE:
DEEPER AND DEEPER
SHAMAN
RED SKIES
Steve Sly
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Originally Posted by ThomasKDye
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