<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bassist Josh Finerty begins stampeding across the stage as the band jumps into \u201cAlphabet,\u201d the opener from 2021\u2019s Drunk Tank Pink, <\/em>and the crowd moshing begins. We move in closer, close enough to see the whites of Steen\u2019s eyes as he looks as if he\u2019s about to dive off the stage. But not yet. He does so quickly during the older track, \u201cConcrete,\u201d again commanding the audience to move by his will as they chant along \u201cNo more questions.\u201d A moment to give some praise to drummer Charlie Forbes, an absolute beast holding his band together as they trill-pick their guitars, chant vocals, and run around, unhinged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a point where someone in the crowd asks what we are all thinking\u2014where did Steen obtain the Sailor Moon t-shirt? \u201cI got this in Chinatown, in your beautiful city Montreal!\u201d he screams. \u201cIn fact, let\u2019s all cheer for Chinatown!\u201d The crowd breaks into a thunderous applause right before shame launches into \u201cSix Pack.\u201d Steen of course removes his shirt, revealing his South London tough guy strong physique, and begins flexing invisible dumbbells in unison with the muffled wah-wah guitars.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every frontman has their own style when playing the stage, and at this point until the end of the show, it seems Steen wants to work out and sweat as much as he possibly can, doing reps with the mic stand and flexing his pecs and arms. It\u2019s funny for a bit, but after a while, you realize he has to keep moving, or perhaps he\u2019d run out of steam. I\u2019ve never seen Iggy Pop in his heyday, but it must be something like that, minus the bodily mutilation. The only point where Steen and the crowd switch from moshing to swaying is during the human equalizer \u201cAdderall,\u201d a solemn number about how half of the world is on some sort of medication to get them through the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance of the entire night is during the last three songs from the shame debut album, Songs of Praise<\/em>, but the real cherry was during \u201cGold Hole,\u201d when Steen crowd surfed towards the venue rafters and climbed them until he jumped off backward and was caught with ease. You don\u2019t see shit like that at every show. Shame brought the intensity and the crowd was happy to oblige.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The evening begins with the electrified stylings of a scrappy punk band from New York, called Been Stellar, and ends coated in sweat, thanks to shame, one of the biggest UK punk bands right now.\u00a0 The darkened upstairs venue of Les Foufounes \u00c9lectriques\u2014a storied venue with its own punk rock history, like housing Nirvana in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1197,"featured_media":98628,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"categories":[8152,5194],"tags":[],"genre":[],"salle":[],"ville":[],"class_list":["post-98627","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","category-events-overviews"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/StephanBoissonneault-shame-6.jpg\")
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