Frankie Clarke of Los Frankies (and Frankie & the Studs) told us about her Voidz experience...
Frankie Clarke: Two years ago we saw The Voidz play one of their four nights at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. We flew into SF from LA just to catch one of the shows as both Frank [Salazar] and I are huge Voidz fans.
I swiped right on Frank because the anthem on his Tinder profile was “M.A.D.” by the Voidz (and I thought it was funny that his name is also Frankie and a fellow Voidz fan). Needless to say when it came to celebrating my birthday, the only thing I really wanted was to catch one of these Voidz shows. I’m still sorry to my friend who I had to miss her bachelorette party for these tickets, but I think deep down she understands. We’ve both seen the Strokes and the Voidz many times before, but the energy of this night was different than any other show we’ve been to.
Julian Casablancas was on his A-game and he had the audience in the palm of his leather gloved hand. The energy in the room was palpable.. electric, but tense. The fans were ravenous for Julian, roaring and pouncing at his every note and movement, ready to devour what the band was serving. We didn’t come alone, but I imagine even if you did, you felt like you were a part of something much bigger & greater.. some large ball of energy ready to combust.
The band was on fire, the setlist was perfectly crafted, and us fans lapped it all up. Julian’s primal scream in ‘Pyramid of Bones’ awakened a part of my jaded LA soul that I thought died long ago. That show gave me everything I ever wanted out of a show. The feeling of singing along alone in your bedroom or car to these songs for years, but coming together and singing along with everyone’s sweat and spit on you and realizing you are not alone, we can all be connected and present for this one magical moment. If we could relive that night again, I know we both would.
Oh yeah funny aside, we sat next to the opening band, Automatic, at brunch the morning of the show. They ripped too. May we protect Julian Casablancas, the last wave of the true rockstars, at all costs.
Los Frankies' single "Dog City" is out now. The D.E.D. City album is out March 6.
Photo by: Kalie Pontes
