Saturday night at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, a few hundred fans were lucky enough to see the Peter Murphy, the “Godfather of Goth” at a sold out show.
The band “Ours” opened the night with the voice of Jimmy Gnecco who sounded like a young and fresh U2. “We’re just checking out the the sound for Peter”, Gnecco humbly says. Check out their latest release “Ballet the Boxer 1”.
During the break we got a sneak peek of Peter’s new project “Lion” which is being produced by Youth from Killing Joke.
Then Peter came out with his band and got going. The crowd a mix of young and old, some Goth, some not. Many of the classic Bauhaus tunes were belted out by a seasoned performer who is self-proclaimed as “(David) Bowie, Iggy (Pop), Frank Sinatra, Elvis (Presley) all rolled into one”. Classically dressed in leather pants and a smoking jacket with a furry collar, Mr Moonlight kicked out one after another with witty banter in between songs making light of his recent run-in. Peter broke out his melodica for “She’s in Parties” and other songs. For the encore, Hollow Hills really got the crowd going and polished the night off with Ziggy Stardust.
Spot on commentary from your ace reporter. So glad I got to see this!