I'm with you on that for some bands it's true that they inevitably lose some of their charm when their sound gets cleaner, more professional, their song structures more sophisticated, etc. - I've had that feeling about those BPP albums made since around mid nullties. btw, pretty much the same thing about what Hospitāļu Iela did in their latter years. and the same happens when someone makes a cover cleaner than the original.
some friend yesterday told me that the cover which was being played at the moment of the conversation between me and him (don't remember which band was it) seemed "plakanāks" than the original. and same could be said about a few other songs performed yesterday.
but. what Frontlines and Toms Auniņš did was truly awesome. not a bit of the authentic fierceness was lost. and Inokentijs Mārpls was fine too.
shame, though, that no proper heavy band had covered BPP.
imagine some oldschool hardcore version of Tava Māja or a crust, or screamo, or grind, or black metal Katru Minūti or Pusi Tev Pusi Sev, or a stoner/sludge Romāna Varonis or Eventuālā. how fanfuckintastic would that be.

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oh, forgot to mention Alis P. he was great too. afaik he is probably the only person in latvias so-called alternative scene who beats māris šverns in off-keyness.

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sure - Auninsh kungs was in my 'humble'(ha ha) opinion closer to the mark - re your other comments, you know, I am (and have been for about 20 years) a little bored with the theatre of all these genres. Comes from having started playing in 85, and watching trend after trend sweep up swathes of bands into various characterless masses (all of whom seemed to be under the comforting illusion that whatever genre they'd hung their hats on gave them character and personality). BPP are I suppose a subset of a genre, but they are, on occasion, summoned into another realm (closer to the reality of things): beyond posing.

Citu starpaa - mees gadijumaa nebuutu pazistaami? Esmu dzirdeejis 'fanfuckintastic' kaut kur ;)

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