Odds are if you’ve heard about Black Lips it’s most likely due to seeing one of their crazy live shows are talking to someone who has. Stage diving, nudity, urinating and countless other acts done for “shock value” can be expected at a typical Lips set. Although they’ve claimed that they have cut down on their on-stage shenanigans, their recent stint in India where they subsequently got banned from the sub-continent after their second gig (the final slot in an Indian Metal “Battle of the Bands”) proves that their new-found “maturity” seems to be intermittent at best.

After the dust settled, the Black Lips caught a plane to Germany to record an EP with fellow, and equally volatile, King Khan before heading out on a European tour, sans Khan. Needless to say after hearing the news from Asia, I was amped to be able to see their act in person at a small venue in Munich. After an energetic but overall flat opener HARA-KEE-REES, the crowd braced for the main event by compacting themselves close to the stage. This was probably the most excited I’ve seen a European audience since my arrival a year ago.
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