The Dwarves: Photos/Review from Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11 ~ BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Dwarves: Photos/Review from Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

"It is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt" - Unknown

The show last Friday at the Knitting Factory started off fairly quiet but crowd really filled in prior to The Dwarves taking the stage. The Dwarves were more fired up than I've seen them in recent years and Blag was in and out of the crowd while beer was flying through the air.

The Dwarves - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

The band played as a four-piece - too many members have come and gone over the years for me to identify the lineup with certainty but a best guess would be Fresh Prince of Darkness, Gregory Pecker and Whölley Smökkes. The band blasted through their set, which spanned their back catalog from Blood, Gut and P*ssy to the present, and a very clean-cut looking Sgt. Saltpeter made a guest appearance on one song.

The Dwarves - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

The Dwarves - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

The Dwarves - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

The Dwarves - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

This is the first time that I've seen the band play without HeWhoCannotBeNamed (so no nudity at the show) but HeWho made an appearance toward the end of the set dressed in his wrestling mask and a pair of tighty-whities and stage-dived into the crowd. The show seemed to get cut short as there was one guy (photo below) who kept climbing onto and diving off the stage. His last time off - no one caught him so he hit the floor. He was bleeding (I didn't get a good look) and ended up in an ambulance and the show stopped there.

The Dwarves - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn 7-15-11

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