Flashback: Ours at the 400 Bar, Minneapolis (July 10, 2012)
Ours Setlist
- Willing
- Miseryhead
- Sing
- Devil
- Drowning
- Murder
- Black
- Bells
- Ran Away
- Saint
- Sometimes
- Running
- Get ‘Em Out
- Fallen Souls
Please note, the following was originally published on Wednesday, 11 July 2012, but the post did not convert over to the new website. So, re-presented here, with setlist and reformatting, is the original post, with a thumbnail photo of the band Ours at the 400 Bar. I cannot find the original image, it is lost to time.
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Ours stopped by Minneapolis’ 400 Bar as part of their Ballet the Boxer tour.
There were two opener bands, which I did not catch the first act. Kids of Comets closed out the show. The Kids played rock and they had a great light setup, which was synced to their beats. I didn’t know much about the band, but I know for certain they played “Boys Will Be Boys”.
Confession: Amy and I saw Ours at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis about ten years ago. What I can tell you back then was the show was packed and singer Jimmy Gnecco loved being photographed. He’s singing into people’s camera, he’s hanging off the ceiling, he’s jumping into the crowd. The guy was a born performer.
Seeing Ours (with their current roster) last night, I can report back that the band is still solid! Gnecco still has that incredible voice. To me, singers who stressed their vocals like Gnecco can demonstrate live – they don’t last long as singers.
As you can see from their set list, they did songs from the first two albums, Distorted Lullabies and Precious, as sort of bookends. The middle of their set is mostly from Mercy with songs like “Murder”, “Black”, and “Saint”. You also got “Bells”, which was from Gnecco’s solo album, Heart.
Clearly the fans favorite songs came from the debut album, “Fallen Souls”, which they closed out the set.
Personally, because I am a huge Information Society fan, I absolutely loved their cover version of “Running”. It was more harder and less synth, but that’s just what that song needed. Since Information Society started in Minneapolis, this song held a special meaning for me.
Anyway, Ours are currently on their summer tour. They are doing a few dates with the legendary Peter Murphy, so lucky you if you live in those area.
Tour dates:
- 07/11/12 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
- 07/13/12 Kansas City, MO Czar Bar
- 07/14/12 St. Louis, MO Firebird
- 07/16/12 Nashville, TN 12th & Porter
- 07/17/12 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
- 07/19/12 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
- 07/20/12 New York, NY Webster Hall
- 08/09/12 Portland, OR Star Theater
- 08/10/12 Seattle, WA El Corazon
- 08/11/12 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
- 08/12/12 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
- 08/14/12 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
- 08/15/12 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar
- 08/16/12 West Hollywood, CA Roxy Theatre
- 08/17/12 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s Night
- 08/18/12 Oakland, CA New Parish
- 08/19/12 Bakersfield, CA On The Rocks
- 08/27/12 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
- 08/28/12 Atlanta, GA The EARL
Ours at the 400 Bar, Minneapolis (07 10 12)
