Semi Precious Weapons In Montreal

Semi Precious Weapons - Bercy

Check out these awesome pics and vids of Semi Precious Weapons Dominating Bercy! Photos after the jump courtesy of the fabulous gagafrontrow.net

Semi Precious Weapons in Antwerp

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"Liebes Publikum" - so hatte sich bereits der Sänger der im Vorprogramm spielenden Glam-Rock-Band Semi Precious Weapons, Justin Tranter, an seine Hörer gewandt - "sollten Sie Kinder mitgebracht haben, bitte fühlen Sie sich von unseren offensiven Sexdarstellungen nicht provoziert! Danken Sie uns vielmehr dafür, dass Ihr Nachwuchs schon so früh in Kontakt mit den wahren Wonnen des Rock'n'Roll gelangt." Anschließend benässte Tranter, der im Hauptberuf ein erfolgreicher Juwelenschmuckdesigner ist, die vorderen Reihen mit Champagnerfontänen; es sei ja seine Aufgabe, das Publikum "heiß und feucht" für Lady Gaga zu machen."

Which according to google translates to...

"Dear audience" - that had been the singer of the opening act playing glam rock band Semi Precious Weapons, Justin Tranter, appealed to his listeners - "you should have brought children, please feel of our offensive sex resulting from male unprovoked! thank us rather that your children get up so early in contact with the true delights of rock and roll. " Then benässte Tranter, who is the main occupation, a successful jewelry designer, the front rows with champagne fountains and that it was indeed his task of making the audience to 'hot and humid "for Lady Gaga."

...You get the picture

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Dangerous Weapons: A review of Semi Precious Weapons' Boston Show

"From the moment the first three members of the Semi Precious Weapons climbed on stage at the Paradise Rock Club Tuesday night, it was clear that the mid-week crowd in attendance was about to get a little more than it anticipated. But to expect anything less than gritty, glitzy, garage-glam rock ‘n’ roll from the Weapons is a mistake people only ever make once.

Bassist and guitarist Cole Whittle and Stevy Pine threw themselves into the music with a violent and genuine disregard for their own personal safety and the safety of the structure surrounding them. Drummer Dan Crean leered around the stage masterfully, smirking as if he owned the beat itself –– which he did. The moment the first notes of their self-titled song “Semi Precious Weapons” roared from the amps, Pine and Whittle pitched themselves into an enthusiastic head-on collision with the music and, several times, narrowly avoided actual collisions with everything ranging from the stage, their equipment, an understandably wary-looking crew member and, most often, each other.

By the time the band’s front man Justin Tranter ascended to the stage in a white mesh mini dress, ripped fishnets, impossibly high heeled gold glitter boots and not much else –– with a bottle of Jack Daniels swinging from his hand so smoothly that Ke$ha herself would have surrendered the bottle she uses for dental hygiene on the spot out of respect for a superior presence –– the three other members had worked themselves into a frenzy. Some of the skeptics in the audience might have doubted the band’s ability to maintain such an intense presence for more than a few minutes. But the Weapons didn’t disappoint.

As the song ended, Tranter stepped to the edge of the stage, balancing on mile-long legs (so toned that upon seeing them, even Gwyneth Paltrow might consider hitting the gym a little harder) and let the audience, and the rest of Boston, know exactly who it was that had just gotten their attention.

“We . . . are the Semi Precious Weapons from New York City,” he roared into the microphone. “And our job on this Tuesday night is to get all you Massachusetts [people] laid!”

With that, the band launched into its set of blazing and rough glam rock, and the stage exploded like a supernova of energy. Whittle and Pine continued their epic battle of guitar versus bass, while Crean watched over the artful chaos from his perch above his crazed band mates.

As for Tranter, he commanded the stage, thrusting his mic at the audience, drenching them in champagne from a bottle bearing his own face, writhing half-naked on center stage as he performed possibly the most sexualized and public costume change ever in the history of music, gasping as he poured the intensity of a final performance into every single song.

Despite Tranter’s mid-show declaration that “Rock ‘n’ roll has been dead for a very long time,” it might just be that the Semi Precious Weapons are what rock ‘n’ roll has been missing. All those old sold-out, has-been rockers need a taste of this medicine, like a kind of Pulp Fiction-esque adrenaline shot to the heart, courtesy of the Weapons. Cynics might say rock is dead, but the Semi Precious Weapons were playing with the volume and intensity to wake whatever dead rock deities need resurrecting.

“I don’t care that it’s Tuesday, Boston,” Tranter screamed, as the music swelled behind him. “We’re gonna party like it’s Saturday night at 3 a.m.!”

As the crowd shrieked its approval back to him, Tranter exploded to his full height: “Now that’s the applause I expect to hear after feeding champagne to minors and changing my entire outfit on stage!” he roared.
But Tranter’s secret isn’t that he expects to hear that applause after such a performance. He expects it for simply living his life. That attitude, and the band’s take-no-prisoners, shoot-the-messenger rock rage infused with glamour, is exactly why the Semi Precious Weapons might just be rock’s last great new hope." - Credit: Julia Butler

VIDEO: Semi Precious Weapons Dominate The Roxy

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Semi Precious Weapons at the Rising Sun!

Semi Precious Weapons made their way back to New ZeZe for  an "exclusive, one night only Auckland show."

VRepublic gave away 100 double passes to the show that took place on April 10th at The Rising Sun in Auckland. Semi Precious Weapons performed their set and continued the filthy glamour by doing a DJ set. VRepublic also picked some very lucky fans to go back stage and hang with Semi Precious Weapons .  Check out some of these great photos and videos of their awesome performance!

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Here Are Some Recent Reviews & Videos of our Boys performances!

On Monday night, thousands of Canberrans flocked to AIS Arena for what was promised to be a production of New York proportions, Lady Gaga's Monster Ball.

"The foyer was packed with 15-year-olds wearing too little and 30-somethings who hadn’t been out in a while.

Lady Gaga’s long time friends Semi Precious Weapon were given the challenging task of supporting the iconic artist.

The four piece pulled out all the stops, setting the stage alive with their modern take on dirty glam rock. Their mentality was ‘act like a rock star, get treated like one,’ catching the audience off guard and encouraging their chants for Gaga as a back-beat to their songs.

Lead singer Justin Tranter showed-off his trashy show style, completing a full outfit change on stage, on his back, stripping down to merely a g-string and nude fishnets.

Semi Precious Weapons eventually had Gaga’s fans screaming for them and singing along to songs never before heard in Canberra. Lyrics like their infectious self-titled track, 'I can’t pay my rent but I’m fucking gorgeous' could be heard echoing through the arena.

Tranter announced that the band are long-time friends of Gaga and have performed with her since 2003, earning them instant cred amongst punters." - outincanberra.com.au

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"I’m not going to lie to you, I’ve never heard of Semi-Precious Weapons, the opening band for the night. Though apparently they have been performing with Lady Gaga since 2006, and have no aversion to telling parents where they can stick it for bringing their 5 year old children to a concert with explicit language and raunchy costumes." - Tahnee Brahim

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"Hours before the doors are due to open, the hallways of the Entertainment Centre are completely packed – skinny, wide-eyed gay boys with lightning strikes drawn across their faces and high school girls jacked up on pink vodka cruisers and psyching up to elbow their way to the front if necessary. The implication is clear – it’s fucking Gaga time. New York punks Semi-Precious Weapons play a brief but bracing opening set, spitting champagne and sneering come-ons" - Rave Magazine  

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Here are some of the latest concert vids posted by some Youtube Users!

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 It's Thursday. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing.  So here is some concert riff raff for ye. 

"We watched the opening act, Semi Precious Weapons, who were very eccentric to say the least and probaly a great fit to open for Lady Gaga. The lead male singer in the band was even wearing high heels and a dress. They were quite entertaining and full of energy which got me even more excited for the show to begin." - Mary Toteff

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"Semi Precious Weapons opened the show. I've only heard of these guys by name, and Gaga used to open for them YEARS ago when she was a teenager performing in clubs for the first time. The band itself was full of flamboyant members, with the main singer wearing no pants, stocking and heels, which at one point he REMOVED on stage to change into some new clothes. They were pretty entertaining to watch, and the music itself actually wasn't too bad. They sang thrashy style rock, i'll definitely check out their album." - Anomalyx
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"A band from New York-fucking City opened for her, called Semi Precious Weapons. They were fucking awesome. And they said the word ‘fucking’ a lot.

Needless to say I kinda fell in love with the lead singer.

Oh he’s HOT. And so BAD.

He was wearing these glittery boots and asked the crowd:

“Sydney, do you like my shoes?”

And we cheered.

And he was like ‘I said, SYDNEY, do you like my fucking shoes?”

And we screamed louder.

Oh I love." - Tasnim

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