{"id":59,"date":"2015-04-14T12:45:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T12:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-mag.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2015-04-21T09:23:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T09:23:06","slug":"claudio-simonettis-goblin-roadburn-festival-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin – Roadburn Festival 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin perform\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Dawn Of The Dead<\/i>: Director\u2019s Cut<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 11<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> April, Roadburn Festival 2015, Tilburg, Holland<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 1982 we got\u00a0our first video player and I, then aged 11, discovered that you could hire three films for 50p if you got\u00a0them back to the store (The Video Eye) by 5pm. Dawn Of The Dead<\/i> was a repeat hire \u2013 I could simply watch that film all day (well, until\u00a0teatime anyhow). <\/span><\/p>\n

There are worse ways to nurse a hangover than by joining a sprawled Roadburn audience in the giant, multi-tiered 013 auditorium on a rainy Tilburg mid-afternoon to watch arguably the best zombie film being soundtracked live by the musicians who wrote and recorded the original. Claudio Simonetti’s version of the band Goblin is a tight ship \u2013they\u2019re great players and hit all the right buttons. Simonetti’s keyboard playing defines \u201cwizardry\u201d and their live score is suitably LOUD (it is Roadburn after all) shaking the audience to the very core. A jagged bass riff underpins the revamped soundtrack and fortunately (accidentally?) the\u00a0bass guitar is incredibly high in the mix, coming back time and again to punctuate the film\u2019s splatter. There\u2019s a subdued buzz from the Roadburn audience for what is effectively a cinematic experience \u2013\u00a0no moshing, no horns and the air is barely punched. The biggest cheers however are saved for the celluloid action (Tom Savini paring a zombie\u2019s face with a machete is awarded one of the loudest cries). <\/span><\/p>\n

Both George A Romero\u2019s \u201978 film and Simonetti’s Goblin receive standing ovations, confirming this as the best way to watch your favourite zombie blow-out: a huge screen, a sympathetic audience and a live score to give your guts a pounding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Louis Comfort-Wiggett<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Goblin performing\u00a0Dawn Of The Dead<\/em> at Roadburn Festival 2015<\/p>\n