March 16, 2007 8:08

The Horrors hit SXSW

Faris and co perform a raucous set

The Horrors played their first show at the South By Southwest festival tonight (March 15), performing a typically raucous set.

Taking to the stage with a bunch of black helium balloons around his neck, the band's frontman Faris Rotter embarked on his usual rampage of violence and destruction, which saw him shove his label boss from the stage, swing from ceiling lights and trash the venue’s bar.

At one point he barged through the crowd to pick up a rubbish bin filled with cans, which he then threw from the stage.

The show ended with the crowd pelting the band with cans and plastic glasses, and a final stagedive from Rotter.

They played:

‘Jack the Ripper’
‘Count In Fives’
‘She Is the New Thing’
‘Sheena Is A Parasite’
‘Crawdaddy Simone’
‘Gloves’

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