Sharpys light Original Misfits’ reunion
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The Original Misfits got back together for a series of gigs last year and continue to play selected venues in 2020. Their next appearance will be headlining Mexico City’s Domination Fest in May.
The reunion shows, which included dates in LA, Denver and Seattle, coincided with the band’s 40th anniversary; they sold out their date at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
Eddy designed the shows with a huge fanned out finger rig; six of the long fingers feature 18 Sharpys, bottom hung. An LED videowall is upstage split into seven 5 x 20ft strips with strobes and blinders in between on ladders. Twelve Sharpys are bottom hung on upstage GT floor towers. An additional eight fixtures are on the downstage edge of the deck. DSS, Inc. provided the fixtures.
“Sharpy has been the main workhorse in my rigs for almost 10 years now,” says Eddy. “They’re the best, with the most even beam and fastest, smoothest motion - even with the pinspot beam at its narrowest - that beats every other beam fixture.”
Eddy notes: “Sharpys have always been the go-to fixtures that have set my shows apart. I love using beams and negative space in my designs.”
Psycho Las Vegas grows larger in production, budget and size each year. Although the festival has its roots in heavy metal and rock, the line-up has become more diverse than ever. The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino hosted three days of the 2019 festival, which included headliners Misfits, Electric Wizard, High on Fire, Clutch, Opeth and Beach House.
DSS, Inc. provided Eddy with the festival’s Sharpys. He is already planning for the 2020 event upping the Claypaky complement to 30 Xtylos, 20 Sharpy Plus fixtures, 32 new ReflectXion next-generation moving mirrors and eight A.leda B-EYE K20s.
(Jim Evans)
