I saw Man On Man live in Montréal, the musical tale of a Daddy & a Son. A first for me : a gay rock show with other stuff than drags or non-binary people. Finally it happened to me! It did not feel queer more than it felt « brosy » and normal. To be honest, I find this vibe very hot. At some point, I felt they were both playing with their…. guitars….Sidenote, Daddy is the former drummer of Faith No More and the son is his boyfriend.

The Creepiness of Web 3.0

This is a band that was recommended to me by the algorithm. I guess it knows I’m gay and I would be attracted to them… And it worked…It is very weird to be bombarded by pictures of someone and then meeting them in real life to realize they have no idea who you are.

A Great Album : Provincetown

I enjoyed listening to the album. It is very intimate, soft and passionate. I think it was recorded at their home in Provincetown. I saw their stories and I can easily imagine they sang the songs to each other on their bed. The way sometimes the chorus sound like lullabies for children gives me that impression. It has a childish « teenager in love » vibe which is kind of cool and sweet.

Favorite line : « I don’t get the references, but I get the message »

Making music with Daddy has a nostalgic vibe

Music wise, it was the setting of The Kills guit//synth + drum machine. I call it cold rock because of the mix of drums machines, guitares, synchronised synth pads and melodies. It has a square mechanical vibe that resembles the steady pace of electronic music unlike typical chaotic rock. It did have a feeling of nostalgia.

In fact, their whole album (like I bought a cd and they where like « a what? » 😉 ) has this feeling of the past : the best years of the 00s indie rock. Its slow progressions, eery voices and a perfectly balanced mix of rock and synth makes it a perfect portrait. Like listening to « daddy’s polished new music », it does, nevertheless, feel like trying to recapture the the best of the past. Bring me back to the glory daze.

Man On Man is Wholesome Duo.

They started their show with a kiss and I was already smiling in my heart. I must say, that aspect of their brand is really cool and novel. Gay men didn’t really kiss or showed affection like that in Montréal back in the 00s. On stage like on their album « Provincetown », it is clear that they love each other pretty much and I enjoyed wittnessing it.

Stage Presence :Slinging their guitars like big dicks

Guitarists are hot. Ask any groupie. They are way hotter than djs even though djs are hot too. I couldn’t help myself but to be slightly aroused by the guitar gymnastics of the duos « man on man ». I had a video on my stories of them almost rubbing their two guitars together. I mean guitar playing steams from the penis and these two were definitly vibing together. The couple effect of Man on Man was in full action.

In conclusion

If Instagram does not show your crush a picture of you then don’t try 😉 meaning I definitly didn’t make an impression on them. Though I am glad to have seen a rock gay duo à la Daddy & Son. I liked how they stayed relatively prude compare to your average « queer performance » : the fact that they stay pretty clean about their performance is even hotter. It is definitly palpable that they love each other and sometimes less is more.

MAN ON MAN are currently on tour

Last note crowd incident

Let me put my Québécois hat and tell you about a unsound incident in the crowd. After a joke of the singer about his inability to communicate swiftly in french, a guy in the audience softly shouted « Fuck French » just loud enough so people around we could hear it but not the band. This is a great example of « your typical Canadian micro-agression against Québecois » for no reason. I didn’t say anything but it was hurtful….especially since nobody said anything. The double-standard is weird for such a « queer militant » space. I say this to raise awareness about those kind of « unsound » incident in Montreal when you are Québécois : they happen all the time. And to break the « narcissistic » canadian nice guy image, they only do that to us. It is like if every culture has the right to live but ours. They would never had said that about any other culture. End of the drama.