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On this day, 2 February 2003, American rock band Electric Six played Cardiff’s Barfly.
Formed in 1996 in Detroit, Michigan. Their music was described by AllMusic as a combination of garage, disco, punk rock, new wave, and metal. The band achieved recognition in 2003 with the singles "Danger! High Voltage" and "Gay Bar".
The 2003 release of "Danger! High Voltage" (produced and mixed by Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury) proved a massive hit, particularly in the United Kingdom.
The single also garnered the band public attention after a rumor got out that a pre-fame Jack White from The White Stripes sang backup vocals on the single track "Danger! (High Voltage)" when it was recorded.
Although this was presented as fact in multiple sources, then-guitarist Surge said in an interview:
'What about the Jack White rumors? Who sings with Dick Valentine in the song?' Surge responds, 'No, no it's a fan. We put a competition out, um and he won, he's a mechanic, it wasn't Jack White.' Disco adds, 'Yeah he was probably the only person that entered!'
Setlist
She's White
Nuclear War (On the Dance Floor)
I Invented the Night
Improper Dancing
Electric Demons (In Love)
Remote Control (Me)
Gay Bar
Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother)
I'm the Bomb
Danger! High Voltage
Dance Commander
Vengeance and Fashion
(The Dirty Shame cover)
Encore:
Radio Ga Ga
(Queen cover)
Don't Be Afraid of the Robot
I'm a Demon
(Roky Erickson cover)
