I saw New Model Army in concert at a tiny place in Wicker Park here in Chicago last Saturday night and I am still smiling. What a fantastic concert and what a fantastic band! They still stick to their shit, still rock, still stir up trouble and still have really bad teeth. I haven’t had a case of goosebumps as bad as this one at a concert in a long long time. “Here Comes the War” may just be the perfect opening song, especially considering that US customs seized not only ALL of their CDs upon entering the US from Canada (threatening to the homeland, evidently–probably for the same reason that anti-imperialist band were denied visas for their last tour a few months ago) along with a lot of other merchandise, including all buttons that said “I’m not at war.” Apparently, one has to be at war these days in order to enter the US–somewhat perplexing, really (“Put out the lights of the Age of Reason!”). To sum up, there is really not much more to this post than this: I love this band! (But apparently not as much as my friend–she briefly considered jumping the bass player.)
The movers move, the shakers shake // the winners rewrite history // but from high on the high hills // it all looks like nothing
old-school but contemporary:
and about two weeks ago–shitty quality, too big of a venue, but otherwise represents their present state (unchanged) state quite well:
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Cerebral Jetsam 
I saw them live twice – once as New Model Army, and once they were touring in very small venues as ‘Raw Melody Men’. Tthis was ages ago. I must have been 15 or 16 and the year 1990 (+/- a year)
Caught them a few years back. Killer show, always.