They had a growing reputation as a ferocious live act and a well-received album in the shops, but things had barely improved.
A previous recording, under the direction of Seiji Ozawa, gave only a hazy impression of Messiaen's score, but this one, under Kent Nagano, is crystalline...Nagano conducts the Halle Orchestra in a ferocious live performance from the Salzburg Festival.
His various live sets have illuminated his progress both as sensitive acoustic troubadour (he just released a superb 1970 show, "Live at the Cellar Door") and as proto-grunge rocker (the ferocious "Live Rust," released just months after "Rust Never Sleeps," back in 1979).
Pivot are a studio unit capable of ferocious live performances, using regular gear (guitar, bass, drums) and electronic equipment (laptops, synths), programmed beats and live instrumentation, to flit between serene electronica and furiously played, complex math-rock, often in the same song.
Still fresh, that is, as they'd played together for years and were a ferocious live act, their chops honed with endless playing in Britain and Germany.
Belying the common perception that punk bands couldn't play their instruments, contemporary music press reviews, later critical assessments of concert recordings, and testimonials by fellow musicians indicate that the Pistols had developed into a tight, ferocious live band.
Post Rock bands often have ferocious live shows and can be very exciting to watch.
Last year saw a ferocious squeeze on living standards because prices rose much faster than wages, but that gap should close, making those still in work feel a bit better off.
The members of my family inspire me with their dedication and ferocious appetite for living.
Led Zeppelin live was a ferocious experience, or so I've been told.
