BURST: Video Footage, Photos Of Farewell Concert Posted Online

Sweden's BURST played its last show ever this past Friday, December 18 at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg. The band performed two sets, the first consisting of BURST's latest album, "Lazarus Bird", from beginning to end, including songs like "Momentum" and "City Cloaked", which had never been played live before. After a break, BURST played a set of fan favorites as well as songs the band rarely or never performed live. The entire show was filmed for a possible DVD release.

Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below (courtesy of Daniel Falk of Framednoise.com. Photos are available at this location (courtesy of Lukin of Lukinzine.se).

BURST announced its decision to disband in July, stating at the time, "BURST have made music in this constellation for over ten years now, and while our creative urges remain intact, the energy and motivation it takes to be in a band that continues to grow and gets a lot of touring offers has slowly but continuously weakened over the last years. Why? Who knows.

"There are a million and one reasons why we haven't been able to reignite ourselves following the release of 'Lazarus Bird'. We were so proud of that album, and we should have had all the power in the world within us. But something's been missing. For a while now our band has been shaky, unmotivated and prone to a lot of internal discussions, and all that has sucked the energy out of us. That's not how it should be.

"We guess the most significant reasons are that we have different views on what our band should be about, how much effort we are able and willing to put into it, as well as individual band members' wish to prioritize other things in their respective lives. We are too proud of our band and our music to let it slowly wither or perhaps explode in a flurry of intra-band conflict. So, we'll end it now amicably and avoid what could possibly turn into a less-friendly split. We might have separate views and wills, but there is no animosity between us now.

"When you think about it, being in a rock band is a fucked-up social experiment: five different persons are to agree on something as individual as creative visions AND have the personal chemistry to be able to spend a disproportionate amount of time together on tour buses and cramped backstage rooms. There are a lot of nasty smells to be digested, a lot of insane behavior to be handled, a lot of mundane issues to be solved.

"BURST is a shining example of this: being in this band is like being in a dysfunctional but loving family. There is a lot of love, and there are no huge egos — but there are a lot of strong opinions and disparate personalities that sometimes make it difficult to agree on where we are going."

BURST completed its first — and last — U.S. tour immediately following the band's appearance at the Planet Caravan festival in Asheville, North Carolina on September 19.

BURST's latest album, "Lazarus Bird", was released in September 2008 via Relapse Records. The CD was recorded at Studio Bohussound (STATUS QUO, ABBA) in Kungälv, Sweden. The follow-up to 2005's "Origo" was once again tracked with engineer Fredrik Reinedahl (OPETH, IN FLAMES, GADGET).

(Thanks: Daniel Falk of Framednoise.com)