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FRANK THE BAPTIST surely still rank among the newer bands of the scene but when you hear (and see) them one could easily think the band would be old stagers. While many newer bands either still sound too much alike their big heroes and influences or follow too much of the scene's clichés (or both), FRANK THE BAPTIST impress with substance, originality and charisma. And the band displayed it's qualities from the start! After a short sound check vocalist and band founder Frank Vollmann began an impromptu a capella performance while the hangar began to fill up more and more. A short break and the "proper" FRANK THE BAPTIST show began. And the band started brilliantly, and then it even got better and better! The band really took delight in what they are doing on stage, and it translated perfectly onto the crowd. From eruptive Gothic Rock anthems to melancholic and intense moments, FRANK THE BAPTIST simply delivered all you could hope for.

Singer Frank Vollmann, who has an awe-inspiring voice, didn't even try to conceal the fun he had up there, and joked around with his band mates and the audience - a very communicative guy as it seems, and a pretty charismatic front man. The fans and those who came because of word-of-mouth loved the performance, and after songs like 'Signing Off' or 'Falling Stars' the show climaxed with the hymn 'If I Speak' - with the band members of CINEMA STRANGE joining FRANK THE BAPTIST on stage to deliver backing vocals (and to fool around with the FTB members *g*). A perfect and most amazing end to a great gig!

Frank the Baptist are the freshest new band to enter the Indie/Goth genre since Sopor Aeternus. Having no similarity to the great Sopor Aetrenus, nor really to Fields of the Nephilim, Bauhaus, Christian Death or Sisters of Mercy for that matter. Frank the Baptist and carving their own path and thats something rarely if ever done in the indie/goth genre. Lately the Misfits have been the sole motivating factor of newly formed Goth bands all taking note on both their music and appearance really leaving the genre a bit stale. Tiger Army has an interesting approach with their strong rockabilly influence and Crampish leanings but Frank the Baptist is no where near any of that. They draw from New Wave and folk it seems mostly and while their debut has strong hints of 80s English pop their latest “The New Colossus” is a whole new animal entirely. This is the new way of Goth and surely in a very short time Frank the Baptist will over take the mainstream in a very big way!