Electric Six

Electric Six and Girl Shaped Gun live at Freo.Social, Fremantle | 13 March 2026

The night was bombastic, with plenty to give to the Punters at Freo Social. As a part of Electric Six’s Greatest Hits tour alongside local supports Girl Shaped Gun. There were plenty of tongue-in-cheek lyrics, innuendos any ten-year-old boy would scoff at and a whole host of guitar riffs that made way for a fun night, and incredibly good time.

Indie band Girl Shaped Gun returned to support Electric Six once more, announcing they had supported the American band on the previous occasions they had toured Perth and were stoked to play with them again. Warming up the punters for the rock n’ roll show ahead.

The band provided bright, jangly rhythmic guitars and equally eclectic guitar solos which moved the soul. The band were robust in their live stage presence. With each member giving something integral to the band’s overall live sound. Whether it was the harmonizing vocals between individual band members, or the instrumentation that came together effortlessly. The bandmembers synthesized with each other in a way that made their set feel seamless, and enjoyable to watch.

One of the band members shared a bit of personal Electric Six trivia. Announcing they first became aware of the band in the early 2000s when they saw the music video of Danger! High Voltage on MTV (yes, the one involving the flashing boobies and crotches). This integral moment in the timeline setting them on a path of destiny to support Electric Six at their gigs many, many years later.

There was a fun moment where the band sang a song about Thelma and Louise. Which really made you feel like you were taken on a daring escape to escape the authorities. It was equal parts tragic, and daring rapped up in a carefree, rock n’ roll package. The band demonstrating their deft ability to meld song lyric, story, instrumentation and song.

After a brief wait between sets. Electric Six emerged on stage, with each band member suited up with bandmembers donning sunglasses. Frontman Dick Valentine carried a distinct aura of bravado and charisma. Choosing to coordinate the crowd by requesting punters to left of the stage to wave, and then the punters to the right of page to also wave. Wittingly starting an impromptu game of Simon says, which the punters gleefully participated in.

Wearing a suit jacket that was noticeably Christmas themed. Electric Six are a band that

blurred the lines between serious performance, and comedic skit. In some ways, if Dick Valentine had a superpower. It would probably involve warping reality into a Saturday Night Live sketch. As that was what the live show felt like. At times it feeling like a gig, but at others times it felt like a stand-up routine, with Valentine pulling impressions of accent akin to a character off the Adams family, playfully asking punters to ‘look, come here, come see, I have something to show you’. Which between that and the intense stage lighting, made the night feel like a comedic epileptic fever dream.

There was a brief anecdote about Valentine noting people at their Darwin show said the band didn’t ‘have enough gas in tank’ to play in Perth. Valentine reminded Perth punters that this wasn’t the case, introducing bandmembers and giving them an opportunity to showcase their skills on the drums, bass and electric guitars.

It was rock music, mixed in with dirty innuendo. And it made the punters love the live show even more. The set felt pretty condensed, with the band rolling out hits across their 16 studio albums. Meaning there was never a dull moment. Things went wild when the intro riff for ‘Gaybar’ opened causing punters to sing out the lyrics word for word, whilst thrashing their bodies to the speedy drums.

Towards the close of their set, the night got funkier with ‘Danger! Danger!’ and other favorites which amped up the crowd. Electric Six finished off with ‘Bite Me’, before offering punters a generous helping of a three-song encore.

There was a mildly amusing moment after the band left, and a drunk middle-aged woman stumbled onto the stage. Seemingly attempting to speak through the mics, in an inebriated state of verbal confusion. This caused a member of the Freo Social production team to exhibit gentle people-herding skills. Despite this, the punter remained defiant, and the crowd jeered, and cheered her defiance to stay on the stage.

Following this, Dick Valentine returned to the stage to reassure the crowd the band had no involvement with the stage invader. Launching into a three-song encore of ‘Riding On The Right Train’, ‘Rock n’ Roll Evac’ and ‘Dance Commander’. The punters danced away the night, to the wild solos and bellicose vocals of Dick Valentine and the Electric Six. And feeling just a little bit cheekier for it.

Review by Joe Wilson

Photography by Adrian Thomson

Electric Six

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