"There have been a lot of emotional feelings towards Chicks On Speed in various places around the world. Their fans view them as arty, melodramatic, unique and revolutionary. At one point they were an opening act for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and James Brown. However, almost every night they were booed and had bottles thrown at them by the audience. They were replaced by Stellastarr*. At a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Hyde Park, London in June 2004, a bottle hit Alex Murray-Leslie who then left the stage. The Chicks on Speed were on stage for approximately 10 minutes.
In June 2006, Chicks On Speed created waves when, during the Oxygena Festival in Cordoba, Spain which they were headlining, the festival staff cut the power on their act and guards dragged them offstage because of low audience attendance. The Chicks believe that this was an act by the promoters of the festival to claim insurance from a cancelled headliner."
Quite a couple of my friends went for their show at Zouk last year. The majority of them hated it and left after a while. And some of them actually were fans of the band...