FAME!

Lady Gaga is not just a pop culture sensation she is a recently minted pop culture institution. She is stomping out the competition one outrageous outfit at a time, not to mention her slew of singles permanently pinned to music’s hottest lists across the globe. It was only a matter of time before her influence spread to the always flattering but even more profitable art of imitation.

House of GAGA is a performance group from Australian that specializes in bringing you the “Gaga experience.” The group is led by Zoe, the bottle blonde who with astonishing clarity vocalizes all of the pop divas songs. She gets major clout for not only sporting the wacky wigs, costumes and accessories but actually singing the songs and not opting for the easier lip-sinking option popular with many imitation acts. She is spritely and engaging and a good option when the real thing isn’t available, she’s like Gaga’s Coke Zero same taste but a little less satisfying than the full flavored original.

The four banging backup dancers provide a nice distraction with energetic dance routines allowing for their leading lady to make all those necessary costume changes. True to form for any Gaga experience the costumes were somehow simultaneously over-the-top and barely there. A gasp from the audience accompanied the beginning of one provocative dance routine when the male dancers took the stage in nude tights and jock straps and nothing else. The choreography was fast, fluent and sexual charged much like the music itself.

Overall it was an extremely entertaining experience the set list was played out in a short sweaty hour, leaving those gathered on the floor wanted just a little more bang for their buck- or in this specific case more Gaga for the 100+ RMB they threw down for the occasion. The DJ that led the night played hits like he was mixing straight from the iTunes top singles list, but never-the-less there were bodies moving all around guided by Gaga’s famous first words JUST DANCE. In this day and age as OMG is being replaced in certain circles with Oh My Lady Gaga, these Aussie hot bodies are not the only group out there trying to fill those diamond studded platform stilettos of the global pop icon. Even though their tour is a success on a minor scale, there is still no one out there that can touch the one and only Fame Monster, Lady Gaga!