Seeing them Live - Concerts and gigs thread.

[Aaron]

Got back from Deftones a bit ago. The show kicked ass. The openers Scars on Broadway were better then I thought they would be (it's the guitarist from System of a Down new band. He does all the singing. And part of my hate for the newest SOAD cds was his vocals, and they were terrible albums.) BUT they weren't bad. Not great, I wouldn't pay money to see them live. (Like as in the headliners) But they did a good show, and his voice has either changed, or he just sang really oddly in SOAD?) He also danced around on stage a bit, was cool kinda funny.

But the Deftones. They fucking rocked. I know one of their songs by name. "Passenger" And only cuz the Nard is on it. They played it live, other wise I didn't know any of their songs. Well by name, I played through their discog the last few weeks. But it was a great show!

Also the Showbox Sodo the bar had spendy drinks, but they made them super strong SO all in all worth it. My drink was like three shots of Hennessey and a splash of sprite. 9 bucks, BUT it was REALLY strong, so it wasn't that spendy.   

EDIT. They got a set list put up. now I know what I listened to!
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/deftones/2012/the-showbox-sodo-seattle-wa-bdd15fa.html

[TPD]

the who doing quadrophenia next tuesday!
whooo.

[videodrone]

The Musical Box tonight! Shiny nickel I'm going to be the youngest person there. Ask me if I care.

drone

[TPD]

holy shit pete townshend still knows how to fuckin play badass guitar.
that was one awesome show. really choked up at parts

[Aaron]

Saw Death Grips tonight. Err yesterday whatever.

There is a Taco Del Mar close to the show and my friend and I go there before the show (well the two times we have seen a show there. Mono and this one) While walking there I looked into the venue and I could see the main group doing a sound check which was hella cool. I couldn't hear it well enough (I could hear music, but it was super distorted. being across the street and outside the building.)

Fucking amazing show. The opener was good they had issues with the mic not working but switched it out and then everything was fine. It would cut out while he was talking/uh singing?

Then Death grips. Drummer had a base drum and then a snare and a tom (or maybe two toms/snares?) Either way, I was more then impressed with the smallness of his set up. (Zach Hill is the drummer he drums like a crazy man on meth.) He fucking rocked. He also didn't fuck around when it came to hitting the drums, he beat the shit out of them. (The live vids I have seen don't do him justice.) The singer DJ Ride was very good. He is cut super well. Like six pack abs for days. While their set was short it was super high energy. SUPER high energy. The singer moved around a ton and was awesome to see. For the most part their lyrics/albums in general are concept albums in that its all about a crazy guy and what he does. However it's also really intelligent as well. And he acted the part well. People moshed a lot, which wasn't bad, there was one douche bag that got taken out. (either he was REALLY drunk and would fall back for like 15 feet uh... 3ish meters. or just a fucking asshole.) All in all it was an amazing show. It was great when they took the stage they both had coats and shirts on, both came off and they told the music guy to turn off the house sound and then they started.

Their music isn't for everyone. It's very harsh and abrasive as far as the beats go. But I love it.

[Aaron]

Who has two thumbs and just bought tickets to see Neurosis and Tomahawk (Jan 5th and Feb 12th) THIS GUY!

I love being up here, I can buy tickets to shows and not have to worry about traveling 5ish hours to get here and then go back and everything else.

[r00]

I saw this coming.  haha!  I knew the second you moved to Seattle you would start seeing several shows a month at least!    

[Aaron]

Ya. Well I have maintained at lest one show a month. (however this month won't be happening. Alt J show sold out...   )

But ya, it's so much easier. And cheaper, I don't have to worry about all my meals for when I'm not at home, and gas to get up here and what not. Just a bus away...

Also one of the venues here has a lot of small time (unknowns, I really don't want to say indie but small bands...) And the tickets are super cheap. like 10 bucks and then the fee's (since it isn't ticket master they are like 5 bucks. Some are even less...)

But ya, moving to Seattle= going to way more shows. For bands that I like but not quite enough to drive 10 hours (round trip) to see... Now a twenty minute bus ride and I'm there.

[luna]

They're playing here in April too and it sold out I had no idea they would sell out that venue so I didn't check for tickets until a few hours after the sale time

[Aaron]

NEUROSIS IN 3 DAYS WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! Can't Wait!!!!!

[tim]

Lucky you. Neurosis are one of the best live acts around. Be sure to post a review.

[Aaron]

Ya. I'm sure they are. I just hope they don't ruin their albums for me. and ya, I will post a review... Really digging their newest album btw...

[Aaron]

So the show was awesome. They had three openers. Only one band that I really liked. The other two were good, just not really my cup of tea.

I missed the last bus home for the night. So I ended up walking home. 7.6 miles or 12.23 KM for you metric fans... BUT the show. After the last opener they got everything set up for Neurosis. All the band came on stage to make sure every was set up right and tuned right. Then they left (two were wearing hoodies, but I saw who they really were.) Then they left and the lights went dark. They came on stage and right when they started lights on bright. It was fucking LOUD. They didn't say anything other then play their songs. Like no greetings no thanks just played and then walked off. They played some of the slower songs from the new album. Which are amazing both on the album and live. They seemed to sound different live. Might have just been cuz they were playing them all sooooo loud, and I was feeling it and hearing it... The show was packed. People moshed to the openers not as much to Neurosis. It was a great show. No thrills, like there was no art on stage, not even a banner that said Neurosis. Just them playing. and they fucking rocked. The bassist was great to watch, dude played his ass off. And seeing all three of them sing was really nice. They fixed the mixing issues from the openers and not really hearing the vocals, or they were lost in the mix. But everything was great and very clear for Neurosis...




EDIT. Set list for the show. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neurosis/2013/showbox-at-the-market-seattle-wa-1bdbb9ec.html


I can say for sure that other then the MONO show, I haven't ever seen a band pore them selves into their show like they did. Even now, I'm still blown away by them... They didn't ruin their albums for me (like MONO did). But damn...

[tim]

Interesting, thanks.

They have previously used elaborate videos, lights, etc in their shows, so I was surprised to hear how stripped back it was. That sort of fits with the nature of the most recent album, though. The setlist is also very different to the show I saw, but that was some time ago now. That show had a lo from A Sun That Never Sets, even though it wasn't the most recent album at the time. Hope they come around here sometime soon.

[Aaron]

That 1 Guy is gona be here in May. Dude is fucking awesome. And tickets are cheap!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wGMsOhaPJs