Tonight was one of the first times I\'ve seen the boys in the city in a while. The king, Chris and I drove down getting there sometime during the Razi set. These guys kick ass! Check them out next time there around. Drew called it when he said "There like a teenage mahavishnu orchestra". good stuff. On to the show.
Inner Glimpse was a good opener and got the crowd going. The band was obviously having trouble with the inner ear monitor system throughout the show and it started here. Regardless, you couldn’t tell out on the floor. As Tim put it between songs, "Well, as long as you can hear it out there and it sounds good." Onto sleeping beauty. This song is weird; sometimes I think it’s great, other times I could care less. I don’t mean the particular night’s performance, but the song itself. There’s just something about it that I haven’t gotten yet. Either way, last night was one of the stellar versions and I thought the song was kickin. Next the boys ripped the walls off the place with No regret. That guitar riff is just so damn heavy.
None of first three songs had any jamming and they all seemed to fly by. But anyone who wanted some jamming didn’t have to wait long: etcher’s etchings baby! But alas, it was a tease. Only the second time I\'ve seen them split etchers. The Etcher’s>doughboy segway leaves something to be desired and you could see Tim and Jordan laughing at each other as they did it. It sounded like they sharply changed key. Rhythm was good, but something in the tonic didn’t quite resonate out they way you would expect it to. So here we are 5 songs in and still no substantial jamming. Just as I was starting to think tonight was going to be a 30 song ramones-esque set, they pulled one out of the closet! First non-tour Peaches en Regalia since 6/6/03 in La Choza, Pittsfield, Mass! May not seem like much, but a crowd favorite from the days of LDZ>HDX being played for the first time in over a year for the local fans is always a reason to celebrate. One word for the peaches: TIGHT! Throw a telephone solo and a sax in there and you got the recipe for some hot rats. But did it stop there? Nope! Beef barley! Another one that I haven’t heard in a while. A nice long synth solo leading into Tim ripping it up before the chorus came back in several minutes later. Damn, two old songs in a row. Could it get any better?
Tribal funkafliction sealed the deal. Nice and heavy, the only thing better than watching Tim getting down was watching Diana head banging
Well, before you knew what was going on, we\'re back into etchers part two and the crowd was fluid by this time. Everyone is getting down, bringing back memories of tobacco rd. Back out of etchers and a return to tribal before the segays finally stopped and everyone got to take a breather. Tim introduced an old song that will be on the next album and went into Fairy (4.0, since it’s the 4th reincarnation of the song). I love this version of the song. It’s so damn heavy with giant nirvana sounding distorted chords ringing throughout. The mellow version did nothing for me, but ever since they changed it this is a personal favorite. Great big fiery ball is debated to be the best version ever by some, but I\'d have to hear it again. It was definitely a great version either way, especially the jam at the end. It was so far off from gbfbits that it felt like i left the building, hailed a cab, drove down to phili and hung out for a week before out of nowhere we\'re all back in the knitting factory watching the vermont song. How the hell did that happen? Vermont sealed the deal for me. I figured this was it, then a 3-4 song encore to close it out.
Nope - Grand scheme! Adrian was really playing with the intro, doing a delayed drum riff that sounded like he was fading away. Only thing it did was make the song that much louder when the band came in. Scheme is always a treat, and I did not expect to get it tonight at all. Especially with a drum solo. Some quick introductions when the band came back out and the scheme goes out with a bang. Could have been the end of the show, but the crowd (especially peck:P ) demanded one more song. Back out for vera st. calm everyone down for the end of the night. Completely different mood now, and out of nowhere Tim starts rocking in the free world! first time I’ve heard it since new years. Adrian sang as usual. The first half of the first verse you couldn’t even hear him. Then he got brought up and everything was going good until the second verse, when his mic fell out of the stand, and then the stand fell over. Tim to the rescue. While still playing guitar (sort of), Tim first tried holding the mic for Adrian, then set it up again for him. Wait for it to come around again, and the rest of the song went off perfect.
Damn, what a night. What started off as a cut and dry show turned into a jam fest reminiscent of rudys on a thursday night. glad to see everyone, even if I was stuck behind the camera most of the night and didn’t really get around. Wolf, nice lighting job considering what they gave you to work with.
