like she said:
it\'s not for everyone
I thought those Worcester shows were great, but I can\'t expect someone who isn\'t a fan to appreciate it the same way. For me, they were the first band I started seeing after Phish went on hiatus, and they were basically everything I was looking for in a band, enough so for me to move on to them completely and basically forgetting all about Phish. My one gripe w/ Phish was they always left you wanting more. They\'d play some awesome jams and then toss in some lame ass slow song to sit down and catch up for a minute, some times they\'d do that too much and it would ruin the energy for me. Yeah, they were original and weird and quirky and what have you, and they completely owned the jamband scene, but they were just another band when you get down to it.
moe. makes no bones about what they are. They aren\'t up there trying to be anything their not or trying to use some gimmicks. They\'re not music students who go out and try to write the most complex piece of music possible or play something backwards or inside out or what have you. They\'re just a rock and roll band that jams the shit out of everything they can get their hands on. Some people may find it too jammy or too spacey or what have you, but its all gravy to me, and the more they jam their shit out, the happier it makes me. You can hate on them all you want, but you can\'t deny their musical ability. Rob is one of the most badass bassplayers/lead singers out there today, he could light up 90% of bassists out there today and make their head spin. The combination of Chuck and Al makes for one of the best guitar tandems around the jamband scene as well. Anyone who is a fan of Tim really should be able to appreciate Chuck\'s playing because there are a boatload of similarities between the two. Tim may have a bit more chops to him, but Chuck makes up for it w/ his slide playing and talkbox. The drummers are solid too. Vinnie is a machine, nothing flashy, but he sets the tone and keeps everything grounded. Jim is probably the most skilled musician in the band though. His percussion and malletkat work is amazing, and he mixes it up and plays bass, acoustic guitar, and pretty much anything he can get his hands on.
If you don\'t dig on them, then oh well, you either are looking for something that you aren\'t gonna find, or its just straight up not for you. When you get down to it though, they are as good as it gets for what they are doing. They\'re an American Band, they\'ll come into your town, they\'ll help you party down, and thats about all you need to know. Maybe if the Breakfast can bring 7,000 people to upstate New York for their festival or put on a cruise where 800 of their biggest fans will pony up a grand to spend a week seeing then, or if they can sell out the Fox Theater in Atlanta which holds about 5000 heads, then maybe we can say they\'re a better band, but as long as they\'re playing in front of 50 people in bars in New England, then it just seems a little like a losing arguement to me.
