05/22/2010 The Gruesome Twosome Tour: Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper (Lewiston, NY @ Artpark)
By Eric | May 25, 2010 3:53 pm
When this show got announced, I felt it was something I ought to see, given that I’ve never seen Rob Zombie, nor Alice Cooper, and the two of them on the same bill? Money. Along with Sara and two of her friends, we found our seats at the back of the center section, about 20 rows back. Perfect place to watch the entire stage from, which for this show, was easily much more important than a usual concert. Alice Cooper was on first, and almost as a warmup he played three of his biggest hits to whip everyone up early. School’s Out, No More Mr. Nice Guy, and I’m Eighteen were played pretty much straight up, with no theatrics. But then the real show started, as Alice got into the act that made him famous, playing a deranged madman that at various times was shot up with a huge needle by a zombie nurse, beheaded by a guillotine, hung from a noose, ran through with spikes in a box-like contraption, and tied up in a straightjacket. Between these unfortunate ends, Alice played master showman, at one point bringing out a wagon filled with beads (which were flung into the crowd) and dolls (whose heads got chopped off) for Dirty Diamonds and Billion Dollar Babies, and donning an outrageously shiny suit while stumping for his platform during Elected. I only knew about half the songs, but it didn’t matter in the least, because the *show* was engaging. Excellent stuff. I’m sure it would have been something to see when it was new and cutting edge in the 70’s, but 40 years later it still holds up.
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Alice Cooper setlist: School’s Out, No More Mr. Nice Guy, I’m Eighteen, Wicked Young Man, Ballad Of Dwight Fry, Go To Hell, Guilty, Cold Ethyl, Poison, From The Inside, Nurse Rozetta, Be My Lover, Only Women Bleed, I Never Cry, Black Widow Jam, Vengeance Is Mine, Dirty Diamonds, Billion Dollar Babies, Killer, I Love The Dead, Elected, Under My Wheels.
Nurse Rozetta:
Elected:
The show was pretty great just with Alice, but then the night got even better. Again, this was my first time seeing Rob Zombie, so I didn’t quite know what to expect. What I got was a huge video screen behind the drummer (who for this tour was none other than Slipknot’s Joey Jordison!), and smaller LED-looking screens in front of the drum riser, amp stacks, and stage monitors. All of which were used to great effect throughout the set. Each mic stand was an elaborate skeleton, Rob’s in particular. The video boards were all used for classic and campy horror movie clips interspersed with other graphics that had the effect of being on some “carnival ride of doom”. Visually stunning, to say the least! After an intro jam, Superbeast was the first song, and that really set the tone for the rest of the set. As if all those visuals weren’t enough, motorized robots started driving around on the stage, some of which were spewing smoke! In addition to his solo stuff (Living Dead Girl, Scum of the Earth, Never Gonna Stop, House of 1000 Corpses, etc.), he also played the two biggest White Zombie tunes in Thunder Kiss ’65 and More Human Than Human. During Thunder Kiss, guitarist John 5 did an extended solo while Rob ran up one of the aisles, all the way up onto the lawn, then back down the aisle on the opposite side! Jordison got a drum solo, and wasn’t mentioned by name, rather being referred to as “The Ghost of Michael Jackson”. For the encore, we got a fake trailer for a movie called “Werewolf Women of the S.S.” before a performance of the song of the same name, and the closer was Dragula. Much like Alice Cooper’s set, this was FUN. Loud, driving, and fun. I can’t really describe it any better than that!
Rob Zombie setlist:
Tape: Call Of The Zombie, Sinners Inc, Sawdust In The Blood
What Lurks on Channel X?
Superbeast
Scum of the Earth
Living Dead Girl
More Human Than Human
(White Zombie song)
Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)
Mars Needs Women
House of 1000 Corpses
Demonoid Phenomenon
Sick Bubble-Gum
Thunder Kiss ’65
Encore:
Werewolf Women of the SS
Dragula
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More Human Than Human:
Dragula:
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Rob Zombie! http://twitpic.com/1q6w0d
By Eric | May 23, 2010 12:00 am
Rob Zombie! http://twitpic.com/1q6w0d
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Alice Cooper! http://twitpic.com/1q5ved
By Eric | May 22, 2010 12:00 am
Alice Cooper! http://twitpic.com/1q5ved
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Gruesome Twosome tonight @ Artpark: Rob Zombie & A
By Eric | May 22, 2010 12:00 am
Gruesome Twosome tonight @ Artpark: Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper!
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Checking out Mike’s nice new house, and now onto E
By Eric | May 22, 2010 12:00 am
Checking out Mike’s nice new house, and now onto Easy on East for a surprise More Than Me acoustic gig!
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Just saw Sister Hazel @ the Lilac Festival, now at
By Eric | May 15, 2010 12:00 am
Just saw Sister Hazel @ the Lilac Festival, now at the German House for Mullettude w/ the Stabas and Rob James!
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05/14/2010 Sister Hazel (Rochester, NY @ Lilac Festival)
By Eric | May 14, 2010 11:59 pm
[The Coup De Villes and Shannon Curfman opened, but we didn’t get there in time]
Tiff was in heaven! Her band, in her town, for free at the Lilac Festival! I got there a bit later and wandered during most of the set, but Tiff had a fantastic time, a great setlist, they sounded good, and Tiff managed to snag a setlist! The guys were signing stuff over at a tent right next to the stage after the set, so we even got the list signed. Good times!
Give In
Come Around
Mandolin Moon
Beautiful Thing
Shame
Setlist:
Give In
Come Around
Mandolin Moon
Beautiful Thing
Shame
Your Winter
Take A Bow
Your Mistake
This Kind of Love
Release
All For You
Swan Dive
Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Happy
Encore:
Champagne High (acoustic)
Change Your Mind
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05/10/2010 Pearl Jam (Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena)
By Eric | May 13, 2010 10:22 am
[Band Of Horses was the opener, but we didn’t see them.]
It had been 7 years, almost to the day (5/2/03), since Pearl Jam had been in Buffalo, and thus, that long since I’d seen them live. After some day-before scrambling for people, Tom and Nikki took my original 300-level tickets, and I joined Dave down wherever his fan-club lottery tickets would place us. Which turned out to be Sec. 117, Row 13. Which was two rows lower, and three seats over from where Tiff and I were in ’03. So essentially, I saw the two shows from the exact same spot! We got in during set change, so no Band of Horses for us. The capacity crowd roared as the guys took the stage, and then opened with Unthought Known, which according to setlist.fm was the first time they’d ever opened with it. My first real highlights were Animal, the Small Town singalong, and then No Way (8th time ever!). Needless to say, the crowd was loud and proud the whole way through the show, which continued with a good spread, including Not For You, Got Some, and they closed the first set with Betterman.
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The first encore included a take on Fatal (4th time ever!), which was one of my favorite b-sides from Lost Dogs, so I was thrilled to hear that, followed not soon after by Spin The Black Circle, and an awesome take on Rearviewmirror. The second encore was fantastic from start to finish, with Once, Alive, Fuckin’ Up and the traditional closer Yellow Ledbetter. While nowhere near as long or as epic of a show as in ’03, Pearl Jam gave us a pretty good setlist, a great time, a great show, and hopefully it won’t be seven years before they come back again!
Set List: Unthought Known, Severed Hand, Animal, The Fixer, Small Town, No Way, Given To Fly, Light Years, Even Flow, Amongst The Waves, Unemployable, Grievance, Not For You, Got Some, Do The Evolution, Wasted Reprise, Better Man/Save It For Later. 1st encore: Just Breathe, Fatal, Last Kiss, Spin the Black Circle, Rearviewmirror. 2nd encore: Once, Alive, Fuckin’ Up, Yellow Ledbetter.
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Got pit tix for LB, got the house picked up, now e
By Eric | May 13, 2010 12:00 am
Got pit tix for LB, got the house picked up, now enjoying some vino and a crazy MTL-PIT game 7! (with BOS-PHI on the PIP!)
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I know haters gonna hate, but who wants to come wi
By Eric | May 11, 2010 12:00 am
I know haters gonna hate, but who wants to come with me to see Bizkit and Cube at Darien Lake 7/24? I know you’re out there!!
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