11/20/2003 A Perfect Circle, Year of the Rabbit (Syracuse, NY @ The OnCenter)

By Eric | November 20, 2003 11:59 pm

Tiff scored a third row ticket on the floor for me, so that was happy from the get-go. Year of the Rabbit wasn’t half bad, the band was put together by Ken Andrews, who originally was in Failure, who were a decent band. These guys were alright, although to me they sounded just like all the other “rock” bands that are out now, nothing really stood out. Anyway, they were done in a half hour, so the wait wasn’t agonizing. Then it was APC time! They came out and started with Vanishing, then into Pet, The Hollow, Magdelena, and Weak and Powerless. Maynard was ripping Michael Jackson jokes all night, and James Iha tried his hand at cracking jokes, which were completely terrible (on purpose of course!). Continuing with Rose, Blue was next, and this is one of the songs they’d been alternating with Orestes. Why can’t they play both? Beyond me, but Blue was awesome anyway. Thomas, The Package, and 3 Libras were next, followed by a heavier version of The Nurse Who Loved Me, Gravity, The Outsider, The Noose, and the closer was Judith. No encore for this show (and the whole tour as well). They sounded awesome, Maynard of course was brilliant as usual, and stationary as usual. Josh and James were on platforms on either side of Maynard, who had his own platform in the center of the stage. Billy and Jeordie were on the stage level, and were the only ones that moved at all. An interesting stage setup, but it certainly worked for them, and for the sound. The OnCenter isn’t what I would call full either, I’m really surprised they played there and not at the Landmark, but who’s to say. Still a great show!

Someone on YouTube posted the FULL SET. 1 hour and 17 minutes of APC goodness!

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Another Music Survey

By Eric | November 17, 2003 2:59 pm

Stolen from Matt:

Reminds you of an ex-friend:
Greenwheel – I Don’t Believe

Makes you cry:
Black Lab – Ten Million Years

Makes you laugh:
Green Jelly – Three Little Pigs

You never want to hear again:
Anything by Good Charlotte or the White Stripes

You want to get married to:
Tonic – Mountain

Sums up your teenage years:
Our Lady Peace – Clumsy

You like to wake up to:
Alice In Chains – Them Bones

You like out of your parents record collection :
Jim Croce – Roller Derby Queen

You wouldn’t know about if it wasn’t for a friend:
Lucky Boys Confusion – One To The Right

Makes you think of someone who died:
Temple of the Dog – Say Hello To Heaven

You love the video more than the tune:
Mariah Carey – Honey

Reminds you of your now crush or love:
Sister Hazel – Everybody

Makes you think of sex:
Soundgarden – Big Dumb Sex (obvious?!)

Makes you think of being alone:
Matthew Good Band – Prime Time Deliverance

Are you embarrassed to admit you like:
Matchbox20’s catalogue, and I just bought a Phil Collins Greatest Hits CD 🙂

Perks you up:
Sevendust – Black

Do you love to sing:
There’s a million! Pearl Jam – Evenflow (Jump Around isn’t singing!)

Do you want to put on the list that didn’t fit elsewhere:
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Superstition

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Nothing In The Tank

By Eric | November 10, 2003 10:48 pm

No Fuel that is… they (not really sure who “they” is) cancelled the Fuel / Revis show at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse that was supposed to be on Wednesday. This is now the 2nd time that I’ve had a fuel show cancelled on me, the first being back in 99, they were supposed to play at Water Street, and again I had tickets in my hand, and they backed out. The reasons being thrown around for the cancellation on the fuel message boards were a phantom “scheduling conflict”, or supposedly the venue was saying it was slow ticket sales. Either way, its still shady. My conspiracy theory? Revis got really pissed off and sabotaged the show because Ticketmaster spelled their band name wrong on the ticket… 🙂

So other than that, its been a slow day in Vernon, I did a little grocery shopping, and not much else. Looking forward to actually doing something work-wise on Wednesday! The paid vacation has been nice, but I’m ready to work again.

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11/01/2003 Nickelback, Trapt, Three Days Grace (Utica, NY @ Utica Memorial Auditorium)

By Eric | November 1, 2003 11:59 pm

Tiff and I found some seats in the upper middle section, with a great view of the stage, as we weren’t going to chance anything with her finger still splinted from her stitches. Three Days Grace was up first, and I didn’t think they were quite as impressive as when I saw them at Showplace in July. Maybe being on a bigger stage, maybe not being as close, but while they rocked out, it was just kinda blah. Predictably, everyone went nuts for I Hate Everything About You, but for the rest of the set there were only pockets of people doing any moving. After a fairly quick setchange, Trapt came out, and they sounded much better than at Edgefest in May. It was hard to hear the guitar for the first song or two, but they eventually got it evened out. They seemed to have more energy than the last time I saw them as well, and they even brought it down to acoustics for Stories. They opened with Still Frame, and also played These Walls, Echo, The Game, Hollowman, Made of Glass, and closed with Headstrong, which the place went nuts for. I still wouldn’t call them “amazing” live, but they were much better than I had previously thought. So after another setchange, it was Nickelback time! They came out guns blazing with pyro and smoke and opened with Flat on the Floor. Next was Breathe, and then Someday right away, with their guitar tech Timmy sitting in on the acoustic guitar. Rather interesting, but I figure the upper range in the song is higher than most, so they make sure Chad can hit it by playing it early. Chad also commented on all the smoke by saying his smoke bombs as a kid smelled just like that 🙂 Do This Anymore was next, followed by Where Do I Hide, during which they did the traditional “flim the audience” thing. Chad made a poor guitar toss to Timmy, and clipped him in the head! Timmy was the butt of jokes for the rest of the night, as Chad was campaigning for a lovely nurse from the crowd to take care of him hehe. Leader of Men was next, followed by Figured You Out and Woke Up This Morning. Acoustic time, as quotes from Spider-Man were played over the PA as the guys broke into Hero, and stayed acoustic for Should’ve Listened. Plugged back in, Because of You was next, followed by Too Bad, Feeling Way Too Damn Good, and then closing the main set was Never Again. The lights went out for the encore, and when they came back, Ryan didn’t have a guitar, and Chad was saying that anyone that had a camera had better get them ready, because what we were going to see was a rare occasion… Ryan doing lead vocals on a cover of Soul Coughing’s Super Bon Bon!!! It rocked too, and he uncannily sounded like Mike Doughty… they had a hell of a good time doing that one, and most of the crowd responded favorably as well. After an invitation to sing, the closer was none other than How You Remind Me. They had a lot of pyro, and it was well timed and LOUD. A fun time though, and the Nickelback boys didn’t disappoint!

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Serves You Right?!

By Eric | October 30, 2003 10:39 am

Woman breaks both her legs protesting loud music
Associated Press

10/20/2003 — RIDGEFIELD, Wash. — Toni Lynn Lycan, 44, got so mad about the music blasting from the apartment downstairs that she jumped up and down as hard as she could – and broke both her legs, according to police in Ridgefield.
The injury was discovered when officers were sent to the Carriage House Apartments on Thursday afternoon, Police Chief Bruce Hall told The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver.

Lycan yelled at her downstairs neighbor, Allen Haines, 27, to turn down his music. Haines then grabbed a broom and banged the handle on his ceiling.

That infuriated Lycan, so she jumped up in the air and slammed both feet on the floor, hard enough to break both her legs about 4 inches below the kneecap, Hall said.

Moral of the story? If it’s too loud, you’ll hurt yourself complaining about it… just let it go! 🙂

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10/22/2003 Seether, Shinedown, Tony C. and the Truth (Syracuse, NY @ Bridge Street Music Hall)

By Eric | October 22, 2003 11:59 pm

My first trip to the Bridge Street Music Hall, and its a pretty nice place. Definately made for music, with a spacious stage and while the room itself isn’t huge (its on the order of a Water Street), there’s plenty of room and it sounded good. The first band on, Tony C. and the Truth, were a bluesy type band with a DJ, and an MC that sounded much like Everlast. They were quite good, and had the crowd interested through their entire set. Shinedown was up next, and for never having seen them before, I was impressed. (I guess Seether picks good openers! See the 02/15 Ra and Seether review) I only knew the single (Fly From The Inside), but the rest of the songs were pretty cool, hard, except for what I guess is gonna be the next single, a haunting song called “45”. The singer’s stage prescence was awesome, he reminded me of a mix between Sebastian Bach from Skid Row and the WWE’s Edge, which worked well. His voice on the other hand, when not screaming (much like Sebastian Bach interestingly enough!) sounded a lot like Jimmy Newquist of Caroline’s Spine, which is not a bad thing! There were quite a few people there for Shinedown that knew all the stuff, so that always helps the band out. After this, Seether came out, and ran through a similar set to the Penny Arcade show, including Hang On and Burrito, and they played Sympathetic this time, as well as the Nirvana cover of You Know You’re Right, (and didn’t play Pig or Fade Away) and again closing with Broken acoustically. I managed to snag a drumstick, and got my CD cover signed by all of the guys after the show. A fun night and a great show!
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09/20/2003 Sevendust (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)

By Eric | September 20, 2003 11:59 pm

Sevendust decided to close out their mini acoustic tour in Rochester, and Jason, Colin, Tiff and I were there to see it. We got up into the balcony, which was great for this show due to the fact that there was no opener. Instead, the entire new Sevendust album (Seasons) was played over the PA. No visuals, no nothing. Makes me ecstatic that we were sitting comfortably upstairs instead of standing on the floor.

So after that was over, the boys came out, and rocked harder with acoustics than I’ve seen some bands rock electrics! First surprise of the night… Lajon cut his dreads off!!! Sure looked different, no doubt. They opened with Trust, and played some more of the subdued numbers off of Animosity, including Xmas Day, Beautiful, Angel’s Son, and Follow. A healthy mix of some of the new tunes (Seasons, Skeleton Song, Disgrace) and a couple of covers as well, just for fun. The best example of this was easily Purple Rain. Yes, Prince! Lajon brought out a gold microphone, and jokes about how he got it from Prince in Indianapolis. The guys attempted Eye Of The Tiger once or twice, Metallica’s Master Of Puppets, and also did (now follow this!) a cover of Johnny Cash’s cover of NIN’s Hurt. Switching back to their own stuff, they tore up the place with Rumble Fish, Black, Prayer, and then attempted Home, but LJ was in the wrong key, and tried to take it waaaaaaaayy too high, before stopping and just about falling over from laughter! During the encore, some kid got up, and LJ let him propose to his girlfriend up on stage; Oddly enough, this came right before the last song of the night, “Bitch”. Coincidence? In any event, the show was stellar, and the guys were having nothing but fun up on stage, as usual, and sent us home happy. I did manage to snag a poster off the wall as a keepsake!

Someone else’s review with a couple different details here: http://www.meniketti.com/vforum/archive/index.php/t-1311.html

“…the stage was set up real cozy with candles and little table lamps set up near the band members.”
“Comedy was the theme I think because Morgan (drums) started hitting one tom with a stick and Vinny (bass) did the bassline to the White Stripes while Clint made goofy noises pretending to sing like the White Stripes, Lajon at that point said they would offer to buy the drummer another drum so she’d have 2 LOL.”
“…another comedy moment was when Clint tried singing an Ac/Dc song and said he couldn’t understand how Brian Johnson doesn’t shit himself singing like that!”

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The Short Way To Take The Long Road

By Eric | August 31, 2003 12:49 am

Like most high profile albums usually do, the new Nickelback album, The Long Road, got leaked, and…. don’t let the single fool you. This CD is harder than Silver Side Up was, and save for the last two songs (which on first listen, didn’t really grab me), is pretty damn good. Someday is kind of an oddity, but it doesn’t really stick out as much as one would think. I’m kinda peeved that the 3 bonus tracks on the digipak are songs that have already been released (Saturday Night, Yanking Out My…, Learn The Hard Way) instead of the other songs that got recorded that didn’t make it on the album (Next Contestant, Slow Motion, etc). And everyone can say whatever they want about Nickelback (too radio, blah blah…) I don’t care… I like ’em. And they’re gonna be in Utica on November 1st 🙂

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08/23/2003 Theory of a Deadman, Klear (Niagara Falls, NY @ Summit Park Mall)

By Eric | August 23, 2003 11:59 pm

This was a part of the 2-day “Rock The Border” event that was put on at the mall, featuring a ton of local bands, and then national headliners. Saturday’s headliner was obviously Theory of a Deadman, who Tiff and I came to see. Most of the bands were outside, and then the main acts were inside the old Jenss department store. Pretty weird setup, but it worked out alright. We got there just as the band before Klear was finishing up, and then Klear did their set. They sounded better than they did at Edgefest, and everyone was generally into them. After their half-hour, Theory was up. Adrienne had finished work at the mall, and came in and joined us. The set was primarily the same as the Showplace show, with the order switched up a bit. They sounded just as good, and I’m sure they were relieved to have more people this time! The security for the show left a little to be desired, as there was no barrier, so they had their backs to the stage in front of us. Not a problem if they’d stand reasonably still, but no, they had to turn and talk to each other, and just get in our way. Plus one of them was drinking a beer! So the venue and organization left a little to be desired, but Theory’s performance did not, and we had a great time seeing them again!
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Music Survey!

By Eric | August 21, 2003 12:45 am

Stealing from Krista!!
Name a band for every letter & your favorite song by them:

#: 3 Doors Down – Sarah Yellin
a: Alice in Chains – Would?
b: Buckley, Jeff – Eternal Life
c: Cold – Confession
d: Deftones – 7 Words
e: Econoline Crush – You Don’t Know What Its Like
f: Finger Eleven – Tip / Sad Exchange (tie!)
g: Guns N Roses – Welcome To The Jungle
h: House of Pain – Jump Around!!
i: I Mother Earth – Used To Be Alright
j: Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity (there’s like no J bands!)
k: KoRn – Blind
l: Live – White, Discussion
m: Moist – Push
n: Nine Inch Nails – Terrible Lie
o: Our Lady Peace – Julia
p: Pearl Jam – Black
q: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
r: Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
s: Soundgarden – Outshined (too many good S bands!)
t: Tool – Undertow / Hooker with a Penis
u: Ultraspank – Perfect
v: Vaughan, Stevie Ray – Superstition / Cold Shot
w: Watchmen – Any Day Now
x: X – citatS (I’m cheating too!) – I’m With Stupid
y: Yankovic, Weird Al – I Lost On Jeopardy
z: ZZ Top – TV Dinners

It’s interesting that some letters have a glut of bands, and we gotta stretch for others… J, Q and X are tough!

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