spys4darwin

By Eric | April 25, 2001 10:31 am

Ok, how excited am I? Theres a new “side project” or whatever you want to call it called Spys4Darwin. The group is composed of Vinny Dombrowski (singer for Sponge), Chris DeGarmo (guitarist of Queensryche), and Mike Inez and Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains! These guys are gonna rock hard, I cant wait! It supposedly comes out May 18th on the website www.spys4darwin.com. Go check it out!

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Acoustic No One

By Eric | April 23, 2001 10:11 pm

Whew! Almost lost the counter… but it’s all good. I won a bid for a Cold “No One” promo on ebay. I was expecting one of the picture tray versions, but I got a plain vanilla promo for the acoustic version. But this is not the version on Project 13!!! SCORE! Works for me!

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die crowdsurfers

By Eric | April 21, 2001 1:23 pm

Last night we went to see my Constitutional Law Professor’s blues band at Beale Street. Dr. Fornieri and the Dynamics rocked the house!

Also, Sara has come up with a crowd-surfer protest page of sorts…. go check it out here [www.platinumcomplication.com/crowdsurfers] and add your two cents…

I’m really gonna fix this page when I get the chance and make it look right… sometime 🙂

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04/15/2001 Godsmack, Staind, Cold, Systematic (Rochester, NY at Blue Cross Arena)

By Eric | April 15, 2001 11:59 pm

This was the last show of this tour. We got there way too early, hung out by the buses, and met Mike and Johnny from Staind first. Mike looked like he was in a hurry, so we really didnt get to talk to him much. Johnny was really great and chatted for a little bit, we got autographs and pics with him. He was telling us how he was on his was to take pictures of the Genesee River, and how he’s dabbling in amateur photography.

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Then we met everyone from Cold again, still amazingly nice guys! We jumped in line and began the big wait. Systematic sounded much better this time around, I was much more impressed this time than in Utica. Cold came out and played an awesome set, opened with Give again, Scooter was running all over the place this time! Aaron came out and did his screaming bit on Send In The Clowns, and promptly walked right off stage again… it was kinda funny! Cold finished up their set with Just Got Wicked, Scooter let the crowd scream at various intervals. Then it was time for Staind. They opened with Mudshovel once again, and the crowd got really rough about this time. Halfway through the set we got pulled out of the pit and hit the seats. We found Karl and Dave just as Suffocate ended, and had a great view for Outside. This version was every bit as good as Utica’s, and the whole place singing was just incredible. Next was Its Been Awhile, which now that everyone knows it, was just as moving as Outside was. Aaron then proceeded to mention that Break The Cycle would be out May 22, and said that “…these last two songs we’re gonna play, are NOT on that record!” as they ripped into Raw. The closed with Spleen, at which point these guys dressed up in rediculous costumes came out armed with silly string and ambushed Staind on stage! Right after the song was done, Aaron got a hold of one of them, ripped off the mask, and revealed Sully from Godsmack! (And they woulda got away with it if it werent for those snooping kids!). Godsmack came out and opened with Sick of Life, and ran through stuff from both albums. Sully claimed responsibility for the Staind ambush, and told everyone in the seats that they were lazy for not being on the floor. He whipped pretty much the entire floor into a frenzy during Time Bomb, and I’m certainly glad I wasnt down there for it! They closed the main set with Keep Away, then started the encore with Voodoo. Some random guy made it up on stage to sing with Sully, leading him to exclaim “I have no f*cking idea who this guy is, but he’s pretty cool!” as the guy got led away by security. They closed with Whatever, the entire floor was a pit once again. In all, it was pretty awesome show, better in some respects than Utica, worse in others, mainly due to the fact that there was way more people at this show than at Utica. But still a great concert!

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03/30/2001 Econoline Crush (Toronto, ONT at The Steam Whistle Brewing House)

By Eric | March 30, 2001 11:59 pm

This was a live webcast (available at http://www.virtucast.com), and you could only win passes, you couldnt buy them. Since Mary is on the EC street team, she replied to an email asking for passes, and received 4! So we took Sara and Joe with us. We got right to the barrier, and patiently waited for the show to start… They ripped right into Surefire, with Trevor and crew looking and sounding as good as ever! As this was to promote Brand New History, half the set was all new material, which sounded great. They continued with Sinking, Trash, My Salvation, then got the crowd really back into it with Home. Arguably the oddest EC song, May I Go, was next, then the crowd pleaser You Dont Know What Its Like. They finished up with All That You Are, Sparkle and Shine, Make It Right, and then closed with Wicked. Tons of energy, they sounded great, Trevor was in fine liquid sex form, and we got autographs from Dan and Johnny afterwards… I snagged Trevor’s setlist! Definately worth the drive… the crowd was a lot of old people, and we hardly got touched all night. Wonderful!

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03/24/2001 Our Lady Peace, American Hi-Fi (Rochester, NY at The Water Street Music Hall)

By Eric | March 24, 2001 11:59 pm

Another OLP show, another barrier spot… UPSTAIRS in the balcony this time! It was great to see everyone getting crushed downstairs and not actually being in it for once, and the view was incredible. We had a whole RIT crew going, plus Joe came down from RPI, and the other Joe came up from Buffalo. American Hi-Fi was up first, they were tolerable, but I just can’t dig the whole pop-punk thing. (In other words, it wasnt Velour.) Watched the Jackass video again, then OLP came on to an eager crowd, many of whom were at the Tralf the week before. They played almost the exact same set, opening with Middle of Yesterday, Right Behind You, and the best version of Automatic Flowers I’ve EVER heard! It was the same spread as before, with the same two songs from Happiness. The sound was much clearer at this show, we could acutally hear Raine on his CB mike thingy this time for the intro to Naveed. Julia was missing from the main set, (me and Joe were yelling for it!) and then after 4am in the encore, we yelled it again, and there seemed to be a little confusion on stage. Raine was running around talking to everybody, and simply said, “This is a song called Julia.” The smile never left my face for the entire song as me and Joe screamed the words out. We could kind of see the setlist from our vantage point, and Julia was NOT in the encore on the list! They closed with Starseed, and the place was a frenzy once again! Another excellent show from OLP. who seemed more into the fans here (like the Tralf) than they have been. Complete Setlist: Middle of Yesterday, Right Behind You, Automatic Flowers, Superman’s Dead, Naveed, Car Crash, Are You Sad?, If You Believe, In Repair, Is Anybody Home?, One Man Army, The Birdman, Everyones a Junkie, Life, ENCORE: 4 am, Julia, Starseed

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03/14/2001 Our Lady Peace (Buffalo, NY at the Tralf)

By Eric | March 14, 2001 11:59 pm

The Edge hoarded most of the tickets until the day of the show, so a friend of ours managed to score us tickets. We got inside and were the first people at the barrier. Waited about an hour, during which we got entertained by this video reminicent of MTV’s Jackass, then OLP came out and kicked into Middle of Yesterday, Right Behind You and Automatic Flowers without missing a beat. By now I had fully gotten into the show, and had a great time. Duncan was home resting after an operation on his pancreas, so Rob Higgins filled in for him, and did a great job. Anyway, back to the show, they played about 20 songs total, a healthy mix over 3 of the 4 albums, with only 2 from Happiness (OMA and IAH?), but THEY PLAYED JULIA!! This was the highlight of the night for me, as I havent heard it since Summersault! During One Man Army, Raine climbed up on the speakers and stayed up there for the whole song. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Raine happier on stage than tonight. For the encore, Raine turned the mic towards the crowd, and proceeded to have the crowd sing 4am while he strummed the guitar, then the usual crowd-pleaser closing song, Starseed. This was one of the best times I’ve seen them, even though Mike seemed a little more distant than usual.

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03/12/2001 A Perfect Circle, Snake River Conspiracy (Buffalo, NY at Burt Flickenger Center)

By Eric | March 12, 2001 11:59 pm

We grabbed Sara and Danielle from Geneseo and trucked to downtown Buffalo. Snake River Conspiracy was up first and were nothing super special. I hate their cover of “How Soon is Now?” even more after seeing it live. Anyway, after about a half hour, APC came out. Paz was up on a pedestal playing violin, and the rest of the band came out and started Renholder. Theyt played everything off the album, and also the Massive Attack remix of 3 Libras before kicking into the real version. Orestes was the highlight for me, as Billy ripped into this amazing guitar solo that he shoulda put on the album. Every song had a marked improvisation from the album, and it made it that much better. Another highlight was their version of a song that is going to end up on Trent Reznor’s project Tapeworm, called Vacant. They closed with Judith, a cover of David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes, and finished with The Hollow. Great use of the lighting effects and backdrop. A totally great concert!

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03/03/2001 Godsmack, Staind, Cold, Systematic (Utica, NY at Utica Memorial Auditorium)

By Eric | March 3, 2001 11:59 pm

It only took us two hours to get there, and we found a parking spot on the street (didnt have to pay!) and hung out by the buses for a little bit, met the guys in Cold again, Jeremy was showing us how he and Kelly are in the new ESP guitar catalog. Got in line, KROCK had a Cold poster contest (doh!) so we were mildly entertained…. got inside, and Systematic was up first. They were okay, everything sounded the same. Then Cold came out. Opened with Give this time, then the rest was 13 Ways songs… played End of the World, Confession, Witch, No One, Send in the Clowns (No Aaron 🙁 ) and then the place went predicably nuts for Just Got Wicked. They sounded just as good as in Kitchener! Next was Staind. They sounded just as good as I remember them! Opened with Mudshovel, and Aaron was roaming all over the place. Then they played a new song (sounded awesome!) then Suffocate and Just Go. Aaron came out with an acoustic guitar and did Outside. I have NEVER cried at a concert before this moment, but he sounded so good that it couldnt be helped. He kept the acoustic as the rest of the band came back for another new one called “It’s Been Awhile” which is gonna be the first single. Finished up with Raw, Crawl and Spleen. We got pulled out of the pit, got a drink and sat in the seats for Godsmack, who were entertaining, but really didnt make me any more of a fan than I already am (which isnt that big of a fan). They opened with Awake, ran through most of the second album, and some of the first, the encore was Voodoo and Whatever. Since Mary lost her hat at some point on the floor, we went back down at the end of the show to find it, to no avail. (We did get some other stuff though!) This show was hella awesome, and I cant wait for the Rochester date!

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03/02/2001 Variety Rocks: Matthew Good Band, Push Stars, Grand Theft Audio, Kurth and Taylor (Buffalo, NY at the Sideshow)

By Eric | March 2, 2001 11:59 pm

This only cost us 6 dollars! It was supposed to be at the Pearl Street Grill, but they moved it to the Sideshow and it STILL sold out! Met my old friend Katie from the OLP board at the show as well! 🙂 We got there just as Kurth and Taylor were starting. One of the two is on General Hospital, so you can imagine what this was like… 97 Rock rejects. Anyway, they got off stage, and Grand Theft Audio was up next. These guys were decent, I’d never heard anything by them, but they were cool. Heavy British accents, and the lead singer said some funny stuff, they were mildly entertaining. The Push Stars were boring, everything sounded the same, see way above with Moxy Fruvous. Then finally at 12:15 we got Matt Good, and it was worth the wait! Opened with Giant, then they did a little bit of South Park’s “Uncle F*cka” for guitarist Dave Genn’s birthday! (We got to sing to him later too!) During “Load Me Up” Matt brought out a stuffed animal which he proceded to torch (see pic below) while singing Talking Heads “Same as it Ever Was”… I yelled out for “Symbolistic White Walls”, to which Matt replied “Not a chance in hell! That’s why you make a first album, so you never have to play it again. Your second album however…” as they ripped into “Everything is Automatic”… Brought up girls from the audience to dance for Daves B-Day during “The Future is X-Rated”… Came back out for an encore, played “Jenni’s Song” and a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy The Silence”. Matt had a girl hold up a lyrics sheet, and she couldnt even hold it straight! It was actually quite comical… The show finally ended at like 2:00, so the drive home was pretty excruciating, but we made it!
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