03/01/2001 Matthew Sweet, Gregory Paul (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
By Eric | March 1, 2001 11:59 pm
Gregory Paul and “The Bald Guy on the Drums” were up first. Just a guy with an acoustic guitar and a drummer, and they sounded pretty damn good! Reminicent of Jeff Buckley at times, same type of feeling. Then Matthew Sweet came out, and his band, including himself, had THREE guitar players! The band sounded very good, and considering I really only know the three songs he’s had on the radio, I had a really good time. It was a much older crowd, but he’s been around for about 15 years or so. Seemed like a good spread of songs over his career. Mary, who is the Matthew Sweet fan, said that the show was not what she expected, that it was much louder and harder than she thought it would be, and she liked it!
Beware My Love
Time Capsule
Divine Intervention
We’re the Same
Where You Get Love
Untitled
I’ve Been Waiting
Devil With the Green Eyes
Someone to Pull the Trigger
If Time Permits
Come to California
You Don’t Love Me
The Ugly Truth
So Far
Girlfriend
Sick of Myself
What Matters
Winona
Ready
Faith in You
Evangeline
Thunderstorm / Superdeformed
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02/21/2001 Fuel, Jennifer Listen (Brockport, NY @ SUNY Brockport Union Ballroom)
By Eric | February 21, 2001 11:59 pm
Unbelieveable! We met Carl and Brett before the show, got autographs, Mary got pics. We woulda talked longer, but it was damn cold! Got inside and warmed up, got barrier spots. Jennifer Listen was up first. The band wasnt too bad, but their singer sucked, way too much playing with vocal effects. Anyway, after a brief delay, FUEL!!!! Opened up with Last Time, and sounded awesome! Got lots of eye contact from Carl and Brett all night, we had the best spot in the house right in front of Carl. They played Mary Pretends next, and Mary went predictably nuts… not too sure of the order after that, but they did Knives, Bittersweet, Jesus or a Gun, Empty Spaces, Prove, Scar, Innocent, Sunburn, and then Brett let Mary sing for a bit of Ozone! Then for the Encore, we got Breed (Nirvana Cover), Down (totally rocked!) and Hemorrhage. Mary even got the setlist after the show… The crowd was awesome, no crowdsurfers to speak of! Ranks up there with one of the best shows I’ve been to!
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01/13/2001 Finger Eleven, Cold (Kitchener, ONT @ The Lyric)
By Eric | January 13, 2001 11:59 pm
First off, after various stops, it took us FOUR HOURS to get there… anyway, we got to the venue about 4pm, and stake out the buses. Soon after, Scooter from Cold comes off the bus, and we get an autograph and chat for a little… then their roadie comes out and gives me a Just Got Wicked video! We wander over to the door of the building, and catch Jeremy, who we proceed to talk to for more than half an hour about all kinds of stuff… in the meantime the rest of the Cold gang come out, and we chat and get autographs with Sam, Kelly and Terry as well… Mary catches Sean from F11 for an autograph also… We let Jeremy go soundcheck, and we head to the front of the building to scope it out… theres no line yet, so we hit a record store, and Mary makes a killing on two Soundgarden posters and a postcard…we get in line, have some kids hold our spot, and run to the pizza place, where we meet… MORE COLD ROADIES! We chat it up with them as well, then run to get back in line… we get in at 8pm, and wait an HOUR AND A HALF before Cold went on. When they finally did get out there… THEY RIPPED SHIT UP. Opened with End of the World, and trucked on through Go Away, Outerspace, Confession, Witch, No One, Send in the Clowns, It’s All Good and Just Got Wicked. We had barrier right in front of Jeremy and Terry (who had a Jason mask on for the first song!) Scooter had this plexiglass platform that he stood on and they lit him up in green light… mad cool effect! After Cold’s set was F11… Launching into First Time, the place went nuts! Crowdsurfers everywhere, and due to the design of the security pit, they pushed the crowd surfers back into the crowd. After getting sat on, we got out and moved back. The Lyric has 3 levels, plus a mini balcony, so we moved to the edge of the 3rd level and could see perfectly…. Finger Eleven ran though a great mix of songs from both albums, including Tip, Thin Spirits, Quicksand, Stay and Drown, Sick of it All, For The Ocean, and closing with Above and Drag You Down. We hauled back outside to the buses, where we got to talk to Sam, Kelly and Jeremy for a littlw while longer, and the roadies hooked us up with long sleeve COLD shirts!! We finally got out of there at 1:30 and made it home by 4:30am! ha! What a night!
F11 Setlist
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First Time
For The Ocean
Suffocate
Thin Spirits
Sick Of It All
Shudder
My Carousel
Walking In My Shoes
Tip
Temporary Arms
Quicksand
Condenser
Costume For A Gutterball
Above
Stay and Drown
Drag You Down
Sean Anderson (F11) autographed ticket stub, The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Mary and I with Sam from Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Me with Kelly from Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Mary with Kelly from Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Mary and I with Jeremy from Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Me with Scooter from Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Finger Eleven @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Finger Eleven @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
Cold @ The Lyric, Kitchener, ONT, 01/13/2001
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12/31/2000 The Tea Party, Treble Charger, Velour, Oui73 (Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Convention Center)
By Eric | December 31, 2000 11:59 pm
I don’t think they finalized the openers until right before they went on, because there were a million bands being thrown around as openers… that being said, they shoulda picked someone else. Oui73 was very boring, and the lead singer coulda got thrown out of a thrift store, he was dressed so badly. Velour, though marginally better, still sucked. (How do these guys keep getting gigs?)
There’s a clip of Velour’s first song on Youtube:
Treble Charger was much better compared to the other two, though still nothing special.
Then came the Tea Party. This was one of the most amazing shows I’ve ever seen, period. Jeff Martin walks out, rips into some guitar riff, and the band kicked into The River, and never looked back. Martin appeared to be having a ball up on stage, and he sounded incredible. They played all the favorites, including Fire In The Head, Sister Awake (Heroes insert) Heaven Coming Down and Psychopomp. Jeff brought out a double guitar for Walking Wounded… Then for the encore, they played Save Me (Hurt insert) and closed with the best take on Temptation I’ve ever heard! The band just could not have sounded better! Mary managed to get a copy of the Tea Party’s setlist as well!
I’ve had this bootleg forever, but someone else posted it to youtube, so here’s the whole Tea Party set in all it’s glory!
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12/05/2000 Orgy, Lifehouse, Dust For Life (Buffalo, NY @ Sideshow Music Hall)
By Eric | December 5, 2000 11:59 pm
I almost didnt go, but some last minute scrambling ensured that Sara and Danielle would have a ride there and back and I would have a ticket… Dust For Life was much better this time around, I thought they sounded better and it wasn’t quite as boring as the Geneseo show. They started the first song without their guitarist, Jason, as he was told to be on stage at 8:30, but they started early, so he was still getting a beer at the bar! Lifehouse came out and were very dull… No real stage prescence, the songs were boring, and the crowd was equally unresponsive. We had a little bit of a wait for Orgy, but it was worth it! The stage show was very exciting, and they sounded good too… Good set distribution between Candyass and Vapor Transmission, the crowd predictably went nuts for Stitches, Fiction, and the obvious closer, Blue Monday (with the “You Spin Me” insert).
Pics thanks to 103.3 The Edge and Sara.
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11/18/2000 3 Doors Down, Shades Apart, Dust For Life (Geneseo, NY @ Kuhl Gym)
By Eric | November 18, 2000 11:59 pm
I got disappointed before the show even started, because COLD was also supposed to be on the bill, but canceled because of “bus trouble”, a.k.a. they were told to practice for the upcoming Marilyn Manson tour. In any event, I was soured on the show before it even started. Dust For Life was okay, a Creed-like band but not very exciting. The crowd was okay, some kid in a wheelchair made it all the way up front… not too bright. Shades Apart came out and had some energy, and all the idiots in the crowd showed up… lots of crowdsurfers getting beat down in the front rows… Shades Apart sounded decent, saved the one everyone knew (Stranger By The Day) for last. Me, Mary and Sara left for the bleachers for 3DD, cuz we didnt feel like putting up with more crowdsurfers for a band we really dont love. Their set was good, they sounded good, but there was no movement on the stage… the guys kinda just played the songs and that was it. Half the people left after Kryptonite… The show was decent, but I couldnt get into it not having COLD there.
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10/31/2000 (hed)pe, Agent Me (Buffalo, NY @ The Sideshow)
By Eric | October 31, 2000 11:59 pm
Halloween. 5 Bucks. (hed)pe. What the hell more could I ask for? Showed up in the middle of Agent Me’s set, they’re some local band, they were okay. I was very surprised at the lack of people in the beginning… got a barrier spot right away. (hed) comes out… better than the two Rochester shows combined!!! Mostly the same setlist, BUT THEY PLAYED FIRSTY THIS TIME!!!! During the chorus part, Jahred stuck the mic right in my face for the “You must be confused, you must be confused if ya think I give a f*ck!” part. Holy crap! Then after the show I snag a pic AND a setlist…. got it signed by everyone except Wes (go figure, I got him both times before!) All the other guys were mad cool in hanging around to talk and sign stuff… WOW!
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10/24/2000 POD, (hed)pe, Project86 (Rochester, NY @ Water Street)
By Eric | October 24, 2000 11:59 pm
Project86 was okay, the lead singer reminded me of Serj from System Of A Down just on his facial expressions and such… they werent too bad, I got into a couple of the songs… I was waiting for (hed), and they ripped shit up again, sounded better than with P.Roach… played almost the same setlist as before, except for Jesus (of Nazareth), which is ironic considering that POD and Project86 are both Christian bands… why (hed) was on this tour baffles me… anyway, POD came out after a lengthy set change, played Southtown second, then I left to meet some of the (hed) crew, got autographs from BC and Wes this time around… fun wow!
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10/07/2000 Stone Temple Pilots, Disturbed, Liquid Gang (Buffalo, NY @ SUNY Buffalo Alumni Arena)
By Eric | October 7, 2000 11:59 pm
Liquid Gang kicked this off with a bang… got the crowd into it, lots of energy. They played Show Me, Diagram, Rain, A Better View, Breakdown, Closer and Blunt Force Trauma. We met all the guys after the show and got autographs, real nice and down to earth guys. I had high expectations for Disturbed, and to me they seemed a bit flat. I expected a lot more energy from them, David Draiman was running around, but for whatever reason, it was just, ehh. Played 10 of the 12 songs on the album, closed with Stupfiy. Then STP came out… Weiland was in top form, just like at Darien Lake. A good spread over all 4 albums, and we got Dead and Bloated, and Creep this time!! Weiland went into the stands on the right hand side during Plush… came back out for a two song encore with an American Flag draped around himself, they closed with Sex Type Thing, at which point Scott put the flag around his waist and dropped his pants! As they walked off stage, the flag was removed, and we all got to see Weiland nekkid! So on the whole, a very entertaining show… 🙂
Crackerman
Vasoline
Piece of Pie
Big Empty
Meatplow
Sour Girl (acoustic)
And So I Know (Partial)
Creep
Interstate Love Song
No Way Out
Plush
Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart
Down
Dead and Bloated
Sex Type Thing
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10/02/2000 The Tragically Hip (Rochester, NY @ Auditorium Center)
By Eric | October 2, 2000 11:59 pm
What a show… $25 for 2 and a half hours!! These guys are performers. Played all the usual favorites, including Nautical Disaster, New Orleans is Sinking, Courage, Little Bones, etc… Played Greasy Jungle and Long Time Running, which I was told were very rare occurances, I was surprised to get An Inch An Hour as well. Gord was off the hook with his on-stage mannerisms and ramblings and what not, and the rest of the band sounded very tight. What a place to see a show as well! The Auditorium Center holds approximately 2500 people, and the acoustics were perfect. The crowd was amazingly loud, and very well mannered. In all one of the better shows I’ve been to in awhile!
Pics thanks to Jenn Graley.
Here’s the whole show!
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