Tool. Pepsi Center. 10.26.16 Sometimes it is nearly impossible to remove yourself from your surroundings when attending a concert in a giant corporate arena. While others times, suspension of disbelief is achieved effortlessly. When it comes to a Tool show, the venue itself literally ceases to exist. That was the case at the Pepsi Center last …
The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson. Red Rocks. 07.13.15 There is an image in my head of Billy Corgan standing on the stage at San Diego State’s Open Air Theatre in a dress. It’s Lollapolooza ’94 and Corgan looks like an angry vampire as he changes the words to “Disarm”. “I used to be a …
Death Grips. Ogden Theatre. 06.24.15 “I’ve got the powers that B, running through me!” A shirtless MC Ride was marking his territory on the large, spacious stage in front of a violently enthusiastic audience. Zach Hill, also shirtless, was doing his best Animal impression behind the drum kit. Andy Morin (aka Flatlander) was stoically standing …
On March 8th, 1994, two bands released their defining albums. Trent Reznor brought his industrial project to the mainstream (and dancefloors) with a song about fornicating like an animal, while Chris Cornell solidified himself as the voice of the heavier side of alternative rock. Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden both had a following before these albums were released, and …
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I recently read a review of a show that happened in Boulder in which the author seemed extremely disappointed that the band didn’t play a couple of their biggest hits. The band being reviewed has been in business for over twenty years and has no less then twenty chart-topping singles — many of which they …
As most of you are aware by now, I tend to become slightly long winded when it comes to reviewing shows that have impacted my life in a major way, so you might find some relief in the fact that I am at a complete loss for words when it comes to last night’s Swans …
Silversun Pickups w/Against Me! @ Fillmore 7/26/10 Against Me!: Punks brought Franz from The Hold Steady Silversun Pickups: Modern-day Smashing Pumpkins brought lights/sound! The Gaslight Anthem @ Ogden 7/24/10 The Gaslight Anthem: Brought it again! Impressed many! RBVs rock! Sextreme Ball w/ Lords of Acid & My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult @ Ogden …
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