They are playing tonight at Vector, and I'm going.
ROCK AND ROLL!
Update 1: They kicked bottom, as they say in the US. Bigtime.
Update 2: I've now had time to think about the gig. Mike Patton is certainly a strange fellow. He delighted in teasing and goading the audience throughout the night, and he lost his rag at one gentleman in the crowd towards the end of the night - why I don't know. With Patton you don't know how much is real and how much is part of the strange game he seems to enjoy playing on stage.
Patton also has the most amazing vocal range. I can't think of anyone in the rock music game to match it.
The rendition of the awful late 70's easy listening song Reunited was hilarious.
But the music was superb. The band was loud and the bass was thumping.
I've read a few comments on this review of the concert. The most frequent criticism being expressed is that the set was too short - 90 minutes. It could have been longer, but then with the intense energy FNM play their music with, you can understand the 90 minute duration. I would have liked more, but was not unhappy.
The warm-up act, Eagles of Death Metal, were average. No better than a tight, pub band, and the songs all sounded like each other.
I thought it was donkeys they kicked in the US?
ReplyDeleteBut whatever it was, they kicked it. Yes they did.