In what I felt was a bold move, they opened with BAAI. They drew out the intro and it was super cool. I liked it. A lot. It's very dramatic and gets you really excited for them to come out and tear the roof off the place. I felt that way about Change or Die too, but I think I might like this opening more. I got a little bit of that on video below so hopefully you get some idea of what it was like. Sorry for the shakiness of my camera work, but I was trying to work around the security guards' heads. Obviously I did not do a great job of that.
SETLIST(not in order):
BAAI
Last Resort
Broken Home
Getting Away With Murder
Scars
To Be Loved
Forever
Time is Running Out
Hollywood Whore
Lifeline
Am I freaking out that, as many times as I've heard them live, She Loves Me Not and Dead Cell are not on the setlist? Yes I am. But, they played them (as well as BWNDWE) on a headline date in July, so I'm guessing it's just for time reasons that they've been left out.
The show was great as usual. Hollywood Whore sounded fantastic. I love the guitar and just the whole general vibe of the song. I want to hear it again and again. My video came out worse than the one already posted, due to the fact I was standing right by the speakers and the bass was more obnoxious than usual at this venue (you'll see what I mean in the videos below). Everytime the bass pounded, it felt like my heart was exploding.
As for the other bands, I had never heard of State of Shock (they went on before Roach). They weren't too memorable for me except for the fact the bassist was female. I didn't know any of Seether's music, though the last song they played sounded vaguely familiar. Staind was good I guess. I haven't really been into them in the last few years, but still appreciated the show. Mike is really fun to watch. You'll see below how sick he goes during Mudshovel. That was the liveliest song of the whole set. What's funny is he went almost equally crazy during "So Far Away" even though it's a ballad. Another highlight for me was "Epiphany" and also "For You."
It was weird to have Roach go on so early. But then again they did at Crue Fest too. However I cared about all the bands playing after them, so my energy level stayed up even after they played. This show it didn't too much because of my lack of Seether knowledge and little familiarity with Staind's music outside of the singles. It's also hard because Roach just kicks your ass and leaves you for dead, while the next two bands are a little tamer musically. It's almost like they helped me wind down for the night after going sick for Roach. But I can't really say anything bad about them. They both put on solid shows.
Anyways, here's some photo and video:
Jacoby blowing a kiss:
Crowd during Roach:
Yet another shot that makes me want to get a camera with a better zoom:
Seether:
Staind:
Video:
Mudshovel
Between Angels and Insects Intro
