The CONCERT thread

[Eastside]

Jack White blew the roof off the building last Tuesday in Sacramento. Goose was decent at the Masonic in SF last night.

[dookeyXXX]

I slept on those JW tix.
How the heck didja score?

I got a press release this morning at 8a.m. about DENGUE FEVER at the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens and the show was already sold out!

[jackstraw]

White Stripes is up there for the best shows of my life. Jack rips

[ticketchecker]

Caught the Raconteurs at ACL Fest awhile ago, they crushed


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[muted reborn]

White Stripes is up there for the best shows of my life. Jack rips

Ugh, I missed out! Another JXN concert story from me - I had tix to see the White Stripes at Snow King in 2007 and they cancelled it for Megs anxiety attacks. They only played together once on Conan after that, no more concerts, they never made another album, and eventually they broke up due to her anxiety.

I was *this* close to seeing them...

[Djongo Unchained]

^^^^
After they cancelled in Jackson, I think he came back and did a small show at the Pink Garter for about 200 peeps in a tiny venue.

[Eastside]

Dook,

We just bought the tix when they came on pre-sale. Our friends went both nights. The second night (our night) was better apparently. Channel 24 is a killer venue. I never wear earplugs. I wish I had a pair.

[evasive_MT]

Ugh, I missed out! Another JXN concert story from me - I had tix to see the White Stripes at Snow King in 2007 and they cancelled it for Megs anxiety attacks. They only played together once on Conan after that, no more concerts, they never made another album, and eventually they broke up due to her anxiety.

I was *this* close to seeing them...

I had tickets for that one, too.

[dookeyXXX]

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Dook, We just bought the tix when they came on pre-sale. Our friends went both nights. The second night (our night) was better apparently. Channel 24 is a killer venue. I never wear earplugs. I wish I had a pair.

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I do not go to enough shows to be on the pre-sale lists. Oh well.</p>
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i am eyeing that Primus gig, though.</p>

[Eastside]

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we have tix for one of the primus nights</p>

[slcdawg]

Got free tickets to see Ryan Adams on the Heartbreaker tour. We havent been listening to him much since the allegations but couldn&#39;t resist free and that he was playing Heartbreaker, a great album. Venue was about a third empty and I expected him to be appreciative of the fans that showed up to support him in a dicey time. Instead, it was a giant FU to the audience and a freaking trainwreck of a show.

The first set was most of the Heartbreaker album - but he pulled a Dylan and the songs were unrecognizable. He went on a rant about how the first set was for us (?) but he would do whatever he wanted in the second set. Which would have been fine, but was mostly self indulgent BS. He did a really bad rendition of Over the Rainbow and had non-stop rants (against music industry, how much of a victim he is, etc.), begging for money, and chastising the audience for calling out song requests or for leaving early. The dude spent more time talking than playing and it got real frustrating.

We finally left after he told an antecdote where Dylan supposedly told him he (RA) was the true master. The best song of the night was Bartering Lines where he brought in the bass player from Cannibal Corpse and drummer was the merch guy. It was a pretty sick groove actually, but didn&#39;t make up for the rest of the night.Despite free tickets I left feeling I was due a refund. One of the worst shows I have ever been to.

[mcski]

Fans yelling for for him to sing Summer of 69 and him get pissed was a top tier troll

[slcdawg]

Ha! I should have tried that one...

[Name Redacted]

Ministry was a good entertaining show and my first at Mission ballroom. That place is great! Especially the VIP. Lots of industrial black leather freaks in the crowd. Ministry played a lot of their old library that I hadn't heard in years, if every. Sat next to an old Japanese lady from Lakewood who was a superfan. I had to explain that I was just a casual fan and she was perplexed. haha. They ended with a song or two from their more modern stuff, like GDWT which was cool. KMFDM was a good opening act.

[Djongo Unchained]

^^^^^^^

Holy fuck. I did not know Ministry was touring with KMFDM. I knew they were out but thot they were only playing Halloween and shite.

Figures. Double dog damn.

2 of my fave live bands. Ministry1992 Lollapalooza - Louder than anyone by far. Epic. KMFDM - Lucia is a smokeshow too.

[slcdawg]

I bet that was a good show. I've seen Ministry a few times but never KMFDM,

[warthog]

Over 16 years since they have been here-
2 days of Metallica with Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies, and Pantera. Fun weekend.

[Name Redacted]

Nice! I want to go see them here in CO soon but just don't know if I want to throw down that kinda cash. Maybe a last minute ticket purchase will be in the cards

[dookeyXXX]

I am always intrigued by the opening acts for Metallica…

I saw them on a bill with Korn and Kid Rock once.

Limp Bizkit seems kind of an odd pairing (though the one time I saw LB they brought the heat and were surprisingly taut)…

[Name Redacted]

I heard LB was pretty good these days. I'd love to see Pantera, even if not with Metallica.

[warthog]

Limp Bizkit was surprisingly awesome. I was disappointed that Corey Feldman didn't make the trip though . My daughter wanted to see them and was not disappointed. I think there is some sort of history there with Metallica.
The opening act before them, Ice Nine Kills, we missed. Apparently they do some sort of serial killer performance art act. I have heard of them, but didn't worry about getting there early to see them the first night.
Suicidal makes sense since Rob started with them, and his son is now the bassist. Pantera, well who wouldn't want them to open for you?

[dookeyXXX]

I just remembered that back in the day Fred Durst and LB were pro Napster and Metallica sued Napster, so their sharing a bill seems kinda odd in a way…

[mcski]

I still have my Napster shirt that I got from the Offspring’s online merch store. Ef Lars and those fuck nuggets

[Name Redacted]

The Napster thing actually made me hate Metallica for about 20 years, but I have come back around. Still like their old stuff and their new stuff is better than a lot of new music from other bands, so not that bad if you take it as a separate genre of music. Lars has always been a fuck nugget. Probably one of the most punchable faces in rock'n'roll. haha. James is a good dude. I have met him breifly and he lives around here. Lots of funny stories from friends who have met him but he keeps a low profile. BTW great pics Warthog, did you take those?

[mcski]

Well, if you need help remembering, just think of Cliff and how they treated Jason.

Then I just read an article that made a pretty convincing case that they stole songs. lol. They suck

Great pics indeed! Did Warhog have a photo pass?