[kj] LA Tonight

[Countessghoulita at aol.com]

I was pretty much in the front, facing Geordie's side. Geordie was visibly  
upset with the monitor and/or sound (which came out a bit flat at the 
beginning,  but this is a possibility when you are in the front rows)
 
Killing Joke were indeed in top form, energized and energizing, and so  
tight. Sun Goes Down, Corporate Elect and Pssyche were brutal. 
 
Czar made me think of how much the black metal vegan chef is missed. Ath  
least, one could learn a good recipe from him.
 
CG
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/6/2013 1:52:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
planetary at socal.rr.com writes:

 
For  all the reports of inconsistent gigs on the North American leg this 
tour, I am  supremely happy to report tonight’s show at The Fonda in LA was 
excellent,  probably the best show I seen them do, period. 
The  opening band Czar was predictably terrible, a 3rd rate Lamb Of God  
downtuned cookie monster vox style band that was only surprising in  
demonstrating how loud and bottom-end heavy the Fonda’s excellent sound system  was.  
Killing Joke came on at  about 10:20 opening with Requiem and right away I 
was impressed with the  sound, by far sonically the best I’ve ever heard 
this band sound with a solid,  tight low end yet Geordie’s guitar right up 
there in the mix.  The band seemed in excellent spirits  and even persistent 
monitor and amp mic problems with Geordies rig didn’t slow  the band down at 
all.  Jaz’ vox  were strong the entire show and Youth was especially animated 
the entire  night.  And I can’t imagine seeing  a show with someone subbing 
for Big Paul – he is so impressive every show I’ve  seen him with the band. 
The  pacing was perfect and probably the two biggest high points was the  
magnificent performance of Sun Goes Down (the look on  Jaz’s face when he 
realized they nailed  it by the end of the song was priceless) followed by a 
storming “Eighties”  (they seem to play it faster every tour) and  a great 
version of TDARS in the middle  of the encore. 
We  pretty much got every song they’ve been playing the last two months 
(except  Follow The Leaders) including both   Chop-Chop and Empire Song as well 
Corporate Elect and European  Superstate (which sounded much better than 
the 2010 show I saw).  We also got a 5 song encore prefaced  with a mention of 
Raven’s passing leading into Love Like Blood as well as The  Death And 
Resurrection Show.  I  really thought we might get one more song out of them 
after closer  Pssyche. 
As  lackluster both the band and audience was at the depressingly half-full 
 Wiltern Theater at the end of 2010 the last time they played here, tonight 
at  the much smaller and better suited Fonda Theater had much better energy 
from  both the band and the audience, especially up front.  They didn’t 
sell tickets to the balcony  which was closed off but the floor was pretty 
packed. 
T.B.


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