[kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA

Darren Peace darrenpeace at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 21:57:33 EDT 2015 

On Monday, April 27, 2015, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

> Saw FNM thrice in Feb, with SOUNDGARDEN. FNM were awesome; SOUNDGARDEN won.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net <javascript:;>] On
> Behalf Of Jim
> Harper
> Sent: Sunday, 26 April 2015 10:15 p.m.
> To: adrianwason at btinternet.com <javascript:;>; A list about all things
> Killing Joke (the
> band!)
> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA
>
> Yeah, 'Sol Invictus', due out on May 19th. I'm very much looking forward to
> it. Heard three tracks from it and they're excellent, so I'm optimistic.
>
> BTW, it's the Album of the Year line-up, with Jon Hudson on guitar. When
> they announced the reunion tour a few years back, a handful of dissenters
> complained that Jim Martin wasn't involved. Yeah, a real loss there... Not.
>
> On Sun, 26/4/15, adrianwason at btinternet.com <javascript:;> <
> adrianwason at btinternet.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA
>  To: "A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)"
> <gathering at misera.net <javascript:;>>
>  Date: Sunday, 26 April, 2015, 8:56
>
>  good setlist,I didn't
>  know they're doing a new album?
>  ----Original message----
>  From :
>  jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk <javascript:;>
>  Date : 25/04/2015 - 19:26 (GMTDT)
>  To : gathering at misera.net <javascript:;>
>  Subject : Re: [kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA
>
>  Nice setlist. Good to see all
>  four Patton-era albums represented, even if they do stick  mainly to the
> hits. Cheers!
>
>  On Sat, 25/4/15, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com <javascript:;>>
>  wrote:
>
>   Subject: [kj] (OT)
>  Faith No More in LA
>   To: "'A list
>  about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net
> <javascript:;>>
>   Date: Saturday, 25 April, 2015, 19:12
>
>   Saw Faith No More at the
>  Wiltern
>   Theater in LA last night, the 3rd
>  show of a 3 night
>   stand.  Only the second
>  time I've ever seen them, the
>   first
>  being about 25 years ago opening for Metallica.
>
>   Got there a bit early and
>  once I was wristbanded for the
>   pit, spent
>  the next hour plus people watching upstairs from
>   the balcony overlooking the lobby.  Pretty  eclectic mix
>   of people, a lot of really fat
>  bearded metalheads, hipsters
>   in long
>  sleeved plaid shirts, black rimmed glasses and
>   beenies, older gray haired stoner types, a  good number of
>   younger kids fresh outta
>  high school and a surprising number
>   of good
>  looking women!  Opening band "Flattbush" who I
>   think are locals (there was a different opener  every night),
>   was probably the worst band
>  I've seen in a very long time -
>
>  one-note screamo cookie monster vox, fast pounding drums  and
>   constantly shreddy soloing.  The
>  singer who was a
>   skinny bald Asian kid
>  complete with a big coolie hat tried
>   hard
>  but the music and the band was just laughably
>   terrible.
>
>
>  Once that horror show was done, I secured a spot in the  pit
>   on the left side a couple people back
>  from the stage in
>   front of FNM's
>  keyboard player.  Lucky for me, it seems
>
>  kids these days are shorter than ever, and no matter where  I
>   stood, I pretty much towered over anyone  around me and I'm
>   only 6ft tall.  The
>  stage crew (all dressed in white,
>   btw) had
>  set up these white planters full of floral
>
>  arrangements across the entire front of the stage so  being
>   up front, it was tough to see
>  anything below the waist of
>   the band on
>  stage. With even the amps clothed in white, the
>   stage looked like a flower shop.
>
>   Faith No More came on at
>  10pm on the money and played about
>   an 80
>  minute set.  I believe this was one of the few
>   shows they've recently played where they  didn't open with
>
>  "Motherfucker," instead opting for the more  subdued "Sol
>   Invictus" off the
>  new album.  Second song was "From Out
>
>  Of Nowhere" and the place went nuts and the band pretty  much
>   held that energy through much of the
>  show.  Patton
>   sounded great but the mix
>  down front where I was was very
>   bass and
>  drum heavy.  Speaking of which, I gained a new
>   appreciation for Billy Gould, his bass playing  is fantastic,
>   with a perfect deep tone.
>  Bordin just beat the shit
>   out of his kit,
>  constantly splintering sticks with roadies
>
>  pouring bottles of water over him constantly through the
>   set.  Mid-way through the set after
>  "Midlife Crisis," I
>   moved just
>  outside of the pit over to the opposite side of
>   the stage hoping for better sound mix, but  unless it was a
>   part of a song that
>  featured a prominent guitar bit, the
>   guitar
>  was pretty buried in
>     the mix.  The only
>  thing I didn't "get," was the
>
>  short fat dude dressed up in a white leisure suit with a  hat
>   and his face covered like the Elephant  Man who would
>   occasionally wander across
>  the stage - whatever the gimmick
>   was
>  supposed to be, it slipped by me.
>
>   Overall, a great show, I'm glad I went.  The Wiltern is
>   always my favorite place to
>  catch a show.
>
>
>  Setlist:
>
>   Sol Invictus
>   From Out of Nowhere
>
>  Caffeine
>   Evidence
>   Epic
>   Sunny Side Up
>   Surprise!
>  You're Dead!
>   Midlife Crisis w/Lowdown
>  tease
>   Last Cup of Sorrow
>
>  The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
>   Easy
>  (cover)
>   Be Aggressive
>   King
>  for a Day
>   Ashes to Ashes
>
>  Superhero
>   (encore)
>
>  Motherfucker
>   Digging the Grave
>   This Guy's in Love With You (cover)
>
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