[kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA

Brendan Quinn bq at soundgardener.co.nz
Tue Apr 28 05:33:19 EDT 2015 

Haha, nice to hear. Alex mentioned something similar about a FNM / Soundgarden / Voivod gig back in the 90s I think.  I managed to catch Soundgarden's private gigs in Melbourne and Sydney as well...so I'm a happy Soundgardener. 

Waiting for Tool to get back down this way, and I'd love to see Killing Joke swing by again of course, but after only ever playing NZ twice, I'm not holding my breath (much). 

Darren, Johnny, Oliver: get bent!

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From: Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Ketracel White
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Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA

Wow, that brings back memories! Got to see Soundgarden open for FNM, Queensrÿche and Metallica at 'Day on the Green' in 1991 at the Oakland Coliseum - first date of the Black Album tour. I came to the same conclusion - SG killed everyone (although FNM & Metallica were great - never been a fan of QR).

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> On Apr 26, 2015, at 11:06 PM, 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] On Behalf Of Jim 
> Harper
> Sent: Sunday, 26 April 2015 10:15 p.m.
> To: adrianwason at btinternet.com; 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 
> <adrianwason at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> 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
> Date : 25/04/2015 - 19:26 (GMTDT)
> To : gathering at misera.net
> 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>
> wrote:
> 
>  Subject: [kj] (OT)
> Faith No More in LA
>  To: "'A list
> about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
>  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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