[kj] (OT) Faith No More in LA
Jim Harper
jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Apr 28 06:00:33 EDT 2015
FNM and Prong (with Raven) did a brief joint tour together in the early 90s. Two of my favourite bassists, two of my favourite drummers, and Mike Patton too. That's a gig I'd like to have seen.
Jim.
On Tue, 28/4/15, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> 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: Tuesday, 28 April, 2015, 10:33
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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28 April 2015 12:29 p.m.
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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.
>
>
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> 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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