[kj] Santa Ana Show Review

[Paul]

Nice one T.B., cheers for the review. Can't wait till August now, when I'll
get my chance to see them live again : )

Sorry to hear about your Mrs. I hope she makes a speedy recovery. Fingers
crossed you make it to tonight's gig.

dub

On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 18:04, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> I caught last night's show at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana.
>
> A while back I had planned on seeing the LA show at The Roxy in Hollywood
> on Thursday and bought a ticket for it even though Santa Ana is literally
> 15 minutes away while Hollywood can be an hour plus depending on traffic.
> The thing was, Idles are playing the same night as the Santa Ana show so I
> opted for the LA date for Killing Joke the following night theoretically
> making for consecutive nights in Hollywood with Idles/KJ....
>
> Then 3 weeks ago, my wife suffered a severe bowel blockage which burst and
> wound up having emergency surgery and being hospitalized for over a week.
> Today (Thursday) the date of the LA show I need to take her late in the day
> to get her staples removed and it’s likely I’m not gonna make the Roxy
> show.  The Idles show had sold out and they added a show in November at The
> Wiltern which was a much better option for me.  So yesterday afternoon, I
> looked online and tickets were still available for the Yost Theater in
> Santa Ana.  A short 15 minute drive, free parking in the lot across the
> street, I’m in.
>
> The Yost Theater is pretty small, much smaller than even the Regent
> Theater in LA where I saw them last year and I believe has only been
> hosting concerts for just the last few years, probably holds about 300
> people with a pretty small floor and it looked like the place was only
> 2/3rds sold, so it was easy to walk right up to the edge of the stage
> during the show.  The set was pretty similar to last year's tour, moving
> around a few songs in the running order, slipping in opening song
> Tomorrow's World, In Excelcis, The Fall Of Because, Tension, Total Invasion
> and The Hum through the set while dropping New Cold War, Butcher, Turn To
> Red, Follow The Leaders, Change and S.O.36. Other songs they've played
> through the tour this month during the encore like Love Like Blood and The
> Death And Resurrection Show weren't played last night - the encore was a
> short 2 song set of The Hum and Pandemonium.
>
> I spent about half the show about 15 feet back from the stage where the
> sound was somewhat balanced and pleasingly loud.  Jaz actually did a great
> job on In Excelcis, a song he's seemed to always struggled with. Once I
> decided to move right up against the stage on Geordie's side, that was
> literally all I could hear was his guitar with some drum and a bit of bass,
> I couldn't hear any of Jaz's vocals. Geordie's rig is incredibly loud at
> ear level from only 10 back on the stage and my ears are still buzzing
> today.  I really can't understand how these guys can stay in sync with each
> other considering how loud they play.  Something worth mentioning,
> Geordie's tone sounds much more "organic" like years past versus last year
> where he had a more shrill, harsh "metal" sound.
>
> Considering this was a less than sold out show and the crowd was kind of
> sedate except for diehards up front, I thought the band played in top form
> and was in exceptionally good spirits. A lot of joking and smiles between
> Youth and Geordie - Youth often spent time playing right next to Geordie.
> Performance-wise, I thought last night was even better than the show in LA
> last year although I preferred last year's setlist.  The only song I
> thought was a bit messy and shambolic was Total Invasion and the only song
> I really thought lost the crowd was Labyrinth.
>
> As far as merch, it's mostly shirts as seen on the band's website and a
> couple posters, a few signed drumheads and only the 3 CD Deluxe singles
> package and the Live 2018 London 2 CD set - no record albums.
>
> Although I'm going to still try for tonight's show at The Roxy, if I can't
> make it and my ticket goes to waste, I'll be happy enough with last night's
> show and my unbroken string of seeing them every tour since 2003.
>
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