Ween: 9 (7 for Carolyn?) (counts 1 Gene Ween solo show and 1 Gene Ween Band show) Voltaire: 6 (7 for Carolyn) Gwar: 5 (4 for Carolyn) Bad Religion: 3 Kreator: 3 (2 for Carolyn) NoMeansNo: 3 Rammstein: 3 Sisters Of Mercy: 3 They Might Be Giants: 3 (5 for Carolyn) Type O Negative: 3 (4 if you count the Carnivore show) Violent Femmes: 3 Agent Orange: 2 Celtic Frost: 2 Danzig: 2 Dethklok: 2 Freezepop: 2 Ministry: 2 Marilyn Manson: 2 Nine Inch Nails: 2 My Life With The...: 2 (...Thrill Kill Kult) The Church: 2 (1 for Carolyn)
They finally came this far
south! I bought my first Hanson Brothers (Ramones-sounding
NoMeansNo side-project) CD here. I remember they played a messed up
version of "Big Dick" that lasted like 10 minutes, and included band
associates getting up on stage and playing weird instruments (horns, etc).
I wonder if this was the "Big Dick (Extended Version)" that showed up on
the "Would We Be Alive?" EP a few years later?
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Danzig kinda sucked, only played 6 songs I knew and about 6-8 more i didn't [too much Danzig 6].
But Samhain was possibly the first band I've ever seen where I knew EVERY song being played, because they don't have any new album. Danzig didn't play the guitar when playing as Samhain, even though that's always how it was in the 80s. "Play the guitar you pussy!" -Yelled by me a few times.
Samhain played their version of The Misfits's All Hell Breaks Loose and Halloween 2.
Danzig opened with a song from Black Aria -- how pretentious. He played Mother and Twist Of Cain from Danzig 1. Long Way Back From Hell and Her Black Wings from Danzig II. Dirty Black Summer from Danzig 3. One song from Danzig 5. And a bunch of stuff from 6 that no one had heard or cared to hear.
The audience was completely still at points, unlike at every point during the Samhain portion of the show, where there was some of the craziest audience energy I've ever seen.
Danzig closed with "Earth A.D." by The Misfits, because he knows nothing he'll ever do in his solo career will match his 2 previous bands -- even if it is awesome stuff.
Suffice to say, the highlight of this show was not Danzig, but Samhain. Danzig is damn lucky he's in both bands :D
First section is from the set list, second section is the other songs we remember them playing, third section is the encore songs we remember.
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I have trouble figuring out which songs they played from "October Rust". So this song list is definitely short. Also, "World Coming Down" is an album that, at this point, I only know the sound of, not titles.
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I was saddened that I didn't know most of the songs. I had just spent the past few weeks learning the Spine album really well, and was hoping they would play a lot of songs off of it. They only played 2.
Instead they played what they claimed to be a lot of very old songs, "songs so old even we forgot how to play them". Man, the one time I know more newer material than older material, the band has to go play older material. Meanwhile, I go to see all these other shows looking to hear their earlier songs that I love, and they always play stuff from the newest album(s) instead! (Particularly guilty: Sisters Of Mercy, and, at times, Type O Negative, and most other bands too, those are just the ones that pop into my head at the moment.)
I never realized the two-singer-ness of the band until I saw them live. They switch off a lot, though I definitely think the main singer (the one who plays keyboards) is the one whose voice sounds more like what I imagine TMBG sounding like. I definitely like him better.
I should also add Carolyn looked extremely hot that night.
I was VERY happy they played this, I had just "requested" it in Carolyn's ear about two minutes before they played it, joking that they would never actually playthis live. Sometimes I just love being wrong.
(also very happy to hear!)
Blog posting: http://clintjcl.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/they-might-be-giants-concert-at-930-club-on-4262006/
