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A brief word on the opening acts, I didn't hear more than 5 minutes or so of the Alcoholics, so I really didn’t get an impression of them. The Deftones were okay, but they sounded a lot like Rage Against the Machine, and I'm not much of a Rage fan, so . . .
I'm pleased to report that in between The Deftones and Primus, a Residents CD was playing over the PA system. I wonder how many other people there were able to distinguish that.
On to the Primus set:
(This is a general setlist, the asterisked ones are defintely in the correct order, the others I know were played, but can't remember the order)
*Those Damned Blue Collared Tweekers (w/ Highball With the Devil) *Jerry Was a Racecar Driver *Bob's Party Time Lounge Groundhog’s Day Southbound Pachyderm Sailing the Seas of Cheese Over the Falls Puddin’ Taine *Too Many Puppies (w/ Hello Skinny) *Nature Boy *Ler's Super Solo *Tommy the Cat (w/ The Awakening) *Devilman (w/ Beelzebob Cock) *John the Fisherman
Let me start off this by saying that Ler was the fucking man that night. He was on fire all night long. Let me put it this way: at many of the other Primus shows that I have been to when Ler solo's, he'll play something that is nearly identical to the solo's on the recorded versions of the songs. That was not true for this show, his solo's were vibrant, livid and just plain amazing. I hope to hear more like this on the next Primus album
Tweekers was awesome, though the addition of Highball in it doesn't seem so spontaneous anymore, it just seems like it's a normal part of the song. Ler's solo for it was awesome. Jerry sounded like they were speeding up the song somehow, but still came out awesome, especially the part where Les is slappin the hell out of the bass' neck near the end of the song. Now comes Bob's Party Time Lounge . . . what a song, what a song. The main part of the song is not much really compared to other Primus songs in my opinion, the best part about it being the fact that it's about our friend Bob C. Cock. Now, when Ler got into the solo, I was in complete awe. The last time I saw him play this song was back in Providence, RI, and his solo for that was was quick and highly technical. For this show, he had a grove filled, mellow, yet extreemly powerful solo. It was just beautiful. It lasted nearly 2 or 3 minutes i would guess. It could have been longer. And let me say, both Les and Brain backed him up very well. This band is definitely finding their groove these days. I really like the improvisational tone that these guys have found, cause it fits them very well. We defintely get to see their true colors this way. Let's see, the next "big" thing in the show was Southbound Pachyderm, which lasted over 10 minutes. Fucking awesome. Brain REALLY was awesome for this song, and once again, these guys got into an unbelieveable groove, going back and forth, playing off of each other. This is defintely the Primus that should have been, no offense Herb, but we were never subject to this kind of stuff when he was around. Let's see, let's see . . . Hello Skinny was really cool. Les didn't seem to play the normal D#-D riff, he was playig something on his whammy bar from what I remember. Brian was fenomenal for this also. He seems to have come up with a harder and "bassier" drum line for this song that is completley different from the one Herb came up with. I think I like Herb's better, but Brain's is cool nonetheless. Tommy the Cat (my fave Primus song) was great. Les blew everybody away as usual with The Awakening, and then Brain blew everybody away with his solo, which at one point was a one of Brain's famed One Armed Solos. He is definetely getting better every time I see these guys.
Now for the New Years celebration. From the PA system we could hear Beelzebob Cock's (Bob Cock dressed like the devil, because it being the 6th annual Freak Out, Primus thought that it would be cool to have a Satan theme for the night) voice telling us to count down the new year while the stage filled with smoke and was bathed in red lights. He was brought out on stage by a Hell's Angel on a Harley, and when he got to 1 the band broke into a fucking awesome rendition of Devilman, which was very reminicent of last years version of Rock and Roll, with Les pulling out a steady rock bass line, Brain pounding the shit out of his drums, and Ler going back to his Posessed days. The song was loud, hard and out of control. I think I remember there being some "fly girls" on the stage also . . .
They ended with John the Fisherman and left. It was awesome, it was great, I went home a happy man.
-Lottie the Human Log |
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