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Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 04:31 PM
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Ego Brain
Joined: May 14, 2005
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I just came back from it last night, and I must say, in all seriousness, it was a spiritual experience for me.
The show itself was awesome, even though the security was retarded, I WAS going to try and record this show, but I did not want to risk getting thrown out, I envy all you people who saw Serj under more lax conditions, but the security at this little club/bar was like frikkin' airport.
There were these huge signs hung over the entrances that said "no moshing, no crowd surfing or you will be removed, thank you."
So, barring all the schoolyard like roughhousing rules, the show was spectacular, of course Fair to Midland showed to to start things off, i literally walked in seconds before they started their set. Halfway thought their show, the singer's mic went out, and he had to scramble for a new one, which was kinda embarrassing but he got through it gracefully.
After their set was over, the audience waited "patiently" through what seemed like an hour long sound check before Serj finally made his way on stage.
The whole while, while waiting for the crew to go through every piece of equipment on stage, they played the entirety of the Buckethead and Friends CD, and a little bit of Axis of Justice, so it was a little bit of a wait.
Serj opened up with his standard Intro, and addressed the crowd briefly before erupting into a medley of The Unthinking Majority and Empty Walls.
He paused for a few minutes to introduce the crowd to his new band, there was an older lady standing in front of me who said she was the mother of one of Serj's guitarists, i tried to ask her which one but it was so loud in the club that I could not make out what she said 
The band then geared up for Feed Us, which went ito Lie, Lie, Lie and Saving Us.
There was another brief pause where Serj went to tell us about his favourite member of congress, Nancy Palosi and which point a lot of the crowd boo'd (must not have been a lot of democrats in the audience??) then make some remark about how much he loves S.F. and went right into Baby and Sky is Over.
It was at this point Serj requested that the crowd kindly Praise the lord, and while we were at it, if could could pass him the ammunition.
I screamed out at this point "God wants you to go to war" and Serj went YEAH! and bumped right into the song, I am hoping that he heard me ^^
He then teased the crowd with a song that WASN'T on the record, and blasted into his rock version of Charades, which I must say is a total transformation from it's humble beginnings on the Axis of Justice CD.
This was then followed by Honking Antelope, which was followed by a moment of anticipation as Serj shouted out "This one goes out to Jello Biafra!" and went rocking into his now famous rendition of Holiday in Cambodia, which was... just perfect, if you ask me 
He closed the concert with Beethoven's Cunt and Elect the Dead, at which point I realized that if I wanted to beat the traffic going home, I'd have to leave now.
I don't think he did an encore, since Elect the Dead is pretty much a closing song, but if I did miss anything, someone else who was there can tell me all about it.
All in all, I can only say that this concert was like a spiritual experience for me, there were times in which I just closed my eyes ans swayed with the beat, others where I was shouting each lyric so loud that I tried to compete with the rest of the crowd, and others where I just stood watching the stage intently with a huge retarded fanboyish smile slapped across my face.
It was truly a night to remember  |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 04:34 PM
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Cigaro
Joined: Aug 23, 2005
Posts: 2519
Location: People's Republic of Malakia
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^^AWESOME!!! I'm sooooo glad you had a great time!
Serj has that "fanboy/girl" effect on a lot of us, it seems 
I'm totally jealous you got to see FTM, too! Argh! I love Tom, but damn...I'd really like to see FTM.
Thanks so much for the review! |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 05:10 PM
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ddevil
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
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Yeah man, glad you had a great time!
And.. 'no moshing'? WHAT THE FUCK is wrong with them? Why would someone go to a show and not mosh lol.. Anyway, glad you had a great time! |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 06:24 PM
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ddevil
Joined: Aug 26, 2005
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oo great review! yah, it wouldve been amazing to see FTM!
it seems as though serj is a lot more comfortable now...i got the impression that he didnt address the crowd as much during the Toronto show than the SF show. nevertheless, its good to see! props to the nancy pelosi shoutout!
and you SF ppl are lucky (imo) that you didnt have crowsurfers/moshing...i think my experience wouldve been much better if i was being squished and beaten half the time! i wouldve had the chance to pay more attention to the show, rather than try to defend myself!
thanks again! |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 06:38 PM
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Hypnotized
Joined: Apr 07, 2005
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Good to hear you had a good time! Here in Holland there's a general 'no crowdsurfing' restriction going since around 2000 and personally I'm with AK on that, it does save you from getting booted in the head!
So FTM kicked ass too? I'm really looking forward to seeing them open in Amsterdam as well. |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 05:16 PM
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Newbie
Joined: Oct 30, 2007
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Ah, a shame to hear you couldn't get any photos. I sent you a pm on mansonusa about it, but this seems a more appropriate place to discuss.
Even though security was tight, I've never been happier with a no-moshing rule. It was my friend's first time in the pit, and at 5' and 90lbs, she would have been absolutely smashed if people had been doing more than a vicious sway during Holiday in Cambodia. The 'tame' audience made it a much, much better experience for us.
But damn, bitches were loud (including myself. Tried to scream 'Encore!' after he walked off and I sounded like a little boy who just hit puberty). Where I was standing (right in front of Serj's little keyboard) you almost couldn't hear what he was saying over the yowls of the crowd.
Sean, our driver and rabid SOAD fan, got the setlist and nearly passed out from sheer joy. Sabra got a pick from Mario and Diana got one of the water bottles they tossed.
I still can't believe how quiet everyone became during Elect the Dead. And the irate yells of 'shut up!' whenever someone barked out a shout were priceless.
I'm still pissed about the no camera rule, but now I know phones fly. Can't wait until he comes back around! |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 07:25 PM
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Joined: Apr 04, 2007
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| the no camera rule was probably at every venue because i was taking pictures and they told me to put my camera away. but it sounds like you had a blast which is great! as for the no moshing and crowd surfing i can see how that would be lame if you really wanted to do that stuff but i kind of wish they had that rule for the ny show because security kept standing in front of me to pull down crowd surfers and all i wanted to do was pay attention to the show. |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 08:14 PM
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Cigaro
Joined: Aug 23, 2005
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Location: People's Republic of Malakia
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| There was not a "no camera" rule in Chicago that I recall. Brian and Nik were taking pics all night right in front of security and they were never asked to stop. |
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(\_ /) This next song is about a little bunny rabbit.
(X.x) And if you don't like little bunny rabbits, then fuck you!
(> <) It's about a little bunny rabbit that we used to drink beer with,
smoke weed with, but then it overdosed on crack.
Don't smoke crack because it will kill you.
It killed the little bunny rabbit and it'll kill you too. ~Daron
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Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 09:21 PM
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Ego Brain
Joined: Jul 17, 2006
Posts: 744
Location: I'm already a-there!!!!
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| Awesome! Sounds like you had a great time. |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 09:40 PM
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ddevil
Joined: Aug 26, 2005
Posts: 1225
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| On the website of my venue, it said no camera's, but when I called them, they said cameras were allowed. and so i brought one with me without a problem. |
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A lot of bands have social and political commentary, but I think our presentation in making it more fun makes it more accessible
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