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SOADFans: Glasgow SECC Tour Review |
Posted by Mark_Malakian_1915 on Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 09:28 AM
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A Darkened Smokey Hall, An Excited Massive Crowd, Inflated Condoms Being Thrown Around.... And The Anticipation Awaiting The Band To Come On Stage.
I Arrived At The SECC Arena At Around 6:30pm, The Que Was The Largest I Have Ever Seen At Any Gig, It Went From One End Of The Arena To The Other. The Atmosphere Was Great! Everyone Smiling And Happy Awaiting The Doors To Open.
When They Opened The Que Packed In To The Small Bars Around The Stands And We Quickly Past Through The Mass Of Guards Into The Standing Area, We Managed To Squeeze Threw The Massive Pack Of People And Get Straight To The Front Of The Stage. Half Hour Past And The Arena Was Packed! The Lights Dimmed And On Walked The Warm Up Band Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster.
The Played A Half Hour Or So And Then They Left Leaving Everone In A Great Mood, The Lights Faded Once Again And Down Dropped A Huge Mezmerize Flag In Front Of The Stage. A Light Came On Showing A Silhouette Of Daron And His Gibson, The Whole Crwod Let Out A Massive Roar As He Intro'd The Gig With Soldier Side, As He Started BYOB The Whole Crowd Yelled Out "Why Do They Always Send The Poor!".
They played Song After Song, The Crowd Bursting Out And Giving It All They Had, Mosh Pits Forming Almost Everywhere! Daron Played A Slow Cover Song To Kill Rock And Roll That Sounds Very Familiar But I Can't Quite Put My Finger On What It's Called. Some Of The Crowd Didnt Really Seem To Know The Song But, As Long As They Were Having Good Time, Who Cares!
The Outro'd With Sugar With Its Robot Intro, They Crowd Went Crazy As Daron Threw Pics And Join Threw His Sticks. We Walked Out To A Freezing Cold Night And Waited On The Band. I Had An Armenian Flag That Me And My Mates Waved At The Window And Serj Gave Us A Wave Back, As Daron Entered The Bus Him And John Gave Us A Wave And Shavo And Serj's Brother Came Over For A Word.
Shavo Looked Kind Of Stoned But He Was Totally Cool And Chilled.He Told Us How He Was Going To Sweden Next And That It Looked Like We Were In Prison As He Chatted Threw The Barred Fence. He Signed My Flag And Ticket Then Had To Go Back To The Bus, He Shook Our Hands And Said Goodbye And Got On The Bus. As The Bus Left A Group Of Fans Who Had Been Waiting Further Along Chased It Along The Motorway.
In Conclusion, The Best Gig I Have Ever Seen In My Life, Loads Of Sweat, Mosh Pits, Smell Of Cannabis And Rushing Security Guards! I Have Never Been So Excited In My Life. I Hope They Come To The U.K Again Soon So I Can Experience It All Over Again!
The Setlist For The Gig Is As Follows.....
Soldier Side
BYOB
Revenga
Science
Interlude
Kill Rock N Roll
Suggestions
Psycho
Chop Suey!
Cigaro
Mr. Jack
Needles
Deer Dance
Aerials
Holy Mountain
Spiders
Bounce
ATWA
Forest
Lost In Hollywood
Question!
War?
Prison Song
Roulette
Toxicity
Suite-Pee
Sugar (With Robot Intro)
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Comments
shotgunjoe
16.06.05, 11:39
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Great review. I saw you with the Armenian flag! It was a brilliant gig. The inflatable condoms were cool! The pits were fucking crazy!!! There was a great accoustic intro to Cigaro!
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shotgunjoe
16.06.05, 11:39
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Do you have any pics?
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dodger_blue03
16.06.05, 11:51
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Best gig i've ever been to!!!
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ZAk
16.06.05, 11:53
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pretty great review indeed, im glad you all have enjoyed it
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CigaroCigaroCigaro
16.06.05, 11:58
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you met them? DAMN i waited for ages with friends after the manchester gig, they didnt really say hello, but i saw their tourbus!
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Mark_Malakian_1915
16.06.05, 15:06
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yeah lol, i was on my mates shoulders with the flag, i did'nt see serj go into the bus but he waved from the window. Daron And John Waved But Shavo Came Up And Chatted To Me And My Mates, Hes A Cool Guy!
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Mike54321
16.06.05, 15:08
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mark that review kicks ass not as good as the concert tho. i held up the flag too. my ticket in its frame with Shavo's signature rite in the middle
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Mark_Malakian_1915
16.06.05, 15:08
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oh yeah, and my mates girlfriend got a picture of shavo talking to us through the fence, ill try get a copy from her
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Mike54321
16.06.05, 15:17
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Mike54321
16.06.05, 15:19
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oh yeah one more thing when they played lost in hollywood everyone had there hands in the air swaying them side to side some with lighters and everyone singing along the coolest thing ive ever seen. Thank You System
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Mark_Malakian_1915
16.06.05, 15:26
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yeah mike, me and lindsay held the flag while you had your lighter, still... no matter how good you explain anything you had to be there to fully experience the massive burst of excitement!
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Charly
16.06.05, 15:43
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even though me and my mates did not get into the mosh, we all had a mini mosh in the sitting area, and it was THE BEST gig i have EVER been to!
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Charly
16.06.05, 15:45
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oh, but one thing i was quite confused about was that they said that the mars volta were supporting, i think that the mars volta are much better than the support that was acctually there....but it still rocked!
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S.O.A.D=Untouchable
16.06.05, 16:56
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what an awesome gig i got to about 3 meters from the front when BYOB erupted the arena mosh pits everywhere i was in a few great set........but none of this compares with the fact that i got the drumstick.........im sooo happy
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shotgunjoe
16.06.05, 17:12
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Some people didn't have lighters, so they held up their mobiles instead... It was effective though.... OMG U GOT THE FRIKKIN DRUMSTICK?!?!?!?!?!? AWESOME!!!!!!
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Lozey
16.06.05, 17:54
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For a few backstage photos from SECC check out www.Lozfest.info/backstage.
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Maisto
16.06.05, 22:04
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Mark, what did Shavo tell you about Sweden? By the way, good review. ;)
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Mark_Malakian_1915
17.06.05, 06:10
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just mentioned that thats where they were off to next, ha u caught the drumstick, cool! iv been hearing a rumor that they are filming there tour for a dvd anyone know if thats true?
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