Live Music Thread

[Travis Sheldon]

10 hours ago, Ace said:

Benson Boone performed the entirety of Bohemian Rhapsody at Coachella...

 

QUEEN has never done that.  They always just broadcasted the operatic section.

My wife told me Brian May came out and played.

[Teflon Turtle]

So I had a pretty rare run the last week or so: three shows over eight days. Didn't have to travel out of state for any of them, which was pretty cool.

Show 1: Vincent Neil Emerson. Country - if you like Waylon Jennings, Sturgill Simpson's first album type of country, then this guy is for you. Plenty of good Telecaster playing to be seen here, too. The only trouble was, I think, out of the band's hands. While the pedal steel player was good, it was too high up in the mix. I think it overwhelmed the other instruments to an extent. I was not the only audience member who noticed this, seemingly. Part of it is also what your brain expects and makes you see or hear things that aren't there: I have been watching a lot of Marty Stuart videos lately (more on him later). His Telecaster is the one originally owned by Clarence White that has the first stringbender on it, to make the guitar able to produce pedal steel-ish sounds. So I was watching the Telecasters be played at this show, and I got confused because the guitarists' hands weren't matching up with the sounds I was hearing...which was the pedal steel itself being too high in the mix. It was disorienting, as none of the Teles being played onstage had a stringbending device in them as far as I could see.

Show 2: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. In my personal "Holy Trinity" of bands/artists at this point. Cave never, ever disappoints. Hypnotic performer. I was about 3-4 rows of humans deep in the GA pit. As a result, I got to see Cave sing "Bright Horses" within arm's reach of me, which was absolutely a bucket list item I had. The audience (me included) sung along with "Into My Arms" to close the show - Cave performed solo at the piano and encouraged us to join in. It is rare for me to ever feel like I fit in anywhere. Most of the time I feel like I'm observing life on earth through some kind of membrane. Like the film Annihilation, sort of. What's on my side of it isn't the same as what's on the other side, where everybody else is. But: singing along with Cave during "Into My Arms" was one of those rare "I am in tune with and going along with the flow of the universe" sorts of moments where I had no doubt I was in the right place, at the right time, doing what I was supposed to be doing. Those moments are valuable, fleeting, and I am grateful for them when they happen.

Show 3: Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives. If you like country music or excellent guitar playing and you haven't seen these guys yet, you absolutely need to. Musicianship is off the charts with these guys. Kenny Vaughan was introduced as "the best guitar player in the world" at this show, and I'm hard pressed to disagree. Marty himself is absolutely no slouch on his Telecaster, and he's a great mandolin player as well. Even crazier: each member of the band played at least two different instruments throughout the show, and every band member sang lead on at least two songs each. They also all harmonize like nobody else. I don't want to make it seem like I'm selling the rhythm section short. Chris Scruggs and Harry Stinson are beasts on their respective instruments and are great singers in their own right. In fact...I think I've seen interviews where either Kenny or Marty (the guitar players onstage) have said that the best guitar player in their band is Scruggs...who is the band's bass player. He just doesn't usually get a chance to show it off. Crazy if true. 

Edited May 4 by Teflon Turtle

[RazorbladeKiss87]

The Melvins are coming to town. I don't drive but one of the servers has been wanting to go to a concert, even though I told her she would absolutely not have a good time.  

Will it be as bad as the two times I've witnessed girls cry at Sunn0))) shows? We'll find out!

[Curt McGirt]

5 hours ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

the two times I've witnessed girls cry at Sunn0))) shows

I shouldn't ask, but I'm going to: please explain 

[zendragon]

9 hours ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

The Melvins are coming to town. I don't drive but one of the servers has been wanting to go to a concert, even though I told her she would absolutely not have a good time.  

Will it be as bad as the two times I've witnessed girls cry at Sunn0))) shows? We'll find out!

Why won't she have a good time? Doesn't enjoy the absolute noise of Napalm Death?

[RazorbladeKiss87]

2 hours ago, zendragon said:

Why won't she have a good time? Doesn't enjoy the absolute noise of Napalm Death?

Well,this is the September tour with Red Kross (who I've never really listened to) but I still don't think it's up her alley. She couldn't handle the Electric Wizard the other night. But, she loves the nightlife, she loves to boogie so any chance to go to a concert she wants to take. 

 

6 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

I shouldn't ask, but I'm going to: please explain 

Both times I've seen Sunn, there's been one girl who really doesn't seem like she wants to be there and both times they've thought sitting down was a good idea. I wore shorts and I'm feeling the sound hit my legs so I know their heads were taking a beating.  Then the drummer for Boris stagedove and definitely got one with his boots. 

[Curt McGirt]

That reminds me when I took a date to see The Holy Mountain, but she actually liked it in this case  It also reminds me of a 5'3" friend of mine being totally wiped out by the singer from Pisschrist at a show they played with Wolfbrigade. It's like the entire crowd parted and for some reason the maniac dove right at her. 

If she doesn't like Electric Wizard... well, it doesn't look positive. I dunno, if it's not a setlist made up of Ozma and Eggnog and Gluey Porch Treatments, and Houdini stuff instead, she might get down with it. I finally listened to Red Kross recently after years of putting it off and Teen Babes from Monsanto was really good. For some reason I didn't like the EP before that though, even though there were actual Circle Jerks songs on there. 

[RazorbladeKiss87]

On 5/18/2025 at 10:47 PM, Curt McGirt said:

That reminds me when I took a date to see The Holy Mountain, but she actually liked it in this case  It also reminds me of a 5'3" friend of mine being totally wiped out by the singer from Pisschrist at a show they played with Wolfbrigade. It's like the entire crowd parted and for some reason the maniac dove right at her. 

If she doesn't like Electric Wizard... well, it doesn't look positive. I dunno, if it's not a setlist made up of Ozma and Eggnog and Gluey Porch Treatments, and Houdini stuff instead, she might get down with it. I finally listened to Red Kross recently after years of putting it off and Teen Babes from Monsanto was really good. For some reason I didn't like the EP before that though, even though there were actual Circle Jerks songs on there. 

Yeah I haven't even looked at a Melvins set list in years. Honestly haven't really listened to a new album of theirs in years but considering my original online name was always xkingbuzzox,  I feel obliged to see them if they're in town. 

One of those Sunn girls may have been crying from laughter at seeing Atilla dressed like a giant tree but I can't confirm. 

[zendragon]

Is the Holy Mountain a band I'm unfamiliar with or was this a movie date?

[twiztor]

was rocking out to Mudvayne in the car last night with the niece (her pick). I mentioned they're coming to the area sometime this summer.

she got excited, so i looked up tickets.... 80 fucking dollars. for general admission. at a casino. outside... fuck. that.

[Curt McGirt]

5 hours ago, zendragon said:

Is the Holy Mountain a band I'm unfamiliar with or was this a movie date?

Movie date. Alejandro Jodowrowsky psychedelic classic. VERY outre, notorious for being one of the original Midnight Movies. Here's the super-duper NSFW trailer, which contains nudity and some extremely graphic images. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmR0vi0ifzE&ab_channel=ABKCORecords%26Films

I guess my idea to take her to that was maybe just as an endurance test of some sort. "Hey, this is me, can you handle it?" We didn't get very far though -- I was too dark for her. 

 

[RazorbladeKiss87]

On 5/20/2025 at 11:48 AM, Curt McGirt said:

Movie date. Alejandro Jodowrowsky psychedelic classic. VERY outre, notorious for being one of the original Midnight Movies. Here's the super-duper NSFW trailer, which contains nudity and some extremely graphic images. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmR0vi0ifzE&ab_channel=ABKCORecords%26Films

I guess my idea to take her to that was maybe just as an endurance test of some sort. "Hey, this is me, can you handle it?" We didn't get very far though -- I was too dark for her. 

 

I prefer El Topo for casual watching but buying a bootleg VHS of The Holy Mountain off eBay was a pretty important moment for me as a young film nerd. Looking up "stoner movies" on a search engine led me there of course. 

[Curt McGirt]

My first experience was getting El Topo on bootleg VHS from an internet tape seller along with a bunch of other shit at the same time -- a bunch of Italian horror, etc. Honestly his work is nothing I'd just sit down and watch for fun these days, but I also don't smoke as much anymore either.