Lady of the Oracle said:
Jax<--expecting some reviews of the show..*taps foot*
Ok ok... you can stop tapping your foot now... LOL!!!
The show was simply Amazing, Awe-inspiring, Incredible, Awesome, Jaw-dropping, Mesmorizing.... simply "The Shit"!!!!
I was fortunate enough to be right up against the stage, dead center... close enough for Jason McMaster to use my shoulder as a stepping stool... LOL!!!
Anyway... The guys played for a little over an hour and a half.
They were completely insane, and all over the stage, chasing each other, tangling themselves up in their own and each other's cables... LOL!!! I also had Ron's guitar in my face about 50% of the time...LOL!!!
It was definitely one hell of a show, as they played songs like:
Mayday in Kiev
Instruments of Random Murder
The Eldritch
The Fall of Reason
Energetic Disassembly
Control and Resistance
Meltdown
and several other awesome classics
including a 2112 encore.
It was a pretty packed house, and the crowd response was loud and amazing.
a little bit of goof news and little bit of bad news...
Good News: Just before they were announced onto the stage, the host of the show announced from a pre-show interview that Mathmatics should become a reality in 2005. (keeping my fingers crossed for that one)
Bad News: At the end of the set, just seconds before the end of 2112, Jason tried to do the human pyramid by standing on Doug's and Ron's Legs... well, as he stood on Ron, the weight shifted Ron's leg to the side dislocated his knee.
At first it was a pretty ugly scene as you could see Ron's knee literally to the left of where it should be... but after a few seconds (and Jason's pleads for an ambulance) Ron was able to pop it right back into place, stood up and walked it off. What was amazing was despite the excruciating pain that you could see on Ron's face, he and the band finished the song. It was a scary few minutes, but fortunately Ron's ok... however, I'm sure he'll be sore for a few days. Other than the mishap, it was an amazing night with the band playing a mind-boggling set!!!!
(Here's Ron's Recap of the unfortunate event:
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149065 )
~Dave