Just thought Id post a few things about what had to be one of the best nights in my life...
I got into symphony X about 5 months ago. I read alot of message boards and I was looking to expand my limited favorite band list which was basically Dream Theater and Savatage. I kept hearing all this good shit about symphony x. I had heard of the band just from hearing about them on the sava boards. Well I got V and than the odyssey. I was hooked. Im a big concert goers I see about 10-15 concerts a month. Anyways when I heard symphony x was coming to cinci. I knew I was there.
Well my friend Becka bought me tickets for christmas, Good tradeoff since I bought her Tso, godsmack, and fuel tickets for christmas. Well maybe I spent alittle more but who cares. We left Louisville for cini.
Once we got there we noticed one thing right away. Bogarts is pretty much a dive. The place looks pretty rundown. The ceiling was leaking in few parts. But the people working there seemed nice and friendly exspecially this chick bartender who made my jack and cokes for the night. And she made em good.
Anyways the show started with devin townsend. I had never heard or seen the dt band before but have heard so much positive and alot of negative here just from reading. I think a few years ago I heard him with vai. But I may be wrong. Even before dtb started playing I was prepared for total suckage. Recently reading all the negative stuff about him here at sym x message board. After about 5 minutes I was like holy shit. I love this. Dtb was freaking awesome. After he finished the first song, I realized I somehow Knew the second song so I started singing along, must have been one of the songs I downloaded not realizing what band it was..A few times I couldnt help myself from cracking up. Some of devins songs r pretty funny and his experssians priceless. I really came away wanting more. Seemed like devin was having fun up there and he was really well recieved by the crowd. No booing or any of the other stuff Ive heard of late. But Im defiantly gonna check out more of his stuff. I think I told my friend this rocks about 10 times.
After a brief pause between sets, getting more jack d and using the shitty restrooms. It was time to rock! Sym X came out and the real show began, There set list is pretty much the same for each show so I knew what to expect songwise. I noticed how much fun the band seemed to be having. Russell and the band looked great. Russells voice to me sounded tight. He showed no sign of road wear at all. Alot of concerts I have went to, After a few songs theres some kind of low. But not this one. Each songs flowed smoothy. Seemed like It all went by to fast. One of the coolest parts of the show and I know this has been mentioned before but king of terrors. The red light was freaky. Russell really looked evil. One thing I noticed was band worked as a unite. Seems they truly do get along. Some bands you can just feel some tension. After about and hour or so to no big suprise they played the odyssey..Then took there bows and was very appriative to the crowd which was nice. I was left wanting more. Cant wait till they tour again. But they need the break.
So after the show I went out back and waited an hour and a half to meet the band. It was so cold. But I guess the band knows who the real fans. While there meet some really nice people and a few from Kentucky too. By the way the guy whos the guitarist, My friend is gonna email ya,shes pretty good friends with outspokens manager. Maybe this will help ya on your way to making it big. When the band came out was nice to get there autographs and say hellos. The biggest thing that sucked is that I wanted to get my picture taken with the band but My freaking cameras batteries was dead from all the pics I had taken. But this guy who I rembered from the dream theater concert, took care of me picturewise. Hopefully he will post his pictures here shortly. And guys check out his work, he a great photographer and a nice guy.
So the night ended with us trying tro make r way out of cinci. We traveled in the ghetto Im sure) And decided not to make the trip back to louisville so we stayed at a hotel. What a night. Ill leave out the hotel details. Just say it was fun. All I have to say is symphony X is one kickass band and Im hooked. Heres some pics I took sorry Im pretty much web/computer stupid so Hope they come out.
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I got into symphony X about 5 months ago. I read alot of message boards and I was looking to expand my limited favorite band list which was basically Dream Theater and Savatage. I kept hearing all this good shit about symphony x. I had heard of the band just from hearing about them on the sava boards. Well I got V and than the odyssey. I was hooked. Im a big concert goers I see about 10-15 concerts a month. Anyways when I heard symphony x was coming to cinci. I knew I was there.
Well my friend Becka bought me tickets for christmas, Good tradeoff since I bought her Tso, godsmack, and fuel tickets for christmas. Well maybe I spent alittle more but who cares. We left Louisville for cini.
Once we got there we noticed one thing right away. Bogarts is pretty much a dive. The place looks pretty rundown. The ceiling was leaking in few parts. But the people working there seemed nice and friendly exspecially this chick bartender who made my jack and cokes for the night. And she made em good.
Anyways the show started with devin townsend. I had never heard or seen the dt band before but have heard so much positive and alot of negative here just from reading. I think a few years ago I heard him with vai. But I may be wrong. Even before dtb started playing I was prepared for total suckage. Recently reading all the negative stuff about him here at sym x message board. After about 5 minutes I was like holy shit. I love this. Dtb was freaking awesome. After he finished the first song, I realized I somehow Knew the second song so I started singing along, must have been one of the songs I downloaded not realizing what band it was..A few times I couldnt help myself from cracking up. Some of devins songs r pretty funny and his experssians priceless. I really came away wanting more. Seemed like devin was having fun up there and he was really well recieved by the crowd. No booing or any of the other stuff Ive heard of late. But Im defiantly gonna check out more of his stuff. I think I told my friend this rocks about 10 times.
After a brief pause between sets, getting more jack d and using the shitty restrooms. It was time to rock! Sym X came out and the real show began, There set list is pretty much the same for each show so I knew what to expect songwise. I noticed how much fun the band seemed to be having. Russell and the band looked great. Russells voice to me sounded tight. He showed no sign of road wear at all. Alot of concerts I have went to, After a few songs theres some kind of low. But not this one. Each songs flowed smoothy. Seemed like It all went by to fast. One of the coolest parts of the show and I know this has been mentioned before but king of terrors. The red light was freaky. Russell really looked evil. One thing I noticed was band worked as a unite. Seems they truly do get along. Some bands you can just feel some tension. After about and hour or so to no big suprise they played the odyssey..Then took there bows and was very appriative to the crowd which was nice. I was left wanting more. Cant wait till they tour again. But they need the break.
So after the show I went out back and waited an hour and a half to meet the band. It was so cold. But I guess the band knows who the real fans. While there meet some really nice people and a few from Kentucky too. By the way the guy whos the guitarist, My friend is gonna email ya,shes pretty good friends with outspokens manager. Maybe this will help ya on your way to making it big. When the band came out was nice to get there autographs and say hellos. The biggest thing that sucked is that I wanted to get my picture taken with the band but My freaking cameras batteries was dead from all the pics I had taken. But this guy who I rembered from the dream theater concert, took care of me picturewise. Hopefully he will post his pictures here shortly. And guys check out his work, he a great photographer and a nice guy.
So the night ended with us trying tro make r way out of cinci. We traveled in the ghetto Im sure) And decided not to make the trip back to louisville so we stayed at a hotel. What a night. Ill leave out the hotel details. Just say it was fun. All I have to say is symphony X is one kickass band and Im hooked. Heres some pics I took sorry Im pretty much web/computer stupid so Hope they come out.
I may get further into it in the future. 
