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Division Guitarist
You think so? As many times as I've been to Jaxx, I think I've seen Division once.
It sounds to me like you have excellent taste in music, then!
You think so? As many times as I've been to Jaxx, I think I've seen Division once.
It sounds to me like you have excellent taste in music, then!
If I had to pick a mere eight words to sum up just how f**ked the musical landscape is in this country, I would choose those above. Seriously, what more do you need to know than more people will pay money to hear Flattus Maximus and Jizmak Da Gusha over Jeff Loomis and Van Williams?Nevermore goes on second to last before GWAR...
By the way... Nevermore tonight.
Are you not seeing them at all? Philly? NYC?You don't understand how much I envy you.
Are you not seeing them at all? Philly? NYC?
That blows.Nope. Due to all of the craziness going on in the next few days, I won't be able to catch them this time around.
Anyone got any comments on the current Nevermore tour? I saw them last Thursday in NC, and i have to say i was very dissapointed in Warrell Dane's performance, which is kinda painful since I am such a huge fan of his(and Nevermore) and i had never seen them live before. The band, however, was firing on all cylinders, everyone was tight as fuck.
Warbringer and Blackguard kicked major ass as well.
I was just going to say the same thing. Then again, I hope there's a new Nevermore Era starting with this US Tour. Enough of the dark ages. Never again should we go on without seeing Nevermore on a bill for more than a few months.
The Jaxx show was bad, for a few reasons. First, Warrel's voice was gone. I'm not talking an inability to hit all the notes, I'm talking an inability to speak. It was one of the guttiest performances I've ever seen. However, it also really killed the songs. This has nothing to do with drugs or drink. Their touring guitar player, who is from Hungary, and Van started the tour sick. This turned the tour bus into a "petri dish". Second, Jim is also dealing with some health issues which he's managing. Finally, the sound there was awful. The guitars were too low in the mix, the drums too loud and the entire sound was pretty muddy.
I saw them again last night in Philly and it was like a completely different band. They slayed. Warrel was somewhere between where he was on Friday and 100%. I suspect he should be nearing 100% by tomorrow's show. The crowd, although probably the same size, was twice as loud.
An interesting aside, even with no mid-range, Warrel was somehow able to hit (or come close) to many of the high notes, I'm actually (strangely) more confident now, that he can pull off the Sanctuary stuff. I also think the type of one off shows they'll be doing in support of Sanctuary, are going to be much easier on him. I suspect as singers age, one off shows, where their voice has been resting for weeks, are much easier than the day in, day out grind of the road and tour bus living.
Looking forward to show 3 of 3 tomorrow in NYC.
Nevermore was great in Atlanta. Warrell hit the highs flawlessly.
C'mon Steve Nevermore on a bad night is still 100x better than Firewind.