The MANILLA ROAD thread
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I am a legend!!! On Friday night, I was actually introduced to a whole group of people as "Jasonic from the Prog Power board"
Yeah, M or L shirt. I am kind of in between.
I will actually check with Brian to see which ones they will have and then let you know if I want one. Thanks for being willing to do that.
I can see too if the band will mail order one, to save you some hassle.
The only time I saw them, they were a three piece, so no Hellroadie. I would be curious to see them with a "front man" Seen lots of you tube videos, and having a front man definitely seems to add to the energy of their show.
As Bob (Diabolik) here would be more than happy to tell you, they were not the most energetic live band.
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
Well, just to hear the MR tunes live will be worth it alone, I'll judge the energy and performance for myself.
Their websites and stuff are so un-updated and unorganized that I do not know what the status of the band, its new material, and all that are. Does The Shark not sing for them live? What's the deal?
Their websites and stuff are so un-updated and unorganized that I do not know what the status of the band, its new material, and all that are. Does The Shark not sing for them live? What's the deal?
Shark does not sing when Hellroadie is there.
Actually, Hellroadie has been with them for many years now, both on record and live.
Not sure why he was not at the Chicago show a few years back.
I know Hellroadie will be with them this weekend.
So yeah, the songs will sound a bit different live.
Actually, Hellroadie has been with them for many years now, both on record and live.
Not sure why he was not at the Chicago show a few years back.
I know Hellroadie will be with them this weekend.
So yeah, the songs will sound a bit different live.
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
Shelton's voice is one of my favorite parts of MR, but his guitarwork is just as stellar. Either way, I'm pumped.
Fair enough.
All Manilla Road albums are good.
Just some are better than others, IMHO.
SC and COC are pretty similar.
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
Which cover art is your favorite, Jason? I'm torn between Open the Gates, Spiral Castle, and The Deluge.
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
Yeah, that Open the Gates cover is awesome, I'd love to have a shirt of THAT. Speaking of which, you still want a shirt at the show? It's all a go for Saturday in Wichita. Hell or high water, I'm seeing the Road. Up the Hammers!
I actually asked Hellroadie if they are going to have shirts for sale, and if they do, if he would sell me one directly.
I will message you by tomorrow one way or another.
Thanks!!! UP THE HAMMERS!! DOWN THE NAILS!
I will message you by tomorrow one way or another.
Thanks!!! UP THE HAMMERS!! DOWN THE NAILS!
BenMech
student of the d'eh
Never heard it, TBH.
It always has the stigma of the "album that wasn't supposed to be under the Manilla Road name...." Similar to Seventh Star in that regard, ya know?
I had always heard it doesn't even sound like Manilla Road.
Does it? I suppose I should You Tube some tracks sometime.
Are we talking "Heaven" and "Cuts Like a Knife" Bryan Adams or "Everything I Do I Do It For You" Bryan Adams???
Old school Bryan Adams > YOU!
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
I'm gonna write up a full review of the show in Wichita later today. Suffice to say, it was AWESOME.
rms
Active Member
Awesome, can't wait.
I saw a ton of pictures on Facebook and it look like it rocked hard.
Get any merch?
I saw a ton of pictures on Facebook and it look like it rocked hard.
Get any merch?
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
Heres the full review of the show, with comments about what happened that day.
I drove in from St. Joseph, MO. Its about a 4-hour drive, and I made a few stops along the way, so all told it probably took over 4 hours. I still got there early. I pulled into the parking lot around 6:00pm. They served me dinner and beerthe special: 6oz sirloin, green beans, and potatoes, plus a salad. Delicious. Beer was good too. Found out that music doesnt start until 8:30. No big deal, watched college football. For a while I was the only heavy metal guy in the place. But around 7:30-8pm, more metal guys rolled in, even a few more denim vests, which was good to see.
I met a few old Manilla Road fans. Guys from Wichita. Already I start to feel like this is going to be something special. MR is playing at home, in many ways. These are guys that grew up listening to, or hanging out with, or in some cases, playing shows with Manilla Road. Really cool to meet guys who knew Mark personally. They all speak very highly of him, which makes me want to meet him even more.
One attendee in particular is worth mentioning. He had an impressive patch vest adorned with a big Manilla Road backpatch. He also had a strange accent. I find out his name is Pascal and hes from Switzerland. Manilla Road is his most important band and he flew to the States just to see them in their hometown. He said to see them in their hometown would be the best. Hellroadie picked him up from the airport. Pretty damn cool. He introduced me to Mark before the show, telling him that Im from South Carolina and drove from Missouri. I thought that was really cool.
The opening band was called Seven Year Itch. Someone that worked at the place called them the best bar band in Wichita. They hammered through hard rock favorites; Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine, etc. They even played a Metal Church tune (cant recall which one), which they dedicated to The Shark.
Then it was the Roads turn to plug in. Mark recognized all the fans from home and the ones who drove/flew long distances (myself and the Swiss Pascal as well, really cool of him.) So heres how their set went:
They opened with a very cool trio of songs that segued perfectly together: Death by the Hammer, Hammer of the Witches, and Witches Brew. I liked that, and the songs sounded great. Mark had his BC Rich guitar plugged into two Marshall full stacks, and only had them miked up, presumably, because they were filming the show. Hellroadie handles most of the vocals, and at first I was skeptical, but he does such a great job. His vocals are all audible over The Sharks massive guitars, and he actually does a good job of getting some of the nasally tonality in Sharks midrange that I adore so much (and perhaps turns others off to MR). Hellroadie also hit some falsetto highs that were pretty damn insane. The guy fucking rules; Im sold. Also, with such limited space (it being a bar and restaurant), their drummer, who goes by the nickname of Hardcore fucking killed it. While other drummers might be technically better, he had a knack for the beats, and hit the drums hard enough to also cut through the Sharks guitar sound. He did a hell of a job.
After the trio of Hammer and Witch songs, the band stomped through a lot of their catalogue of favorites. They played a bunch of stuff from Mystification: Haunted Palace, Mystification, and Up From the Crypt. They played Road of Kings from Open the Gates and an awesome performance of Divine Victim from The Deluge. They touched on a few newer tracks with Resurrection and March of the Gods from Atlantis Rising and Riddle of Steel from Gates of Fire. In the middle of the set, Mark played an extended guitar solo just to prove the old goat still had chops.
They did add in some old songs as well, touching on my favorite album (Crystal Logic). I thought for sure theyd play the title track. Instead, they doomed us all with The Riddle Master, rocked socks off with Flaming Metal Systems, and lost us all in Necropolis. Of course the crowd went nuts with Necropolis, myself included. Lots of drunken tandem headbanging and fist-pumping there, my friends.
It was really cool to see the old school fans out there as well. This one guy that I would totally not have expected to be a MR fan (he looked like an old redneck. Okay, he was an old redneck) got next to the stage and shouted I know you guys gotta play fuckin Cage o Mirrors, man! Oh I wanted that one soooo bad, but we didnt get it. Nor did we get Far Side of the Sun. Oh well.
They played a few new songs too. One was called LAbattoir DAmour, the other was about gods and fantasy shit and sounded great. Both were awesome. Both had me headbanging and singing along, at least for the time being. Makes me excited for more new material, for sure.
They finished with a flourish, but the crowd demanded ONE MORE SONG! And they gave it to usAstronomica was the grand finale. It was awesome.
After the show, I got to meet all the guys, of course. Theyre just hanging out, its their hometown show. Mark hugged me, remembered my name, and signed all my CD booklets. I apologized for having so many, but he was all smiles and all appreciation, and signed each one uniquely. He told me a bit about the new album, we talked about the old days a little bit. I didnt want to take up too much of his time, but I have to say hes one of the coolest and most down to earth metal musicians Ive ever met in my 7 years or so of going to metal shows all the time.
I also met Hellroadie and got him to sign the newer albums. He told me that the new album should be out next spring sometime, and that its going to be on Shadow Kingdom records. So hell yeah on that. He said that he and The Shark are splitting vocal duties pretty 50/50 on this one and that all the songs are written and tracked, except for some drum parts.
All in all it was one of my favorite metal shows ever. And Ill be going there again next year, when they said they would hopefully do another hometown show at the same place.
I drove in from St. Joseph, MO. Its about a 4-hour drive, and I made a few stops along the way, so all told it probably took over 4 hours. I still got there early. I pulled into the parking lot around 6:00pm. They served me dinner and beerthe special: 6oz sirloin, green beans, and potatoes, plus a salad. Delicious. Beer was good too. Found out that music doesnt start until 8:30. No big deal, watched college football. For a while I was the only heavy metal guy in the place. But around 7:30-8pm, more metal guys rolled in, even a few more denim vests, which was good to see.
I met a few old Manilla Road fans. Guys from Wichita. Already I start to feel like this is going to be something special. MR is playing at home, in many ways. These are guys that grew up listening to, or hanging out with, or in some cases, playing shows with Manilla Road. Really cool to meet guys who knew Mark personally. They all speak very highly of him, which makes me want to meet him even more.
One attendee in particular is worth mentioning. He had an impressive patch vest adorned with a big Manilla Road backpatch. He also had a strange accent. I find out his name is Pascal and hes from Switzerland. Manilla Road is his most important band and he flew to the States just to see them in their hometown. He said to see them in their hometown would be the best. Hellroadie picked him up from the airport. Pretty damn cool. He introduced me to Mark before the show, telling him that Im from South Carolina and drove from Missouri. I thought that was really cool.
The opening band was called Seven Year Itch. Someone that worked at the place called them the best bar band in Wichita. They hammered through hard rock favorites; Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine, etc. They even played a Metal Church tune (cant recall which one), which they dedicated to The Shark.
Then it was the Roads turn to plug in. Mark recognized all the fans from home and the ones who drove/flew long distances (myself and the Swiss Pascal as well, really cool of him.) So heres how their set went:
They opened with a very cool trio of songs that segued perfectly together: Death by the Hammer, Hammer of the Witches, and Witches Brew. I liked that, and the songs sounded great. Mark had his BC Rich guitar plugged into two Marshall full stacks, and only had them miked up, presumably, because they were filming the show. Hellroadie handles most of the vocals, and at first I was skeptical, but he does such a great job. His vocals are all audible over The Sharks massive guitars, and he actually does a good job of getting some of the nasally tonality in Sharks midrange that I adore so much (and perhaps turns others off to MR). Hellroadie also hit some falsetto highs that were pretty damn insane. The guy fucking rules; Im sold. Also, with such limited space (it being a bar and restaurant), their drummer, who goes by the nickname of Hardcore fucking killed it. While other drummers might be technically better, he had a knack for the beats, and hit the drums hard enough to also cut through the Sharks guitar sound. He did a hell of a job.
After the trio of Hammer and Witch songs, the band stomped through a lot of their catalogue of favorites. They played a bunch of stuff from Mystification: Haunted Palace, Mystification, and Up From the Crypt. They played Road of Kings from Open the Gates and an awesome performance of Divine Victim from The Deluge. They touched on a few newer tracks with Resurrection and March of the Gods from Atlantis Rising and Riddle of Steel from Gates of Fire. In the middle of the set, Mark played an extended guitar solo just to prove the old goat still had chops.
They did add in some old songs as well, touching on my favorite album (Crystal Logic). I thought for sure theyd play the title track. Instead, they doomed us all with The Riddle Master, rocked socks off with Flaming Metal Systems, and lost us all in Necropolis. Of course the crowd went nuts with Necropolis, myself included. Lots of drunken tandem headbanging and fist-pumping there, my friends.
It was really cool to see the old school fans out there as well. This one guy that I would totally not have expected to be a MR fan (he looked like an old redneck. Okay, he was an old redneck) got next to the stage and shouted I know you guys gotta play fuckin Cage o Mirrors, man! Oh I wanted that one soooo bad, but we didnt get it. Nor did we get Far Side of the Sun. Oh well.
They played a few new songs too. One was called LAbattoir DAmour, the other was about gods and fantasy shit and sounded great. Both were awesome. Both had me headbanging and singing along, at least for the time being. Makes me excited for more new material, for sure.
They finished with a flourish, but the crowd demanded ONE MORE SONG! And they gave it to usAstronomica was the grand finale. It was awesome.
After the show, I got to meet all the guys, of course. Theyre just hanging out, its their hometown show. Mark hugged me, remembered my name, and signed all my CD booklets. I apologized for having so many, but he was all smiles and all appreciation, and signed each one uniquely. He told me a bit about the new album, we talked about the old days a little bit. I didnt want to take up too much of his time, but I have to say hes one of the coolest and most down to earth metal musicians Ive ever met in my 7 years or so of going to metal shows all the time.
I also met Hellroadie and got him to sign the newer albums. He told me that the new album should be out next spring sometime, and that its going to be on Shadow Kingdom records. So hell yeah on that. He said that he and The Shark are splitting vocal duties pretty 50/50 on this one and that all the songs are written and tracked, except for some drum parts.
All in all it was one of my favorite metal shows ever. And Ill be going there again next year, when they said they would hopefully do another hometown show at the same place.
Diabolik
Member
sounds like a good time. Glad you had fun and a good show. With traveling to shows it is always a gamble.
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
I have travelled to cancelled shows before. I made sure that this one was legit by calling at least three times the week before it.
