Evergrey is obviously a ProgPower favorite, which is great for them, but they could have thought a little more about the final band before doing what they did. How would they have felt if the roles were reversed?!
I saw three songs and left. Boring. DarkTide, whose opinion I trust, said they really got a head of steam going and the show killed. So from that perspective, I'm sorry I messed it. However, nothing they did during the first three songs gave me any indication things were going to improve.most people left BEFORE they started.. It's not like the saw a song or 2 and started to leave.
The band acknowledged the crowd preffered the more uptempo songs because Strat was boring the shit out of my crowd with ballad after ballad. So what did Strat do after making that statement? Launched into another ballad of course.... ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Hunting High and Low was the ONLY thing that I enjoyed about their otherwise extremely unmemorable set.Stratovarius had a packed house at the start of their set, but had little over 1/2 the audience left by the end of their set. IIRC Glenn's comment on that was something like "It's my job to put asses in seats for the set. It's their job to keep them there."
Admittedly, I was way too tired to tell by the time they'd been playing 30 minutes or so. And I probably wasn't alone. I even considered leaving early when it was apparent they were just playing the Live Visions album + a few brand new songs. But when they threw in Destiny and Hunting High and Low at the end, I felt I got my money's worth.
Anyone remember Rage's setlist from that night?
The band acknowledged the crowd preffered the more uptempo songs because Strat was boring the shit out of my crowd with ballad after ballad. So what did Strat do after making that statement? Launched into another ballad of course.... ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Hunting High and Low was the ONLY thing that I enjoyed about their otherwise extremely unmemorable set.
Edguy is one of my fav bands on the planet. That night was the only time I have ever seen them. I had food poisoning all day and dragged my sick ass to their set. I was soooooooo disappointed. I thought Toby brought a lot of the crowd apathy on himself with guest singers (some of which came out and went back without singing!!) and an endless parade of dialogue, mostly gay jokes. That got real old, real fast. When they got down and played (like Mandrake), they slayed. But overall, to me, their set was a total bore.
Peace,
Chris![]()
GOOD JOB!!I'm just psyched, because I'm the one who coined the term "Rage Effect". Who says I never contribute anything worthwhile?![]()
Edguy is one of my fav bands on the planet. That night was the only time I have ever seen them. I had food poisoning all day and dragged my sick ass to their set. I was soooooooo disappointed. I thought Toby brought a lot of the crowd apathy on himself with guest singers (some of which came out and went back without singing!!) and an endless parade of dialogue, mostly gay jokes. That got real old, real fast. When they got down and played (like Mandrake), they slayed. But overall, to me, their set was a total bore.
Peace,
Chris![]()
I'm just psyched, because I'm the one who coined the term "Rage Effect". Who says I never contribute anything worthwhile?![]()
Edguy is one of my fav bands on the planet. That night was the only time I have ever seen them. I had food poisoning all day and dragged my sick ass to their set. I was soooooooo disappointed. I thought Toby brought a lot of the crowd apathy on himself with guest singers (some of which came out and went back without singing!!) and an endless parade of dialogue, mostly gay jokes. That got real old, real fast. When they got down and played (like Mandrake), they slayed. But overall, to me, their set was a total bore.
Peace,
Chris![]()