Tulsa SOTU

[busty sinclair]

my first time seeing the band live...and they were the best band there and imo the best band in the metal community. no else came close to touching the magic that these guys put out

today was extra sweet. they a had a very special guest on drums mr. gene holgan!!


heres the setlist


*spoilers





the drapery falls
the grand conjuration
demon of the fall

 

[Forest of Åsatrú]

gene??? so thats why lopez wasnt there. i didnt pay attention to who was plaing the drums.

 

[busty sinclair]

Holy balls. Where was Lopez?

In MN we got In My time of Need, along with Lopez.

Dang, that kind of stinks, but is also kind of rad at the same time.

i have no idea where lopez was at and opeth didnt do the meet & greet before the show either...hmm....

 

[deliverance]

shit, i hope lopez is aight. everyone that has seen him (including myself) on this tour said he wasn't looking too healthy. i'm sure gene fucking kicked ass, hopefully someone puts up a bootie of this show.

@busty: hmm, you've been reg. for 3 yrs, but i don't think i've ever seen you on this forum, where ya been? btw, didya happen to see this? http://ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=199938

 

[saut]

If this keeps happening, people are going to start thinking Gene is Lopez's understudy..

 

[the_drip]

well that's kind of an ominous event. No Lopez AGAIN.


Hope he gets his shit straightened out adn everything's alright with the rest of the dudes.

 

[Pseud0]

Didn't someone on this board mention that lopez asked him for cocaine? Just a thought... hope hes ok

 

[Arnold Layne]

I think you guys should lay off calling him a druggie.

I hope he gets better, I don't want to see no imposter behind th kit, I want m.lo.

 

[busty sinclair]

@busty: hmm, you've been reg. for 3 yrs, but i don't think i've ever seen you on this forum, where ya been? btw, didya happen to see this?

http://ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=199938

well i gotta kind of tired of the boards but after seeing this performance last night i had to tell fellow opeth fans about it. hehe yeah i saw that thread but damn it was way off topic

 

[NFU]

its pretty handy that hoglan is always around to step in for these situations...

hes probably one of the few drummers out there who could tear up an opeth song flawlessly without much practice.

 

[goreISart]

They played the Grand Conjuration and that was Gene's first time ever, needless to say he did a great job.

 

[Profanity]

I wouldn't have expected any less from a professional like Gene.

 

[Forest of Åsatrú]

I think we got lucky, everone was coplaining about the sound in other show, but the sound in Tulsa was great. You could actually hear Peter and the bass drums were functioning pretty nicely. Mikael missed a note like hell on the drapery falls but it's all good. You can't hit 'em all.

 

[Pseud0]

Mikael missed a note like hell on the drapery falls but it's all good. You can't hit 'em all.

is this the dream theater forum?

 

[BrandonS]

is this the dream theater forum?

Is this the ask-an-off-topic-question-and-make-a-smily-face forum? Or did I click on the wrong link?

Either way, a couple things I'd like to say:

1. It wasn't gene's first time like someone said before.
2. The setlist wasn't a spoiler, unless it was rotten.
3. People were saying TGC was amazing drumwork from Mr. Lopez, I bet it was awesome seeing it done by Gene... Too bad nobody recorded it. I hope for some video bootlegs.

 

[mbarys]

Not to be rude or anything, but Gene is a big guy! How in the hell does he have the stamina to play such a brutal set? He ruled with SYL in Chicago. Just curious...

my first time seeing the band live...and they were the best band there and imo the best band in the metal community. no else came close to touching the magic that these guys put out

today was extra sweet. they a had a very special guest on drums mr. gene holgan!!


heres the setlist


*spoilers





the drapery falls
the grand conjuration
demon of the fall

 

[Shadows Skulk]

Not to be rude or anything, but Gene is a big guy! How in the hell does he have the stamina to play such a brutal set? He ruled with SYL in Chicago. Just curious...

Most death metal drummers have to minimize their movement by using wrists and ankles instead of entire arms and legs. Stamina isn't a huge issue if you do this.

 

[Risquit]

Nice sig, mbarvs!

 

[HoserHellspawn]

The fact that Gene Hoglan can do what he does to his drum kit is a violation of the basic laws of physics. He is a unique phenominon to witness, and a pretty nice guy to boot. Oh, and he can open a beer bottle with his eye. I watched it happen - he's a god amongst men. I got to see him play with Opeth at that legendary show here in Vancouver. It ...ALMOST makes up for the fact that I never got to see "The Moor" live... *sniff*

 

[NFU]

The fact that Gene Hoglan can do what he does to his drum kit is a violation of the basic laws of physics. He is a unique phenominon to witness, and a pretty nice guy to boot. Oh, and he can open a beer bottle with his eye. I watched it happen - he's a god amongst men. I got to see him play with Opeth at that legendary show here in Vancouver. It ...ALMOST makes up for the fact that I never got to see "The Moor" live... *sniff*

if he is a god amongst men because he can open a beer with his eye...then you REALLY need to get out more.