Alright this show went pretty quick. I finally got the bald roadie guy to crack a smile. I had been sheering the ministry roadies at every gig in between set changes. the guy with the blonde hair was cool about it and laughed the bald guy seemed bothered by it but last night he totally cracked a smile finally and even smoke to me. I told him this was the last night he would have to put up with me. He laughed and said good! Also informed me he has 107 more shows to do including Europe and AUSTRALIA I know there is a dude on here always wanting them to play Australia and bald roadie guy confirmed it so there ya go.
So I met Orbasm last night well sorta he was a couple people back from me I had to yell his name a few times and the people around me thought I was nuts! who cares! Nice to sort of meet ya bro you look like your monster picture!
anyway I MET ANNA K holy crap what a nice lady!!! very sweet and down to earth. She actually spoke to me first (she has a very pretty accent). I didn’t even recognize her she looks WAAAAAY different off stage. Of course she’s not dressing all smoking hot off stage. So I was at the merch booth getting the tour shirt with the dates and she says to me "back again hugh? I said “yeah not really looking at her or recognizing who she was. She said you were at the Hollywood shows right. I looked at her and said “yeah” trying to figure out if I had seen her at one of the shows. she said I recognize your clothes you haven’t changed. I said yeah I’m just trying to get noticed. and she said Yeah well it worked!” and at that point I said Hey your Anna right? and she said yes. So I shook her and said very nice to meet you. so I gave her the run down about how this was my last show and I thought she plays very well. and then I left. so I ran back downstairs next to ms grmpysmrf and totally bragged that I had met Anna and she was super nice. so then I wanted to talk to her more cause I couldn’t believe how nice she was so I went back upstairs and she was on the rail smoking a cigarette. and I so I just made mindless chit chat with her. She was very nice and didn’t seem to be bothered by me at all just really freaking nice. so then we talked for about 5 minutes (about laundry of all things and among other things) and then she said well I have to go I need to give this guy and interview (apparently the magazine is called RUIN and it will be out June 5 in hot topic Guitar center and some other place) but I will see you soon so I was way stoked .
so anyway on to the show, pitbull day care: see my other reviews.
Revco takes the stage Phildo is in a noticeably better mood than he had been all previous dates I had seen. which made for a better show. Luc van acker crazy zany guy pumping the crowd up and Josh perfect vocal performance again as well. He recognized me again and actually let me sing on …sexy. He held the mic down for me on the chorus! that part was waay cool!!! so I’m the crappy tone deaf guy that’s in the audience who gets to sing on the mic which always ends up in a bootleg.
BUT here is the kicker tonight
NO ENCORE OF PURPLE HEAD Al got super pissed because as usual for …sexy he called all of the girls on stage but then House of Blues kicked them off AND Al got so freaking pissed he yells out< “house of blues just kicked off all my dancers FUCK HOUSE OF BLUES FUCK THIS PLACE FUCK THE SECURITY FUCK YOU!!!” so I don’t remember them even finishing …sexy because they started the song and they got all the way through all lyrics but then towards the end AL just started singing FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK over josh and then just walked off stage. so there was no encore! they just started breaking down the set. (set list was the same minus purple head they didn’t play)
SEVEN (from Opiate for the masses) the drummer starting throwing out sticks for people and of course I got one so Now I have a pair of sticks (although I gave it to MS grmpysmrf so not really a pair)
One thing that needs to be addressed though is, SEVEN is without a doubt a bad ass drummer. This guy does all of these crazy stick tosses. I don’t mean he just throws the stick in the air I mean he looks like a freakin baton twirler when they throw the baton 40 feet in the air! He does these crazy stick twirls. He’s very entertaining. I’ve never seen a drummer put on a one man show before. mind boggling to watch! I met him after the show and told him he’s bad ass he put his head on mine and after a pause said …thank you man!" he was a little buzzed.
So anyway Ministry came out next Al seemed to be over the Revco fiasco (although after the show, talking to josh, He was NOT and was still SUPER PISSED. he said it was NOT good back stage after that)
Ministry just blistered through their set Tommy victor was funny when he saw me up front again he made this face like "holy shit you AGAIN???"and just kinda shook his head but smiled at me none the less! It wasn’t a bad look more like a look of appreciation if I may be so bold.
So anyway normal routine I held up my please play THE FALL sign and al said something that I couldn’t make out maybe “next time”? I’m not sure. AL was happy with the crows response to the older tunes. He said something to the effect of so ya like the older ones hugh? well guess what! HERE’S A NEW ONE!!!
so then Liz came out and sang khyber pass she’s not so hot anymore she kinda seems really full of herself that has been the vibe she gives off the last 3 shows and each time it becomes more and more apparent. I mean she is still pretty and all but someone I wouldn’t want to hang out with like I would Anna. Anna seems like a normal person as a matter of fact like I wrote before she’s not really that hot off stage but definitely pretty and her attitude elevates her above any kind of physical beauty Liz has or even she has on stage.
so anyway the standard encore ensued and then AL quickly bolted off stage.
I had told Josh I would buy his Stayte CD at Anaheim which I did and I was trying to get him to sign it and it seemed for a while that I wouldn’t cause he was at the meet and greet or whatever that I couldn’t get to cause I didn’t have a pass. BUT when I was talking to SEVEN I had asked him if he was going back to the pass area cause that was where josh was and asked him if he would come out. so Seven’s friend said hey I’m going back there I’ll go grab him so he did and so josh signed his Stayte CD for me and actually had the keyboardist sign too (his name escapes me at the moment and like most autographs it’s impossible to decipher) Clayton I think his name was. I spoke to Anna again after the show and introduced her to ms. grmpysmrf she was very nice again, so ms. grmpysmrf had her sign our ticket as well as seven and sin. SO over all even though Revco scrapped Purple head this was by far my most favorite show. Just a good time I met Raven as well he seems to big and Ogerish on stage but off stage he’s actually not the big or dirty looking when ever I had seem him interact with anybody while he was on stage he was yelling at someone or telling them to fuck off or whatever so that kinda added to the stand offish-ness of this guy but I figured what the hell and went up to him after the show and he was very polite and not so big and ogerish. I asked him for a pick as well but he gave me 3 but the they were Tommy Victor’s pick and the black Jim Dunlops that Anna uses. I actually asked Anna about that and she said that she did have picks with her name on it BUT they came as MINISTRY picks not Revco picks and because she is not in ministry she doesn’t want to hand them out or use them. and Raven said he just uses Tommy victors picks. anyway that pretty much it. It was great going to these shows and I will probably go see Hanzyl und gretyl when they tour in October I’m not familiar with their music but I will become so before then. I’ll definitely go see josh when he tours with his band. Abandon in the amber is not bad! I think the best way I can describe it is if Most of the songs on Darkside of the spoon were Poppy. I don’t know. I do know that I do know I dig what I hear. it will surely make it into normal rotation.
Late,
grmpysmrf