[reply]Honestly it was Ministry at the Vic in 1999. They came on 90 minutes late and played about 50 minutes. I think the next night they played in Peoria and cancelled the show altogether after they had a full house.
Oddly enough the second show on that tour at the Riv was one of the better ones I’ve ever seen.
I went to that first Riv show, I was 4th in line there early, watching the crowd form and Paul and Rey walk down the street and through the front door unnoticed. Opening band was awful I think their guitar player worked a bit on Filth Pig and they had a new singer. From my spot I could see there were lyric sheets taped to the stage for Al to refresh his memory. Overall I thought the show was all right but they came out for the encore started the song the sound system turned to shit and they called it a night halfway through the song.[/reply]
My ears were screaming I think I made it through Supernaut and called it a night. Good to hear some werid songs live. I didn’t see the f-up on the encore or remember it well. I liekd hearing some good FilthPig and some odd Dark Side stuff at that show.
Family Values tour - 1998-10-31 Patriot Center (Virginia). I went there only to see Rammstein and they got canceled three songs into the set by our local police. Apparently they had been warned to put more clothes on and they didn’t give a shit. I think a lot of them were just wearing thongs or whatever. Kind of hard to tell when they had their bodies covered in paint. Ridiculous pig action seriously. I was trying to pump up the crowd around me to riot but I couldn’t work them up enough![:/] Oh and I was in the very front too just shy of the railing so I had to sit through the four-five other acts I didn’t enjoy at all…only to blow my money on like ten minutes of Rammstein.
at a ministry concert funnily enough, some huge asshole decided to surf… i was at the front and he ended up hanging off my head (leggs hanging forward over right shoulder, upper boddy on left,) so my neck was holding his whole huge as boot wearing body up…
i was yelling and pushing as i could feel muscles in my neck begin to snap, but security got there just in time to get him off me before my neck broke.
then the jerk turned around with a stupid proud grin with his fist in the air like he was a hero…
i’m not a violent man, but punching him the fuck out certainly felt awsome…