Boston - 10/08/06

[Duke of Prunes]

Ah, what a lovely day.
Before the show, my friend John and I went to King Richard's Faire. It's this medieval fair they have down in Carver, MA every fall, complete with RPG nerds dressing up in their finest Renaissance clothing. It was more or less a total ripoff; it cost $24 just to get in and the beer was like $6. The wenches weren't even that hot. Lame.

Anyways, on to the show...

So we got off the T on Comm Ave and just as we got through the doorway, the Melvins (including Mackie, I believe) walked right by us. We started following them, thinking that they were heading towards the club. We caught up to them and I said "hey, Buzz". He looked over and said hey and we chatted for a bit. I told him about the stupid fair I went to and he asked if anyone died. Then they went into an Indian restaurant, presumably to eat Indian food. Buzz is a nice fellow, even when he's hungry.

Anyways, we got to the show around 8. Another friend of mine bailed, so I tried to sell the extra ticket, which I eventually did. We went inside and I bought the skull t-shirt. There weren't any posters for the show, even though I'm pretty sure I saw one at gigposters.com. The merch guy was really nice. You should give him money so he can "quit this fucking job and go home."

Ghostigital was interesting. Kind of sludgey/experemental techno with an Iclandic guy ranting over the whole thing. I wish Porn or Altamont played instead, but it was still pretty amusing.

After Ghostigital played, Big Business came on and kicked some serious ass. They played 2 songs, then Dale came out and played 2 songs with them, then they played 2 more songs. I didn't recognize some of them, so they were either new, or I haven't listened to "Head for the Shallow" enough. Jared's stage banter was pretty amusing, especially when Dale was on stage. I can't really recall what they said, but it made me laugh.

Then Buzz came out and they started the set. First of all, the two drummer thing was really amazing. Even better than I expected. Since I'm probably the only person here who hasn't downloaded the new album, it was my first time hearing all the new stuff with the exception of Civilized Worm and Blood Witch. It was weird seeing the Melvins play songs I didn't know. That hasn't happened since the first time I saw them. The set list was basically the same as all the other shows. I was hoping for some Boris and was a little surprised that they didn't play Night Goat. But whatever. It was still a great show. Also, the crowd was very calm tonight. There was no pit, except for one guy (there's always that one guy at a show that manages to piss everyone off, isn't there?) and the head banging was minimal. The crowd was still really into it, though.

I'll try to bring my camera on Wednesday for the Northampton gig so's I can take lots and lots of pictures.

[the_consumer]

Last night was my 7th Melvins show.

Im going to Northampton and New Haven for sure.

I filmed last night, and I'm watching it now. FUCKING ROCKS.

I'll torrent it eventually, please don't innundate me for trade requests at the moment.

I wasn't too into Ghost Digital and I've never been a Sugarcubes fan, but hey...

I don't really have much to add to the review above except that a) security guards are dicks and ruined the end of the first Melvins song by pulling me out of the venue only to get the OK a minute later that I could film... grrr and b) the new stuff is even better live than the mp3s ive heard... and c) the dude from BIG BUSINESS did the vocals for OVEN!

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Nice Review - DOP's.  why did MOP fall out of the line up?

[Duke of Prunes]

I filmed last night, and I'm watching it now. FUCKING ROCKS.

I'll torrent it eventually, please don't innundate me for trade requests at the moment.

Awesome! Keep me posted on that.

[Duke of Prunes]

Nice Review - DOP's.  why did MOP fall out of the line up?

No idea... I'll try to ask on Wednesday if I bump into anyone.

[pottlukk]

I was at the Axis show too........and I took some pictures:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pottlukk/sets/72157594320434682/

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I'm curious about what song(s) Einar

[norecess]

I was at the Axis show too........and I took some pictures:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pottlukk/sets/72157594320434682/

Hey thanks, and welcome! I recognized your nickname and avatar from Last.fm.

[andy the angry bald man]

i was there last night...  fucking badass.  i'll be in new haven and providence as well..  i'm gonna try and get audio of providence.

[anaconda]

smack any protestors in the head

[mopafeena]

smack any protestors in the head

[FartLips]

if you dont go to that show the terrorists win!

[the_consumer]

I'm curious about what song(s) Einar

[glen]

I wonder what is stinkier....   melvins mumu's or that fucking red shirt the dude from ghostigital wears every single night.