The 2008 edition of ATP
Nice! You should know all of us who couldn't make it are very jealous.
nice review. you are a typing machine. glad you saw the butts, and pinkus is a great showman. honky really honed his skills, and paul is great now. glab to know they did not try to pull off the same set list both times.
gibby made the comment last month in houston that mick jagger can play the guitar better than he can. did he break out the saxamaphone?
That was really well written (and long). Sounds like it was tiring.. in a good way.
Great review, Maar!! With your descriptive stories, and Idlehanz pics, i feel like I was there. Not really, but it all makes up for it reading your reviews. Will Lun be writing anything?? ? ?
Shit, I don't have to write anything now!
And yes, Gibby played sax both nights.
GREAT REVIEW !!!!
Quote from: linoleum blownapart on December 08, 2008, 08:20:34 PM
glad you saw the butts, and pinkus is a great showman. honky really honed his skills, and paul is great now. glab to know they did not try to pull off the same set list both times.
When I saw them in Amsterdam a couple of months ago they played for almost two hours it felt.
Last weekend all bands were scheduled for an hour, but most bands played a shorter set, except for the Melvins who did a lengthy version of Boris with Jared going into the audience. What sucked about that Melvins show is that I was spending too much time thinking how I was gonna kick in some faces of the twats a few rows in front of me, fucking distracting. Jared going into the crowd was funny, but didn't add anything to the song I think. I thought he was gonna get dropped when he crowdsurfed but he didn't. Funniest moment was when he put his head under some guy's shirt, then turned his head around, and was taking the guy with him, like some kind of shirt-wedgie, the poor guy had no idea what was happening to him.
Oh yeah, the Buttholes. Yeah Pinkus fucking ruled, hard to say exactly why, just his whole attitude while standing on stage I guess, and a badass player. He was watching the second Melvins show from behind the stage and seemed to enjoy the newer songs.
Gibby started the second show with a joke about how he DID NOT beat up those two girls this morning, because 1) the first girl hit him first, and 2) it was a guy. That guy is just permanently funny. He had noticed a lot of old people at the festival too. "Lots of old people here, man, lots of old motherfuckers", OK maybe you just had to be there.
Quote from: Sweet on December 08, 2008, 09:37:56 PM
Will Lun be writing anything?? ? ?
I have no idea, maybe if she feels like it. I was actually thinking she should add some drawings to my review :D
And thanks for the kind words, folks.
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nice review, but what about the Meat Puppets?
Quote from: norecess on December 09, 2008, 07:16:34 AM
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Great review! I want some pictures.
Who's with the King?
Quote from: GrimReaper on December 09, 2008, 08:50:53 AM
Who's with the King?
That's Mastodon's guitarist/vocalist.
ATP was amazing, my first, second and third time seeing The Melvins. (if melvins1983 counts)
And I'm seeing them again tonight. :)
Of course Melvins 1983 counts, let's not make the confusion on their band names any bigger than it already is, let's leave that to terminologists.
Yeah, that is Brent Hinds from Mastodon, a huge Melvins fan. I heard from MacBastard he threw beer at the security on Saturday night and couldn't get into one of the shows. Good for him, if you ask me.
There are a lot of pictures on Flickr, go to flickr.com and search for ATP there, and then sort by date added.
Alex, the Meat Puppet were awesome, it should be there somewhere in the review. All these reunions have made me skeptical but those guys are obviously just so damn talented and they really shouldn't do anything else but play together and touring this goddamn planet, maybe in a perfect world. I wished Kirk would have joined Porn as well, that guy sure knows how to create some nasty feedback.
I'll scan some wortwhile stuff tonight or tomorrow, descriptions from the program, schedules, tickets, etc. I didn't take any pictures.
Quote from: norecess on December 09, 2008, 09:54:11 AM
Yeah, that is Brent Hinds from Mastodon, a huge Melvins fan. I heard from MacBastard he threw beer at the security on Saturday night and couldn't get into one of the shows. Good for him, if you ask me.
There's a few stories floating around of him being a drunken asshole.
Quote from: ManWithNoName on December 09, 2008, 10:36:12 AM
Quote from: norecess on December 09, 2008, 09:54:11 AM
Yeah, that is Brent Hinds from Mastodon, a huge Melvins fan. I heard from MacBastard he threw beer at the security on Saturday night and couldn't get into one of the shows. Good for him, if you ask me.
There's a few stories floating around of him being a drunken asshole.
Yeah, MacB told me a story he got into a fight with one of the SOAD guys or something, pretty pathetic if you ask me.
Maybe he will listen to Buzz if he would tell him that "drunks are only fun when you're drunk", if he wants to stay part of the 'circle' at least.
awesome review, maar! and you brought up the joe preston work thing, you cunning stunt! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah, if Joe Preston joins Torche now we know who to blame! I had such a great weekend and it was great to meet everyone and survive that awful bus journey! I'll write a bit about it later but here's a link to the small number of photos I took, feel free to 'tag' yourself and 'be my facebook friend' if you're in em!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65155&id=507195068&ref=share
Digging the Double Negative cd too, cheers Maarten!
edit: that's a lot of exclamation marks but it actually was that exciting.
Thanks for uploading those pictures, Andy! I remember someone took a photo of me and Buzz two years ago and I'm still waiting for that one, knowing that I'll never see it! Steve is no Buzz but at least Steve has a cowboy hat.
I think i've missed another picture of us and Steve actually, i'll put that on later tonight. He's pulling the same face.
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Cool, I'm probably in that one too :P I guess I should write a short review to fill in the stuff Maarten left out. First of all, we had a great time, both Floris and Ryan were nice guys, and it was nice to meet Andy, Maffymaff and MacBastard (who we already knew from last time) :)
Luckily, we had no transport problems this time - (Except issues with my passport - the picture page is falling out because of a production mistake, so the people weren't sure if they could let me through) it all went pretty smooth, all the way from Amsterdam - Schiphol airport - Bristol airport - Bristol Temple Meads train station - train to Taunton - Bus to Minehead.
The first day, I wasn't really "crazy" about a lot of the shows. Melvins 83 was cool to have seen, but they played early, and the sound just wasn't loud enough. European sound people tend to turn up the sound later in the evening when the headliners (were there any?) play. So yeah, it was fun to hear/see it, and they all played good. Especially Matt Lukin.
Same thing with big business. They played great like always, but the volume just wasn't loud enough.
I thought Torche was cool, but I didn't see anything, except for a cowboy hat once in a while, and a bold head on the other side of the stage once or twice, which is probably why I didn't get as into it as I think I would if I could see everything. The sounds was GREAT though. It was the first band I saw there that really had a great sound setup, and from what I could see, it seemed like they had a lot of fun on stage, and the crowd really liked it.
Fantomas was good with Dale, he got the job done, although I do prefer to see them with Lombardo. It was nice and tight, and cool after seeing the directors cut movies on tv.
The second (the first normal) melvins show was better than the 83 one. The sound was great this time around. And Buzz's vocal harmonies were great, but the choice of songs didn't really satisfy me - probably because I've seen them too many times on the last few tours with BB. It was mostly (I think more than half actually) newer songs, and not many surprises. The second show was also good, but I got too annoyed by some stupid guy with a dirty mohawk who was jumping into people, so I didn't get into the show at all. I know this isn't the bands fault, because they did play all the songs really good, its just that there is a limit to how many times seeing the same songs being played will entertain me. I was also hoping for more special appearances and collaborations. Mike Patton only did TWO shows on the whole festival, and only with Fantomas. When I first heard he was gonna be curating it with the Melvins, I was sure the bigband were gonna play (not that its the band i would want to see the most, but still), and I thought maybe tomahawk or peeping tom, kaada, or some other collaborations would take place - maybe even with Rahzel or D
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now lun, what happens at atp stays at atp. :lol:
hahaha :lol:
Yeah, it almost stayed there, but we brought it with us. We'll make sure to send it to you though, Hanzy.
Quote from: Lunica on December 09, 2008, 02:17:59 PM
This one is for Idlehanz.
:lol:
I wasn't going to bring that up :)
did anyone catch junior brown?
Quote from: linoleum blownapart on December 09, 2008, 05:09:50 PM
did anyone catch junior brown?
I know Dillard did. I asked him about it and he sai it was really cool. That's about all I got :)
GREAT reviews. Very visual. Sounds like an awesome weekend with lots of awesome bands and more awesomness.
Quote from: Alex- on December 10, 2008, 05:38:09 AM
That grey Butthole Surfers shirt is one of the coolest shirts ive seen in a while, I really need that.. What the hell is zwarte piet doing at ATP?
Hehe, it's a Golliwog, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog.
thanks guys!!
WOW best reviews I have ever seen. Probably the best shows ever seen too. Dammit that must have really been something to be a part of that. Thanks!
Thanks for the replies as well!
Quote from: norecess on December 08, 2008, 05:29:21 PM
Dale looked like he had lost a lot of weight
really?he has been so busy for this festival 8)
Quote from: black stallion on December 10, 2008, 10:42:31 AM
Quote from: norecess on December 08, 2008, 05:29:21 PM
Dale looked like he had lost a lot of weight
really?he has been so busy for this festival 8)
Read that whole sentence again.
does anyone know why Lombardo wasn't there?fired?
Quote from: black stallion on December 10, 2008, 02:49:17 PM
does anyone know why Lombardo wasn't there?fired?
Working on a new album with Slayer, I think..and the new song is GREAT!
thanks for the time it took for the great review!
that is a thorough review, nice one
dunno how i didnt see this last night, must of been my lack of sleep
What happened with Squarepusher?
Quote from: Ministry Fiend on December 17, 2008, 05:17:03 AM
What happened with Squarepusher?
Couldn't be bothered seeing him in the condition I was in.
Quote from: Ministry Fiend on December 17, 2008, 05:17:03 AM
What happened with Squarepusher?
I saw him on the last night, I really enjoyed it. It was fairly rock. He had a live drummer and some bits of it had a hardcore (punk) type beat. I was very drunk though. My nose started bleeding after a while so I left. I got the album on the way back home and it is poo.
Quote from: Andy on December 17, 2008, 11:53:35 AM
Quote from: Ministry Fiend on December 17, 2008, 05:17:03 AM
What happened with Squarepusher?
I got the album on the way back home and it is poo.
Do you like previous Squarepusher albums or not?
Also, my ATP review is up in full on arguewithsilence.blogspot.com (http://arguewithsilence.blogspot.com/) if anyone fancies a read.
I read through it quickly, well written review, cheers! A joint after a couple of beers has never done wonders to me actually! Also, Buzzo was not part of the Porn line up, and never has been either. And, -/- ended with Seein' Red, not Straight Edge, but still, details, details ;)
Quote from: youllneverbe on December 19, 2008, 04:01:08 AM
Quote from: Andy on December 17, 2008, 11:53:35 AM
Quote from: Ministry Fiend on December 17, 2008, 05:17:03 AM
What happened with Squarepusher?
I got the album on the way back home and it is poo.
Do you like previous Squarepusher albums or not?
Also, my ATP review is up in full on arguewithsilence.blogspot.com (http://arguewithsilence.blogspot.com/) if anyone fancies a read.
I only have 'Go Plastic' which I like a lot but the new one was just a bit disappointing compared to the live show. It'll probably grow on me. Nice review!
If these things are for getting exposed to stuff you'd usually steer clear of then Vocal Sampling are my find of the weekend. Their version of Hotel California had me giggling, with them not at them.
On a minus note ISIS were probably the worst of the weekend, I like them on record but live they're just dull unless you like synchronised swaying and fretboard-staring.
Everything else I saw I enjoyed but regret not seeing Porn due to tired/old/boring-ness. All in all a sucessful mission if only for my mate coining the phrase 'Snivlemites'.
And if you got the
Quote from: norecess on December 19, 2008, 04:08:25 AM
I read through it quickly, well written review, cheers! A joint after a couple of beers has never done wonders to me actually! Also, Buzzo was not part of the Porn line up, and never has been either. And, -/- ended with Seein' Red, not Straight Edge, but still, details, details ;)
I could have sworn it was Straight Edge... oh well, I'll take your word for it. I was not sober. Also, I know Buzzo is not in Porn but I thought I'd read that he joined the melee at ATP. I guess not. I've just updated the whole thing with hyperlinks and corrections anyway.
Also here's a short but quite cool bit of video from backstage after the first night, with Mike Patton complimenting Os Mutantes on their fantastic show (apparently I can't do code yet):
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjZK3l5n2E
Wow, damn you European bastards.
That's more awesome bands in one night than I've seen ever.
During one of the Butthole Surfers shows, Gibby said to the audience, right before they went into another song "I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees - now, who said that?", no one responded. Actually, I thought he just took a piss and used one of his own made up quotes or something. So when me and Lunica were watching Repo Man yesterday, and Bud (Harry Dean Stanton - fucking excellent actor) said that quote, Lun recognized it, and we both felt very smart for at least a minute.
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Quote from: norecess on December 30, 2008, 06:38:48 AM
During one of the Butthole Surfers shows, Gibby said to the audience, right before they went into another song "I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees - now, who said that?", no one responded. Actually, I thought he just took a piss and used one of his own made up quotes or something. So when me and Lunica were watching Repo Man yesterday, and Bud (Harry Dean Stanton - fucking excellent actor) said that quote, Lun recognized it, and we both felt very smart for at least a minute.
Actually that quote is originally by Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican revolutionary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata#Quotes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata#Quotes)
Quote from: rictus on January 08, 2009, 09:52:27 AM
Quote from: norecess on December 30, 2008, 06:38:48 AM
During one of the Butthole Surfers shows, Gibby said to the audience, right before they went into another song "I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees - now, who said that?", no one responded. Actually, I thought he just took a piss and used one of his own made up quotes or something. So when me and Lunica were watching Repo Man yesterday, and Bud (Harry Dean Stanton - fucking excellent actor) said that quote, Lun recognized it, and we both felt very smart for at least a minute.
Actually that quote is originally by Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican revolutionary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata#Quotes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata#Quotes)
Ah, thanks for pointing that out.
Awesome pictures. The buzz and patton pictures are perfect..Who is the guy; third one top right?
Quote from: gesundheit on January 08, 2009, 06:48:07 PM
Awesome pictures. The buzz and patton pictures are perfect..Who is the guy; third one top right?
Isn't that the guy from D
My vid from Fantomas. Godfather theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FynYEsWuzs
Monotonix playing Body Language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpGb8mDAMa8&feature=channel_page
Big Business "The Drift"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbct8CRtTw&feature=channel
Quote from: Alex- on January 17, 2009, 04:31:30 AM
Thanks alot, awesome Monotonix video
Thanks, I should have some more vids up through out the weekend.
Meat Puppets--Lake of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZq_ALmC3Kw&feature=channel_page
Porn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8heDgSHv2dg
I'm naming chunks of stuff from their sets........I'm going with Tennessee here
Hanzy, you rock! Thanks for putting so much work and effort in this man, highly appreciated!
Thanks....Trying to get more put up. Found out I can use the crappy software that came with the video camera to do some minimal editing....
I'm working on getting some of the Melvins second night stuff up. Also some BHS and a few other things.
Yeah, nice work with these!
I have a bit of a favour to ask also, does anyone have the last song of the Dillard Melvins set, the 'Sunshine of Your Love' one? In any format at all? I'd love to hear it again. I know it was on dimeadozen a while ago but I can't get onto that :(
Quote from: Andy on January 18, 2009, 03:39:42 PM
I have a bit of a favour to ask also, does anyone have the last song of the Dillard Melvins set, the 'Sunshine of Your Love' one? In any format at all? I'd love to hear it again. I know it was on dimeadozen a while ago but I can't get onto that :(
All I've heard of it is this one minute clip on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_vVoZwOHw
And those are some great videos, Hanz. Love the Monotonix one.
Quote from: Andy on January 18, 2009, 03:39:42 PM
Yeah, nice work with these!
I have a bit of a favour to ask also, does anyone have the last song of the Dillard Melvins set, the 'Sunshine of Your Love' one? In any format at all? I'd love to hear it again. I know it was on dimeadozen a while ago but I can't get onto that :(
I'll try to get to it this evening.
Quote from: Idlehanz on January 18, 2009, 03:58:54 PM
Quote from: Andy on January 18, 2009, 03:39:42 PM
Yeah, nice work with these!
I have a bit of a favour to ask also, does anyone have the last song of the Dillard Melvins set, the 'Sunshine of Your Love' one? In any format at all? I'd love to hear it again. I know it was on dimeadozen a while ago but I can't get onto that :(
I'll try to get to it this evening.
Hey, if you have it take your time, no rush, thanks so much! Enjoyed the 1 minute snippet too!
Thurston Moore just moving his hand randomly up and down the bass on that Porn video is making me laugh, dunno why :)
Melvins 83 playing Set Me Straight and the March of Crimes/Sunshine of Your Love jam at ATP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fFQUYTHRrM
Cool!
Btw, they play 'I Don't Know' in between.
Quote from: norecess on January 19, 2009, 05:07:10 PM
Cool!
Btw, they play 'I Don't Know' in between.
Doh! Thanks, I fixed it.
Sweet! Rocking this now, thanks so much!
So is that an old March Of Crimes song and not a new one?
Quote from: Andy on January 19, 2009, 06:07:12 PM
Sweet! Rocking this now, thanks so much!
So is that an old March Of Crimes song and not a new one?
From what I gathered, March of Crimes hasn't been around for a long time......Just a band that was around Seattle back in the day.
Quote from: Idlehanz on January 19, 2009, 06:15:49 PM
Quote from: Andy on January 19, 2009, 06:07:12 PM
Sweet! Rocking this now, thanks so much!
So is that an old March Of Crimes song and not a new one?
From what I gathered, March of Crimes hasn't been around for a long time......Just a band that was around Seattle back in the day.
Ok, cool! I still hope the lineup w/Dillard puts out some new stuff. Like a 7" or two or something
Supposedly they're going to work on 3-4 new songs......Maybe a 7 inch, or an ep?
your videos are great,thanks Idle!
Quote from: Idlehanz on January 19, 2009, 06:39:52 PM
Supposedly they're going to work on 3-4 new songs......Maybe a 7 inch, or an ep?
That'd be damn sweet, and original.
Nice work on all the footage Idle :)
Quote from: Idlehanz on January 19, 2009, 04:33:46 PM
Melvins 83 playing Set Me Straight and the March of Crimes/Sunshine of Your Love jam at ATP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fFQUYTHRrM
Very cool. 'I Don't Know' is great, especially the second part. The SoYL jam is groovy.
Quote from: maffymaff on January 20, 2009, 01:17:17 PM
Nice work on all the footage Idle :)
Thanks! And thanks for getting me beers :)
Melvins -- Dog Island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_FuwZttDWc