July 18, 2008 San Francisco, CA - Slim's

[gesundheit]

I started driving all the way from San Diego to go see this show in SF..now that's not that big of a deal to me because I am originally from the Bay Area and I spend a lot of time there and I needed to come back into town given i had just moved to SD in the previous few months..so for me I got to come home, pack up some new things to take back down to my new home, see the melvins, see the dark knight on IMAX, go to the exploratorium...etc etc..a very fulfilling weekend...

so i arrived quite early for the melvins show in san francisco, we had left sd at about ten and went straight to the show (only one stop too for gas in paso robles, i wonder why i just kept driving??) and got there at seven only to find an excellent parking spot on the same street within sight of the entrance to slims..this, my friends, is an anomoly in the city, so i was quite happy..i took a dump in the nearby sports authority and proceeded my way to the entrance at slims...got my tickets..i had bought dinner tickets for tonight since i am still recooperating from knee surgery about a month and a half ago, no floor for me!!...so once i was inside i ordered drinks and was able to pick up some merch and go put it back in my car so it wouldn't be a burdon during the show...i picked up the egg nog bunnys shirt for myself, see you in hell for my girlfriend and nude with boots for the road trip back down south..once i was back my food had arrived and i was totally ready for another melvins experience...

as soon as slims pulled up the screen to reveal the stage i was fully attentive..though i was quite surprised...this morningstar rising band...is quite the band indeed...with probably the absolute most obscure band members i could imagine playing together...so first, there is tim moss on one side of the stage doing some stuff with a guitar and pedals, basically some noise...then on the other side was toshii and his soundscape type feel to playing, whatever...but that is definitely not the best part about this band...there was a girl drummer...and not any ordinary girl drummer...she was like three..seriously, like a three or four year old blonde, baby girl drummer that would just bang the snare, hit the cymbals around, and maybe roll around the toms once...then she would get up, and go chat with toshii...then go back and play again..go mingle with toshi again..then play with a flashlight..now i'm not sure whose daughter this might be or whatever but it was definitely a melvin-worthy opening act...at one point i considered it to be some off shoot of PORN or something like that...maybe dale's daughter filling in with him and special guest toshii??..until there is a confirmation of this, i wont have a clue who that little girl was...so anyway, that eventually ended and there was another break..

big business and all their mighty glory came to the stage and blew everybody awaaayy...when the melvins came on everything was just crazy for me...i was up on the balcony so i felt like rocking out but i kinda kept myself from doing it...i focused on taking some pictures (which will eventually be posted here, i use film so it takes me a while to get my results)..through all the songs i was just blown away..i guess this should've been mentioned previously in this review but i hadn't seen the melvins/bb combination yet and it fully satisfied my expectations...especially with the setlist being what it was...as was already stated by somebody else they played the same set as before..which really had no low points to it at all, not that a melvins show had those like other band's shows..i was extremely joyed to be able to experience eye flys...i love the nwb stuff soo much...live it sounds perfect..like they wrote it on the album keeping in mind that they will be playing it live and they will be able to get to rock out all these amazing songs so much harder in the live atmosphere and environment...buzz looked like he was having a lot of fun...even all the way from the back, which by the way, sounded fucking incredible...such good sound at this show...senile animal stuff killed it, i AM a big civilized worm fan so that song killed me..buzz's scream on that one just...yea...the old songs were all great...i wish i knew the exact setlist but i believe they ended with: my generation (melvins style), star spangled banner and
boris...which absolutely, positively was the first song i ever desired the melvins to play live in my presense and my first time to witness...this version of boris (not to mention the entire show) had a huge rockstar, kickass, strong feel to it...two drum sets fucking kill and those two drummers are fucking incredible..

i can't wait to see my pictures and those will be on there way here eventually too..the few below came out nicely from my girlfriend's digital camera..can't wait to see them again here in san diego in august (wont have to drive that far this time)..i don't know what else to say really ...i love the melvins ....just kidding..  ...see you in hell melvins!!!





and during the star spangled banner..



rock and roll..

[black stallion]

excellent review gesundheit,glad you had a great night,thanks!i'm wondering who was that  three years old drummer,Dale's daughter?

[norecess]

Thanks for the review! Sounds like you spent some quality time!

Did Porn play at all or was it just Tim Moss, Toshi and Maureen (can I use her own name)? I'm just wondering as you went from your description of Morningstar Rising to Big Business.

[glen]

i AM a big civilized worm fan

watch you talkin bout gesundheit? 

and hey maar!   dale's WIFE is maureen, his daughter is scarlett.      pretty damn sure.

[norecess]

and hey maar!   dale's WIFE is maureen, his daughter is scarlett.      pretty damn sure.

D'oh! Of course!

[GrimReaper]

Great review and thanks for the details...

..i took a dump in the nearby sports authority 

[Idlehanz]

Scarlett, from the 06 tour I think?  I love this pic.

[glen]

so the line-up of morningstar rising is moss, toshi and scarlett crover.   nice.

the more moss tries to alienate me the more he sets the hook.


although I WOULD like to see dale take another crack at drums with porn.   that set they did on the (A)SA tour was a thing of beauty.     and I got jiped on it since they didn't play the 2nd night I saw them.  so the way I see it porn owes me a show.

[norecess]

although I WOULD like to see dale take another crack at drums with porn.   that set they did on the (A)SA tour was a thing of beauty.     and I got jiped on it since they didn't play the 2nd night I saw them.  so the way I see it porn owes me a show.

Do yourself a favor, and take some time for this excellent recording of Porn's set at Roadburn 2007. I personally can't get enough of it.

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/ondemand/34436532

P.S. What does 'jiped' mean? Screwed?

[mono_666]

although I WOULD like to see dale take another crack at drums with porn.   that set they did on the (A)SA tour was a thing of beauty.     and I got jiped on it since they didn't play the 2nd night I saw them.  so the way I see it porn owes me a show.

Do yourself a favor, and take some time for this excellent recording of Porn's set at Roadburn 2007. I personally can't get enough of it.

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/ondemand/34436532

P.S. What does 'jiped' mean? Screwed?

Glen is a racist... he hates Gypsies

[glen]

are gypsies a race?  I was not aware of this.   perhaps I should be more sensitive. 

yeah maar, jiped is like slang for ripped off or cheated.

and of course gypsies.  god knows I hate those damned gypsies.   

[bathroom creep]

so the line-up of morningstar rising is moss, toshi and scarlett crover.   nice.

the more moss tries to alienate me the more he sets the hook.


although I WOULD like to see dale take another crack at drums with porn.   that set they did on the (A)SA tour was a thing of beauty.     and I got jiped on it since they didn't play the 2nd night I saw them.  so the way I see it porn owes me a show.

Yeah, Dale on drums with Porn last year was awesome. Would be great to see the line up again this year, but you have to see it this way, at least a Crover is playing drums. That's always a good thing.


Nice review, gesundheit.

[mono_666]

I need one of the Slims posters with the Cat (Forbes)... if someone picked up an extra, hit me up

[glen]

I need one of the Slims posters with the Cat (Forbes)... if someone picked up an extra, hit me up

if you were a real fan you'd buy the original ink for three fiddy.

http://www.secretserpentsstore.com/servlet/the-108/alan-forbes-2008-original/Detail




I kid.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

I need one of the Slims posters with the Cat (Forbes)... if someone picked up an extra, hit me up

if you were a real fan you'd buy the original ink for three fiddy.

http://www.secretserpentsstore.com/servlet/the-108/alan-forbes-2008-original/Detail




I kid.