rochester, sigh...

[Greasy Statement]

here's my tale of woe. my wife and i were initially supposed to head down with another couple but they were forced to bail last minute (tuesday to be exact) and we were mad scrambling to find takers for the two tickets on short notice. the last of which was taken this morning at around 10 by a friend who couldn't get out of work any earlier than 4. rush hour on a friday, leaving toronto is a headache no matter what. lengthy line up at the border and we get through at around 1/4 to 7. haul ass to rochester from the border, with a brief pit stop to grab some greasy roadside grub. we get into rochester around 8 pm or so and proceed to get lost based on shitty directions (fuck you google maps, kiss my ass). we finally find the club by 9.30ish and figure we'll catch the tail end of BB's set. once in the club, lo and behold it's the last 4 songs of melvins. christ. luckily i caught the whole shebang the night before, but still. my mrs. loves the biz and enjoys big melvins as well. christ. i guess it's the all ages show and the curfew or something.
anyhow, the set rocked, they rule. we met mr. warren, nice chap. dale walked around the club after and i was far too scared to approach him. walsby is one of the good ones as well.

[Idlehanz]

Damn, that sucks.  I guess you at least got to see a few songs, but still...........

[Mount Ambulance]

Damn, Greasy Statement  your night sounded just like mine ... the leaving late from Canada for a 3hr. trek, the shit traffic & boarder ... but it was the shitty in city directions that killed it ...  fuck you Mapquest! Had the directions been right, wouldn't have missed any Melvins. Sounds like I saw a bit more though ... walked in half way through Civilized Worm. They were tearin' it up ... but I was bummed an' it seemed kinda hard to drop it ... never really hit ... Boris was still great though ... As was Walsby ... gave me an art print in trade for a couple cdrs ... class act that dude ... though he gave me the wrong cd ... twice ... by the time I realized the 2nd time ... I was out the door and couldn't get back in ... now I got a double of a cd I already own ... just kinda a cherry right on top of the whole turd ya know?

[Chief Ten Beers]

 Bummer guys. You should have asked me for directions. That's exactly why I never have and never will drive to Toronto for a show, border delays & traffic jams - no thanks not worth it. The construction in Roch is a clusterfuck now. Easy to get there, but the way home was not my normal route because of detours. Earlier start than Buffalo was a surprise. There was no Moss soundscape which I was looking forward to. I was home @ 11:30.

I thought they were a little tighter than the Buffalo show, and the sound was excellent for both bands. The whole thing seemed to fly by like it was only a half-hour this time. Crowd was pretty into it, more people than I thought were there. The new songs are so fucking good live. The choice of classics this tour is great. Eye Flys & Boris were the heaviest things ever. Tipping The Lion also is great to hear with the dual drums. All else I can say is I really want to see the Melvins perform Star Spangled Banner at The Stanley Cup or Winter Classic this hockey season. Best version since Hendrix.

[fraxs]

I thought the band played great, but the house sound was horrible. The right front house speakers kept breaking up.
Saw at least 3 people taping the show, one was a video shot.

[Chief Ten Beers]

I thought the band played great, but the house sound was horrible. The right front house speakers kept breaking up.
Saw at least 3 people taping the show, one was a video shot.

Yeah I did notice that speaker breaking up in the beginning. Other than that everything was fine. The dude filming put up Civilized Worm on youtube already. I forgot to mention I really like the Melvins' blues version of My Generation w/ Dale & Coady singing. Better than the Live @ Leeds version

[MisterBear]

here's my tale of woe. my wife and i were initially supposed to head down with another couple but they were forced to bail last minute (tuesday to be exact) and we were mad scrambling to find takers for the two tickets on short notice. the last of which was taken this morning at around 10 by a friend who couldn't get out of work any earlier than 4. rush hour on a friday, leaving toronto is a headache no matter what. lengthy line up at the border and we get through at around 1/4 to 7. haul ass to rochester from the border, with a brief pit stop to grab some greasy roadside grub. we get into rochester around 8 pm or so and proceed to get lost based on shitty directions (fuck you google maps, kiss my ass). we finally find the club by 9.30ish and figure we'll catch the tail end of BB's set. once in the club, lo and behold it's the last 4 songs of melvins. christ. luckily i caught the whole shebang the night before, but still. my mrs. loves the biz and enjoys big melvins as well. christ. i guess it's the all ages show and the curfew or something.
anyhow, the set rocked, they rule. we met mr. warren, nice chap. dale walked around the club after and i was far too scared to approach him. walsby is one of the good ones as well.

hey greasy,

Just curious, you're not the guy I bumped into on Bloor St. a few weeks ago are you?  We chatted for maybe all of 2 or 3 minutes about Melvins cuz I was wearing my 2006 tour shirt.  I was with my soon to be wife, she's Vietnamese.  Does that ring a bell? 

[Greasy Statement]

hi bear,
i'm afraid that wasn't me. it's probable i would have said something if it were since outward fans of melvins are a rare commodity in the t-dot!