Milan, Italy, 09-25-2008

[black stallion]

where to start?
What a great night,a long orgasm!I have always been a huge fan and they're my favourite band ...i spent most of my days listening to their albums and believe me,it's pretty hard to explain that feeling..being in front of them.
Got there early,was with four buddies,not so sick with The Melvins like me,but they like them and were pretty curious about the Biz set too(ps:in the afternoon i cut my hair so they started kidding me saying it was gay and i did that only for The Melvins ).The show took place at this venue called Musicdrome,some time before a buddy said to me it wasn't a great place,with a shitty sound quality and obviously that worried me a lot(fortunately the story will be totally different ).First thing to do?Hitting the merch table!immediately i noticed the Porn/Merzbow album was sold out ,but the Biz Tour EP III was at centre.. woooooooooooaaah,bought a copy!They got also 26 Songs-COD-NWB-both The Biz albums-Porn shirt-BB shirt-Melvins shirt.Meanwhile Moss started off with his shit,i stood directly in front of him and Dale's drum was a little hidden by Moss' kit.....after a few minutes of feedback,drones and white noise,Crover came out and started to beat the crap out of his drums.
AMAZING----PSYCHEDELIC-----HEAVY-------HUGE----------NO WORDS
Dale played that drum intro from POTRE or at least something like that,then Coady joined him and they played a little bit of Succulento while the other roadie guy was playing a toy- keyboard.Great set,awesome when Jared came on stage wearing only a kinda of cellophane's shirt and holding two hockey's bats(or something of pretty similar) in his hands,whirling them just like swords..pretty hilarious!
After a short break The Biz started off,only Jared and Coady...at the first note i noticed how loud the bass sound was,awesome!Jared vocals a little bit down and my God,that Coady is the shit,a little Keith Moon!They played Hands Up,Start Your Digging,that new song where Jared says something like Mice etc and then Dale joined them on guitar and they played Just As The Day Was Dawning,Ground For Divorce,a new one i haven't recognized and The Drift.They definitely killed,in my opinion the best band of the moment.
OK OK OK,another little break with classical music as soundtrack and then Buzzo came out laughing and showing his pure gold teeth .
Black mumu-perfect fro-alluminum guitar-Jared without mumu wore only a pair of sexy woman's underwear of lace on his head like a hat.
Same setlist,the sound quality was top notch and after they performed NWB i immediately thought this is the top moment with the new line up,Coady and Jared chemistry with Buzz and Dale is perfect,they're so tight.New material killed,especially Dog Island and Dies Iraea(holy shit!),my position was excellent (until they played Eye Flys),i stood directly in front of the drums,first line....Buzzo still looking at me laughing a bit,i was a little scared and obviously my ears started bleeding,the sound was fuckin brutal!When Eye Flys started(after the intro) the story changed for me cuz the moshing went into overdrive and i was knocked out against the barriers.I tried to move me on my left,right in front of Jared,but the crowd was fuckin crazy.
I don't like when people do that,i want to enjoy my show pacefully...during SIP and Billy Fish i had a shitty position,too bad,then fortunately i found a paceful zone with a pretty decent visual,but not as good as where i was before.finally Buzzo stopped and said be careful to the crowd,he chatted a little bit about Italy as a nice "American" place and about the fact he and Dale have been married for a so long time,then he introduced  every member of the band,so weird seeing Buzzo do that!He invited also the crowd to applaud Big Business yelling three times their name and finally introduced the ASA trilogy.Boris was EPIC and then obviously no encores.....Buzzo left followed by Coady(throwing his sticks to the crowd,i failed,sorry bathroom!),Jared and last Dale who said a goodnight.
Best show of the year!My best moments:Dog Island,Dies Iraea,Eye Flys,Honey Bucket,ASA Trilogy,Tipping The Lion,obviously Boris.
before to leave i got a Porn shirt and chatted a little with Tim Moss,i said to him something like "say hi to Dale,Buzz and to the whole crew and have a nice tour!" he asked what was my name to give my greeting to the band
sorry if i i've been so long for this review and go to see this band cuz they're amazing,
Thank you guys  and thanks Melvins!!!

i took some pics(they're not so good,sorry):

[norecess]

Cheers for the review.

Jared is such a sexy beast.

I can't believe they have BB's Tour EP III again, grrr......

[black stallion]

how's the original artwork?just wondering if my copy is like the original..i'll post a pic.

[norecess]

how's the original artwork?

Boring, just like the first two.

[black stallion]

[gesundheit]

I've been meaning to say, that dale playing buzzo's LP is a thing of beauty. Totally awesome, great review stallion! It wasn't that long at all.

[black stallion]

videos  from the show:

Civilized W+The Kicking Machine

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ajcDR2sCQ

SIP+Billy Fish

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=n_jY69uk_vg

[glen]

I could have gone without seeing jared in a cellophane shirt and panties on his head.

[maffymaff]

correction

I can get-off on seeing jared in a cellophane shirt and panties on his head.

[M i C H e L L e]

correction

I can get-off on seeing jared in a cellophane shirt and panties on his head.

[cara]

(ps:in the afternoon i cut my hair so they started kidding me saying it was gay and i did that only for The Melvins ).

HAHAHA.

great review.

[bathroom creep]

Very nice review! One thing I noticed is that your tour ep looks like it's in some sort of envelope, the one I got is in a cardboard jacket; The art is pretty much identical.

[FartLips]

I could have gone without seeing jared in a cellophane shirt and panties on his head.

you're lucky it wasn't buzz.

[black stallion]

Very nice review! One thing I noticed is that your tour ep looks like it's in some sort of envelope, the one I got is in a cardboard jacket; The art is pretty much identical.

you're right,haven't seen the one you got but i had the feeling mine was pretty different from the original,maybe cuz it was sold out so they have rereleased it in a different format.

[Idlehanz]

Nice review and pics BS.  And new Porn shirts!?  I need one.  I have the brown one, but I want it in black too