San Francrisco show

[alfunso]

They played a lot of the new record interspersed with covers: Ramones 'Pinhead' and Flipper's Sacrifice.  it was rock n roll heaven, the sound quality was great, Totimoshi opened with a very tight set.

haiku:

the Blizzard of Oz
's bornes hair.

[BallsFunky]

 

I'm gonna have to say that last night's show was pretty mediocre. The shirts are kinda "Marilyn Manson" as of late.

They need to do a bullhead tour with Trevor Dunn on bass. Revive the old school feel.

I'm kinda over this new material.

If you'd like a more verbose explanation...just ask.

[honkster]

yeah not as into the new shit either, but they really seem pumped about it. jared on the other hand seemed a bit bored at times but his fit made up for it. shit was ridiculous haha. sacrifice version was pretty cool but i felt like that higher bass note was not really ringing through like it should/could. like the low note was much louder, if that makes sense? i've also done most of my lysol listening from a vinyl copy  so that probably has something to do with it. i liked the vocals and how it was drawn out a little more in some parts. that song and the ozma track were highlights for me....sound quality was above normal for slims, thought they did pretty well. drum kit out front and them all lined up like a fucking wall of force (phil spector came to mind) is killer.

considering how many ridiculously dope songs they have throughout their whole discography, i found myself a little bored with just more of the new shit, and more and more of it.  i actually, for the first time ever at a melvins show, left a bit early for lack of surprising gems getting thrown at us. I will note that they had been mixing it up pretty good the last couple of years with lysol, stag, etc songs so I could see them switching gears and aiming to get that new shit across live. Hopefully next time around they will have decided to only stick with a few of those as live "keepers" and get back to diggin into their 25+ year expanse of beef.

box sets look great in person. unfortunately i dont have $200 to drop on CDs, all of which i already own. kind of odd choices throwing the last 3 albums in there, omitting a lot of what i would consider releases of them in top form. maybe BSM and nude with boots just feel too pop-y to me? anyway, would have liked to see SOME vinyl @ the merch booth. whens BSM getting released on vinyl btw? (not that im rushing out to get it. UNLESS they go with some senile animal level type shit, which is hands down one of the dopest record packing ever. its a tengent party over here and im sure many of you would have liked me to shut the fuck up a few paragraphs ago. the gist=decent show, not their best, but still better than almost every band touring currently. k bye.

[honkster]

oh yeah just for the record, matt pike was around kickin it. cheers.

[Peebot]

can anyone actually post a set list?  Sounds like it's a reworked, single-set version of the previous leg of this tour, with some new stuff added and presumably a couple of songs taken away.  I hear Night Goat is back in the set.  Would love a full run down if anyone's got it.

[thor]

Saw Matt Pike and I coulda sworn I saw Drew Brees there, too.

[gesundheit]

Did he have a clit on the side of his face?

[cbo]

I have the setlist from Dale's drumkit....I can post a photo of it if anyone wants to see it..

[black stallion]

jared on the other hand seemed a bit bored at times

tired of being a Melvins bassist? time for a new entry? eh?eh?should i start a new topic?  

[asspants]

jared on the other hand seemed a bit bored at times

tired of being a Melvins bassist? time for a new entry? eh?eh?should i start a new topic?  

Every time I've seen this line up , Jared looks really bored...it kinda irks me, but whatever...

[rimb]

Recording of this show

[tmthydunne]

i thought the show was pretty awsm - not nearly as awsm as San Jose the night before (small venue, small crowd, small stage, huge energy) but still pretty awsm.  i, unlike others who have posted, really dig the newer stuff live.  Civilized Worm is easily one of my all time fave Melvins tracks and the end crushes me everytime.

setlist:
The Water Glass
Evil New War God
AMAZON
Talking Horse
Billy Fish
Pinhead
Set Me Straight/DHC
Sky Pup
Black Bock
Pig House
Electric Flower
Sacrifice
Civilized Worm
Black Stooges
Oven
Bacon Industry
Night Goat
Happy Birthday
Lovely Butterfly
Big Drum Outro (the San Jose outro KILLED the SF one) - maybe that is bc the drums were right in my face on that small stage.

i may or may not have the order of a few tracks switched but i think it is 100%.

Highlights:
AMAZON
Sacrifice
Civilized Worm
Oven
Black Stooges
Bacon Industry

[Peebot]

Thanks for posting, I appreciate that.

I love the new stuff too, particularly live.  But regardless, out of 20 songs only 7 are from the 3 newest records (which I assume are the ones people aren't feeling as much), so not even 1/3 of the set.  Toss in AMAZON and Black Stooges to cover the Ipecac years completely (that's going over a decade back, so hardly "new") and you're still not at half the set.   Feels like a pretty good balance to me. 

Stoked for Saturday  in Seattle!

[Captain CoryCory]

San Francrisco 

[tmthydunne]

Thanks for posting, I appreciate that.

I love the new stuff too, particularly live.  But regardless, out of 20 songs only 7 are from the 3 newest records (which I assume are the ones people aren't feeling as much), so not even 1/3 of the set.  Toss in AMAZON and Black Stooges to cover the Ipecac years completely (that's going over a decade back, so hardly "new") and you're still not at half the set.   Feels like a pretty good balance to me. 

Stoked for Saturday  in Seattle!

i agree 100%.  the new stuff does sound amzg live.  um, Pig House KILLS.  plus, they scrapped My Generation which, in my opinion, is a major improvement from the first leg's setlist.