Well, no one bought me a beer
but i was wearing a Pirates shirt anyway......my eardrums are blown to bits. Started the night off with a strawberry blunt. Got there after the doors opened. Ticketmaster sold us phony tickets through a computer glitch, so somehow I had to explain myself.
The Hunchies sucked balls. The band played semi-mediocre garage rock, but the singer's monotone Iggy/Reed imitation was horrible.
Altamont was great.
Melvins set was wayyyyy to short but I was expecting that. DSS would be a great permanant addition. 1st time I've seen Pigs and Pope live. The energy level was on high through the whole set and the cut off was like blueballs, I'm definitley jonesing for a Melvins headliner soon.
Pigs of the Roman Empire: HHHEEAAVVVYYY
amazon: FFFFAAAASSSSSTTTT
AMAZON: Still not one of my favorites live, but was the best version I've seen them do.
The Bloated Pope: Fucking brutal, this one was sick.
Let it All Be: A live favorite, the crowd was yelling along and bouncing around like pinballs.
Hooch: Not one of my favorites, but pretty heavy bottom end and big Crover bass kicks had me screaming along.
Night Goat: Probably the highlight, DSS played the intro slow and low, and it built up to it's slow climax, slowest pit i've ever seen.
Then the ski masks and Jello.......
Jello rocked the house down. What a performer. I thought his political rants were entertaining, his energy level was great, and he was obviously having a ball. Furthermore, with a 50/50 mix between Melvins/Jello fans in the audience, the idea of the ski masks made more sense. The Melvins became the greatest anonymous punk band in the world, while the attention was kept focused on the frontman. I wasn't annoyed, bummed out, or feeling cheated out of more Melvins. They played their roles and rocked the house down while jello did his thing. It was a great performance and a real fun time.
My only complaint is that Security were acting like dicks. they kicked a buddy of mine out for crowd surfing, even though Jello was doing the same thing and even admonished security for kicking the kids out. And yeah, if you saw Santa in the pit, that was my dad.
