Manchester Academy 3 December 13th 2006

[Haggardsue]

So there we are, myself and 3 of my closest associates go to the back of the venue to smoke, when who should walk straight through the middle of us into the venue but dale and Jared. lovely.  It's also worth mentioning we were puzzled as to where the academy 3 was until i looked up at a window and saw Jared Warren waving at us like an excited 5 year old. nice.

Porn open - first time ive ever heard them, i think they played maybe 2 songs? With the duck noises in? this make any sense to anyone? no? whatever i enjoyed it. Dale as Elvis. Smooth.

Flipper - Absolutely amazing. Sacrifice with Buzz, Dale, Coady joining in. Delicious.

Big Business - Dale plays guitar for 2 songs, and they slowly turn into the melvins as Buzz appears and they play a song (perhaps from the new big business album? i don't know. good shit though)

Melvins - I'm sure you know the drill by now

talking horse
bloated pope
civilized worm
oven
set me straight/dch
sky pup
let it all be
blood witch
a history of drunks
rat faced
the hawk
youve never been right
a history of bad men
Revolve
Hooch
the bit
lovely butterflies


Exhausted. 3 hour drive back to my girlfriends house where i promptly trip over the stairs upon my entry at 2am. Nice. 8 and half hours later i'm sitting at university awaiting a lesson on democracy. Lovely. I feel vile but it was worth it. Did somebody say the next melvins album will be around spring / summer next year or did I make that up? Infact I guarantee somebody said it. Just to get the rumour mill floating.

I love it.

[maffymaff]

Last night was fucking sweet! Got there and there was a fucking huge queue to get it. It turns out Lil Chris (don't ask, he's shite) was also playing that night. We queued up for a bit, I got pissed of and ran to the front. People watching the Melvins didn't need to wait!!! Arrrrggghhhh!!!!

So we leg it inside! Straight to the merch stall!! Got a tshirt, Porn and Big Business cd. Also picked myself up a signed poster. Pretty nice. I decide to run back to the car with it so it doesn't get fucked by some hard rocking. I run back to the Academy, get inside and hear a brutal noise. Porn have fucking started!!!! They were damn good. They even included a rendition of the Benny Hill theme tune on Duck Call! Nice!!

Then there was Flipper... I thought they were quite week to be honest. But... Sacrifice was something seriously special. And it was the only point during the set a certain bass player actually looked relaxed and started to smile! For their last song they got a load of people up on stage. This will sound harsh, but it was boardline embarassing!

Big Business!!!! What can I say? They were great! Next time they are over in these fine shores I'll be seeing them again! Like Buylysol said, Dale joined them for 2 songs. It was some hard rocking.

Then everything merged into a Melvins frenzy. The set list was basically what it's been all along on this tour. It was such a tight set. I don't think Buzz even said hello, it was just song after song! I was there with a few friends and all of us left with fucking huge grins! This was easily the best concert of the year for me (better than seeing the big band) and was quite possibly the bestest gig, EVER!!!

Come back soon Melvins!!!!

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[maffymaff]

And not forgetting......

The poster!

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[norecess]

Cool pictures, thanks! I was hoping the other shows were gonna be just as good as the one of last Monday. I see Tim didn't wear his Santa Claus suit.

[maffymaff]

No Santa and I also missed Elvis's entrance!

[fragilewithcare]

yes, this gig was pure mind meltingly good, one of the best gigs ever... 

[punkrulesok]

got there early, got right near the front with me girl.  was a bit protective of Kate when the moshers started during Flipper though .

Fantastic show.  I mean Flipper, Melvins AND Krist on one stage!  Allmost the perfect gig for me, and something I'll allways remember .

Porns set was a bit short, but they made up for that with the quality sounds!  That guy's got feedback down dead well.  I was a bit "BE CAREFULL DUDE" when he started hitting his guitar on the floor though.  

Dale crover's put on the beef.  What a SHIT HOT drummer though.  Not sure about the Elvis suit though    Funny  

If anyone's got any pictures or that, please send them.  ta

[ManWithNoName]

So what's with the towel head? Is he trying to hide his buzzlike fro?

I thought the fro was cool, goes with the drum set mirror image.

I need to stop reading these reviews... I get so jealous.

[maffymaff]

I need to stop reading these reviews... I get so jealous.

Would it help if I was to change my statement and said it was shit?

Unfortunately the pictures I took of the Elvis suit came out rather blurry

[Kessel]

Well.  My first Melvins gig.

Es war sehr sehr sehr gut.  I really enjoyed it.

A few points:

1) After Porn played the bassist dude did the tech stuff for the rest of the gig.  He looked like a dude.

2) Having never previously heard Flipper, I was terribly disappointed and think the Melvins cover of Sacrifice is/was better.  When they got the little kids on stage I nearly cried.

I had other things to say but can't remember at this time.

Videos (Phone quality :-/):


http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1519183475253577354


http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8240168600308198383

[norecess]

I nearly cried.

Same.

[Lunica]

Are you talking about the melvins, or did they really have some kids on stage? 'Cause I didn't notice that..

[norecess]

Are you talking about the melvins, or did they really have some kids on stage? 'Cause I didn't notice that..

We saw a different show

[maffymaff]

It was Flipper that got all the kids up on stage. Loads crowded round Krist, he looked a bit spun out by it all!

[norecess]

It was Flipper that got all the kids up on stage. Loads crowded round Krist, he looked a bit spun out by it all!

I wouldn't be surprised if Bloose did that to tease Krist a little.