Thanks Tomi!!!
The ShowThe most epic I've seen. Also the hottest one. It was over 30 degrees outside (celsius, that's over 90 F to you Americans), so imagine how the temperature was with 1,200 people squeezed inside the club. It took 1h30 from the door-opening before the Sums came on stage, and I couldn't find a dry spot on my shirt that time. And a big part of the sweat on my shirt wasn't even my own, nice!
So yeah, took the familiar spot on the right side of the stage, 2nd row right in front of Tom. The supporting band sucked, mostly by the fact that they sang and talked in Croatian (surprise), so I had no idea what was going on. But the rest of the crowd seemed to like them.
And then it was show time. TNT blasted out, and on became the noices from the start of the SBM album. And damn, got chills when the drums of Reason To Believe started playing. My favorite song from the album, so that was all I was hoping for, so beyond this point everything was a plus. Loved the piano by Tom, much better live than on the album. Also when they brought the guitar along, that was huge. Skumfuk came right after, with Matt on piano this time (after the show he told that he can't play shit, just hitting the notes he's been told to :glad: ). Halfway through the song Matt spotted me from the crowd, cool!
Another of my favorites, Sick Of Everyone was played too. Of course it would've been nicer to hear the whole Dark Road, but this was awesome too! Again, so much better live than on the album!
Halfway through the show Tom spotted me too, but it was more special for me, since I wasn't even looking at him, and I was already on the 4th or 5th row, so not that easily to be found. Still he saw me somehow, blinking an eye at me. :silly:
Downside (if you can call it that) of being on the front row is that you can't help looking at the setlist they have taped on stage. This time though, it didn't go as planned. After a good half of the show, Deryck decided to shuffle the setlist. That made the show unpredictable, you couldn't tell what song would come next. But the downside was, they didn't play BIME or Back Where I Belong (+ Exit Song?) as the original setlist suggested. But luckily instead, they played Baby as the encore starter. And needless to say again, live version rocks!
Metal Mayhem had some Motorhead and Van Halen, along with the good old Metallica. I'm too lazy to seek for the song titles, so if you know the songs, feel free to post them.
Pics (not that great quality)
VidsThe Setlist(
click here to see the original)
1.
Reason To Believe2.
Skumfuk (check
5:17 :silly: )
3.
We're All To Blame4.
Walking Disaster5.
Over My Head (Better Off Dead)6.
Sick Of Everyone7.
Screaming Bloody Murder8.
Motivation + 889.
The Hell Song10.
My Direction11.
Metal Mayhem12.
Fat Lip13.
Underclass Hero14.
Still Waiting--Encore--
15.
Baby You Don't Wanna Know16.
In Too Deep17.
Pain For PleasureThe AftermathJust like the previous times before, I hadn't heard from Matt for few hours before the show. After the show I went to Nick the merch guy, and showed the card to him. He was amazed, took his walky-talk, and told Matt to come downstairs immediately. So came Matt, we shook hands, then he told me to wait for few seconds as he makes sure it would be okay to meet the guys. So I waited and waited, Nick had already packed the merch and was leaving the venue, and the local security told me to leave. After I had waited for 30 minutes or more, Matt came and took me upstairs to meet the band. The backstage was huuuge, like the whole 2nd floor of the club was for the band's use only. The members and crew had spread all over the room, I didn't know who to talk to at first. Matt took me to get some drinks, and suddenly Cone surprised me with a hug. That was so unpredictable, haha! So I talked to him for a while, few words with Stevo and Tom too, then I decided it was time to hand out the card to Matt.
I thanked Matt for all his efforts behalf of all the fans, and gave him the card. He became speechless, little bit emotional too. Cone and Tom were excited, and they checked out the card name-by-name if they could recognize them. Honorable mentions to Nic and Heather (of course), and "haha, AmIn Too Deep!" by Cone. Cone also bursted out laughing at Jeremy Disasters, so I bet he's seen some of the vids Jer! :winkwink:
Tried to get some neat info from Matt and Cone, so I asked something I could remember.
-The video for Screaming Bloody Murder. Matt said "Don't ask me that one, please. You''ll get Baby instead!". The video won't be released, saying "Guess it was too epic". He wasn't allowed to say anything about the video, but said "there must've been some fans at the shoot, maybe they could leak some info."
-The video for Baby was shot in Germany during three days. They used a local film crew to shoot it, and it's a very low budget one. Should be released in the next couple of weeks (as of end of June).
-Matt said the band liked BIME and Back Where I Belong as singles, but thought that the true fans already know their best songs, so they choose Baby since its radio friendly.
-Cone said they had played Holy Image Of Lies only once in Japan (by that time). They hadn't had enough soundchecks to rehearse the full Dark Road, but the goal was to start playing it during that tour. The band has also discussed about playing Crash live.
-Also, Cone said he designed one of the shirts they are selling on tour (
the one on right). About his SBM shirt he uses on stage, it's not custom made, it's self-made. He used his own spray cans to make the letters. He has been asked if it could be sold as merch, but Cone declined, saying he wants it to be unique. But maybe after the SBM era touring he could reconsider.
Finally had a chance to chat with Deryck too. Again, I was so amazed how different he is in person compared to his performance on interviews and such. He was so full of happiness, laughing and dancing all the time I was there. He said he felt like shuffling the setlist in the middle of the show, that wasn't planned. Cone told they were supposed to play Back Where I Belong before the encore, but the stage was soo hot (and so was the crowd), so they decided to cut that to make the set a bit shorter. And to take advantage from this rare event, I asked Deryck about the working titles that have been floating around.
I'm Trying To Say - Best Of Me
Long - Pull The Curtain
Waste My Time - March Of The Dogs
We're Doing Fine - Underclass Hero
Priddle - Angels With Dirty Faces (Deryck didn't recall the final title, had to demonstrate the part after the intro)
Make Me Forever - There's No Solution
No Control - Subject To Change
Sister Act - early No Reason (he said Sister Act + No Control = No Reason)
Surprising note: Like Everyone Else is NOT a working title for We're The Same. They are two different songs.
Also, "Pla" is a final title for a UH B-side. It was recorded, but never released. "Pla" is a type of fish dish in some language (forgot which one). Deryck spotted that from a menu at some restaurant, and decided to order it only because of its name. Don't know what the song is about though.
So there you have it. I'm positive I forgot something, should've written all this down right after the show. Oh well.[/quote]