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So, the wife and I caught the Uproar tour last night in Scranton. My wife had some patients to tend to in the AM, so we didn't catch Hellyeah or anyone else on the 2nd stage, but did see all of the main stage acts.
Central PA's own Halestorm kicked off the main stage and sounded really good. They did a cool drum solo thing...the whole band played trash cans along with the drummer. Oh, and the drummer played part of his solo with about 3-foot long drum sticks. He was like Animal from the Muppets!
I was very much looking forward to seeing Stone Sour, but they were a big disappointment. Musically they weren't too bad, but Corey's vocals were terrible. Their soundman needs to be fired. Josh Rand is a phenomenal player, but he doesn't have much stage presence (and he looks like a younger Satch). He and Jim Root both played some killer shreddy leads throughout. I wonder how FMIC feels about Jim Root playing Gibson V's for more of the show than his signature Fenders though????? :think:
Avenged Sevenfold was awesome! Their stage presence, set, pyro, everything was killer. M Shadows vocals sounded great. The guitar harmonies were spot on and Syn nailed every solo. Portnoy was a beast...he was roasting marshmallows on his drumsticks with the pyro.
Disturbed sounded really good...probably the clearest sound of the evening. Dave's vocals sound a bit different now since overcoming issues with his throat, etc. I have to say, Dan Donegan has grown on me over time. His playing has seemed to get better each album. He's playing a lot more lead stuff as time goes on and his tone was pretty cool.
Central PA's own Halestorm kicked off the main stage and sounded really good. They did a cool drum solo thing...the whole band played trash cans along with the drummer. Oh, and the drummer played part of his solo with about 3-foot long drum sticks. He was like Animal from the Muppets!
I was very much looking forward to seeing Stone Sour, but they were a big disappointment. Musically they weren't too bad, but Corey's vocals were terrible. Their soundman needs to be fired. Josh Rand is a phenomenal player, but he doesn't have much stage presence (and he looks like a younger Satch). He and Jim Root both played some killer shreddy leads throughout. I wonder how FMIC feels about Jim Root playing Gibson V's for more of the show than his signature Fenders though????? :think:
Avenged Sevenfold was awesome! Their stage presence, set, pyro, everything was killer. M Shadows vocals sounded great. The guitar harmonies were spot on and Syn nailed every solo. Portnoy was a beast...he was roasting marshmallows on his drumsticks with the pyro.
Disturbed sounded really good...probably the clearest sound of the evening. Dave's vocals sound a bit different now since overcoming issues with his throat, etc. I have to say, Dan Donegan has grown on me over time. His playing has seemed to get better each album. He's playing a lot more lead stuff as time goes on and his tone was pretty cool.
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