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So I went to see Therion last night and it was a fucking AMAZING show. The best show I've been to so far. The crowd was really into it and the opening bands I saw (just Brave) were killer. But Therion they had fucking 10 people on stage playing songs that were originally done with 40 or 50 musicians and it sounded just as good. Thats talent folks. Anyways after the first encore the club owner Jay (heck of a cool guy) gets up on stage and says that in all the years he's run this club that was the best show and best band they have ever had and that he wasn't leaving till they came out and played some more music. So the core band (the opera singers were gone) came out and did a fucking killer cover of Mercyful Fate's Black Funeral. Mats is a hilarious guy, he was saying Jaxx is the only place in the US he has been to twice so far, the first time was with a very modest guy named Yngwie Malmsteen who probably played about 2000 solos in 2 hours. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
The other shocker is that I had never seen these guys before aside from Christopher so I didn't know what any of the rest of the band looked like. So when I came in and Brave was playing there was a dude sitting in the back on the merchandise table playing one of the natural RG Ibanez. Just shredding away. In between songs I was talking to him some about guitars and shit. Turns out that was Christian from Therion! Thought it was damn cool that he was sitting back there practicing and warming up and checking out the local acts as well.
The only real problem I had was during Therion's set I was along the back wall in the lower "pit" area of the venue. Some guys started doing the slam dancing thing. Which is fine I got no problem as long as they don't run into me. Well they started moving close and closer to me and one of the staff guys came along the back to kinda keep people from being bashed into the wall, right before he got there I was sitting there headbanging away and neck thing I know I get planted into the wall. I was pretty pissed. Staff guy kept them away from the wall after that. Its fine if people wanna do that shit but the reason people stand against the wall is so we DON'T get slammed around, so we can focus on the band and the music. Stay away from the fucking wall. So now my back AND my neck are sore, but other than that it was a fucking awesome show.
So whats the best show you have been to and why?
The other shocker is that I had never seen these guys before aside from Christopher so I didn't know what any of the rest of the band looked like. So when I came in and Brave was playing there was a dude sitting in the back on the merchandise table playing one of the natural RG Ibanez. Just shredding away. In between songs I was talking to him some about guitars and shit. Turns out that was Christian from Therion! Thought it was damn cool that he was sitting back there practicing and warming up and checking out the local acts as well.
The only real problem I had was during Therion's set I was along the back wall in the lower "pit" area of the venue. Some guys started doing the slam dancing thing. Which is fine I got no problem as long as they don't run into me. Well they started moving close and closer to me and one of the staff guys came along the back to kinda keep people from being bashed into the wall, right before he got there I was sitting there headbanging away and neck thing I know I get planted into the wall. I was pretty pissed. Staff guy kept them away from the wall after that. Its fine if people wanna do that shit but the reason people stand against the wall is so we DON'T get slammed around, so we can focus on the band and the music. Stay away from the fucking wall. So now my back AND my neck are sore, but other than that it was a fucking awesome show.
So whats the best show you have been to and why?
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