The Les George Knives Thread

mitchnola said:
Always wanted to see NIN too. Could only imagine seeing Rollins for that album!
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That particular show was the Downward Spiral tour and quite excellent. Marilyn Manson opened, but I was never really a big fan of them. I saw NIN again many years later with Soundgarden. Dillinger Escape Plan actually opened IIRC.

I was a fan of Rollins Band, but actually prefer the prior album (Search and Destroy sorry End of Silence) to Weight, but do like both. Obviously “Liar” got huge, and was kinda his popular resurgence. He was definitely an intense performer then, even several years after Black Flag. I was familiar with Black Flag and all the punk bands because of my brother, but I was more into metal and industrial.

The Pantera show was rad. Far Beyond Driven tour, but they played stuff from all three first albums.

I can’t find my GWAR stub… and quite a lot more.

Then they went digital, and you didn’t get cool ticket stubs anymore.

….I did get accidentally knocked out at Life of Agony with Type O Negative…
 
Centermass said:
That particular show was the Downward Spiral tour and quite excellent. Marilyn Manson opened, but I was never really a big fan of them. I saw NIN again many years later with Soundgarden. Dillinger Escape Plan actually opened IIRC.

I was a fan of Rollins Band, but actually prefer the prior album (Search and Destroy) to Weight, but do like both. Obviously “Liar” got huge, and was kinda his popular resurgence. He was definitely an intense performer then, even several years after Black Flag. I was familiar with Black Flag and all the punk bands because of my brother, but I was more into metal and industrial.

The Pantera show was rad. Far Beyond Driven tour, but they played stuff from all three first albums.

I can’t find my GWAR stub… and quite a lot more.

Then they went digital, and you didn’t get cool ticket stubs anymore.

….I did get accidentally knocked out at Life of Agony with Type O Negative…
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I wish I had the opportunity to see shows like that in small venues. New Orleans has never really had a rock scene so it was only arena shows and we had one rock festival. Got to see a lot of great bands but not as many as I wanted.

Since spotify I’ve discovered so many new bands I love and I get to see them in small venues. Nothing better than that!
 
mitchnola said:
I wish I had the opportunity to see shows like that in small venues. New Orleans has never really had a rock scene so it was only arena shows and we had one rock festival. Got to see a lot of great bands but not as many as I wanted.

Since spotify I’ve discovered so many new bands I love and I get to see them in small venues. Nothing better than that!
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I’m old and cranky now, so I don’t enjoy live shows (meaning crowds) like I used to. Plus, everything’s crazy expensive. It should be a crime to charge $20 for a tall boy to a captive audience, but that seems to be the standard AFTER you’ve paid $100 plus just to get in.

When my son was a teenager, I took him to see Maiden with Ghost, Gojira, Animal as Leaders, and Slayer, but he’s moved out and has a family of his own now. My brother and I might agree on something after much back-and-forthing, and have no scheduling conflicts to catch something once a year. I think our last one was Misfits with Megadeth. He and I were in full agreement on that one because punk AND metal, plus FEAR opened. It takes much more planning (time and financial) now, as opposed to when I was a younger man without responsibilities and could just drop $20 on any given night to go see a show… and beers were a couple bucks at most.

I did see Smashing Pumpkins about six years ago in Tampa, and it may have been the best concert I ever went to. Three hour set, pretty much their entire catalog, and the sound and stage were phenomenal. There are lots I’d love to go to. If I could catch Opeth somewhere, that’d be somethin.
 
Centermass said:
That particular show was the Downward Spiral tour and quite excellent. Marilyn Manson opened, but I was never really a big fan of them. I saw NIN again many years later with Soundgarden. Dillinger Escape Plan actually opened IIRC.

I was a fan of Rollins Band, but actually prefer the prior album (Search and Destroy sorry End of Silence) to Weight, but do like both. Obviously “Liar” got huge, and was kinda his popular resurgence. He was definitely an intense performer then, even several years after Black Flag. I was familiar with Black Flag and all the punk bands because of my brother, but I was more into metal and industrial.

The Pantera show was rad. Far Beyond Driven tour, but they played stuff from all three first albums.

I can’t find my GWAR stub… and quite a lot more.

Then they went digital, and you didn’t get cool ticket stubs anymore.

….I did get accidentally knocked out at Life of Agony with Type O Negative…
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I had a life of agony record......river runs red......haven't heard it in decades...gonna have to dig it up and give it a listen
 
mitchnola said:
I did get to see vanilla ice in 8th grade. 😂
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Centermass said:
I’m old and cranky now, so I don’t enjoy live shows (meaning crowds) like I used to. Plus, everything’s crazy expensive. It should be a crime to charge $20 for a tall boy to a captive audience, but that seems to be the standard AFTER you’ve paid $100 plus just to get in.

When my son was a teenager, I took him to see Maiden with Ghost, Gojira, Animal as Leaders, and Slayer, but he’s moved out and has a family of his own now. My brother and I might agree on something after much back-and-forthing, and have no scheduling conflicts to catch something once a year. I think our last one was Misfits with Megadeth. He and I were in full agreement on that one because punk AND metal, plus FEAR opened. It takes much more planning (time and financial) now, as opposed to when I was a younger man without responsibilities and could just drop $20 on any given night to go see a show… and beers were a couple bucks at most.

I did see Smashing Pumpkins about six years ago in Tampa, and it may have been the best concert I ever went to. Three hour set, pretty much their entire catalog, and the sound and stage were phenomenal. There are lots I’d love to go to. If I could catch Opeth somewhere, that’d be somethin.
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Live music is passion of mine. I stumble around Tipitinas, or Maple Leaf at least once a month. Saw Black Joe Lewis and the honeybears about a month ago. Highly recommend him.
 
Blues said:
I've seen some jazz greats too, down at clubs in Greenwich Village. Charles Mingus...Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and other legendary jazz artists.

Miss those days.
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Totally different world.......😥....shame really....😉
Centermass said:
Here’s some more I could find, since we’re reminiscing:

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Damn!!! Some great stuff there.......Testament played with Green Jello and Propane at the Limelight in NYSHITTY.... Packed,, great pit too,,, lotsa.great shows back then...Suicidal tendencies was.another. favorite!!😉
 
Centermass said:
I was wrong, Feb ‘94. Confirming I was an adult (by a month) then.

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ETA: that ticket cost $9.98 then.
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That must have been an incredible show. Given that only Opiate and Undertow had been released at the time, I imagine they played nearly their entire catalog. Tool is by far my favorite band. I have seen them well over a dozen times, although my first live show attendance was not until 2001. I grew up in North Dakota, where major bands rarely perform. To see Tool that year, I drove more than twelve hundred miles from Minot, North Dakota to Barrie, Ontario, which was the closest stop on their tour that summer.

That trip was made at the encouragement of my father and remains especially meaningful to me because it was the last major thing I did before joining the military. My father told me that if I was heading into a situation where there was no guarantee I would return, I should take the opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do before it was too late. Seeing Tool live had long been at the top of that list, and I have never regretted making that journey. Spiral out!🤘🌀
 
Necroanax said:
That must have been an incredible show. Given that only Opiate and Undertow had been released at the time, I imagine they played nearly their entire catalog. Tool is by far my favorite band. I have seen them well over a dozen times, although my first live show attendance was not until 2001. I grew up in North Dakota, where major bands rarely perform. To see Tool that year, I drove more than twelve hundred miles from Minot, North Dakota to Barrie, Ontario, which was the closest stop on their tour that summer.

That trip was made at the encouragement of my father and remains especially meaningful to me because it was the last major thing I did before joining the military. My father told me that if I was heading into a situation where there was no guarantee I would return, I should take the opportunity to do something I had always wanted to do before it was too late. Seeing Tool live had long been at the top of that list, and I have never regretted making that journey. Spiral out!🤘🌀
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We used to play Opiate and Undertow front to back for hours at parties/gatherings, but had no clue then how big they’d become and the traction they would generate this many years later. Sober was the only radio play song, but something told me I needed to go to that show (and frankly, for $10, there was no excuse).

To the best of my recollection, MJK stood mostly still in the center of the stage, shirtless, with his back to the audience the whole time while the band erupted around him. It was still a great show, but I remember being stunned that a frontman didn’t take all, or in this case, any of the spotlight. I remain a fan of Tool and his other projects (Puscifer moreso than APC) to this day. I have not seen them live since, but do really enjoy the music.
 
Centermass said:
We used to play Opiate and Undertow front to back for hours at parties/gatherings, but had no clue then how big they’d become and the traction they would generate this many years later. Sober was the only radio play song, but something told me I needed to go to that show (and frankly, for $10, there was no excuse).

To the best of my recollection, MJK stood mostly still in the center of the stage, shirtless, with his back to the audience the whole time while the band erupted around him. It was still a great show, but I remember being stunned that a frontman didn’t take all, or in this case, any of the spotlight. I remain a fan of Tool and his other projects (Puscifer moreso than APC) to this day. I have not seen them live since, but do really enjoy the music.
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To this day they’re the best sounding and most flawless performance Ive ever seen.

Their videos during the show are as trippy as it gets. Someone spiked my drink at the last show. I never found them to thank em. 😂
 
If you guys like to nerd out on Drumeo/drummers in general, you should check out II (two) from Sleep Token. He has an hour long Drumeo video as well, but this is a quick intro to and then demo of one of their most popular songs. Saw them in Denver last fall and they were phenomenal in person.

 
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