"But every person in the crowd desperately wanted to be there, perhaps to witness a part of rock history that may never be repeated".

Well Tuesday the 19th of January brought one of the worlds newest "super bands" (Due to the fact they were from super groups already) to the shores of Australia and to Challenge Stadium for their first show on the Australia/ New Zealand shore.

The show brought together a mixture of people from the old rockers that were there to see JPJ and then the younger fans of the Queens Of The Stone Age and one similarity between all these people was the love of music and rock and roll and most probably Dave Grohl.

As we arrived about halfway through the support act which sounded pretty decent but we were not going to sit down and watch them as we knew it would be a while. So we went into the outside alcohol section which i managed to enter without any second glances once again.

As the support band finished their set we walked inside to get ready for Them Crooked Vultures (TCV). As the suspense of the sound check grew bigger and bigger so did the crowd as the floor was full and only a few empty seats.

With the rock and roll talents of people such as John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl & Josh Homme you would expect a huge dramatic entrance but no, the three of them plus another awesome guitarist (dont know name) just saunter on to stage to thunderous applause.

Now how could i explain the concert?

Well if anyone is aware of TCV's CD you would know how "dense" and "full on" their sound is and man it was LOUD. It wasn't a bad loud it was just very in your face loud and i some how knew in advance that people from Led Zeppilin, Nirvana & QoTSA were hardly going to be "lets play quietly" people.

Now how was the music playing?

Well i think if you have Dave Grohl & JPJ driving the band on drum and bass you could play anything over the top and it would still sound awesome. But they were not just playing crap over the top they were playing rocking and funky rifts over the top. Now i find once way to know if a band is a good one is to see how much they sound like live compared to their CD and let me tell you that it was nearly identical except for the awesome break downs and double time sections by Dave.

If there was a flaw with the concert and there was only one that Josh's lyrics did get a bit lost in the noise as he sings in the same key as his guitar and he did get a little carried away at the end but the crowd just loved it.

Now for some highlights from the show in my opinion:

Well for one just seeing it was a big one

Seeing the class of Dave Grohl & JPJ on the same stage rocking out together

Watching JPJ play many different instruments, including an 8 string bass, Lap steel bass, key-tar & piano. He was amazing at piano which came to me as a big surprise as he did a 5min piano solo near the end of the show.

But for me the best highlight in the show was when Josh introduced the band about half way through, there was a loud cheer for the other guitarist, a louder one for himself, a huge one that you would expect for a whole band for Dave Grohl but when he introduced JPJ the roof was nearly blown off the building.

So in conclusion one of the most awesome shows, many people think that it would be hard to out do Dave Grohl on the same stage but it was done and it was amazing. Now i've seen a hell of a lot of concerts but i would probably rate this one equal second behind Roger Waters, and equal with the RHCP because it was an awesome night and probably the first and last time to see a member of Led Zep.

Now i would strongly recommend that you go out and listen to their album or perhaps not because then you would have realised you missed one of the best nights i have had in a long time.

And I also picked up a T-Shirt which was awesome as well as being reasonable for a band shirt


PS: If you dont know who John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl are i think you better have a big ass ladder so you can get out of the whole you have been living in for your whole life :P

ROCK & ROLL

"Making The Possible, Truley Impossible"

Queens of the Led Fighters....

Them Crooked Vultures.

A newly formed band similar to chicken foot where all members have come from different bands.
As you could probably work out from the title where the members are from, if not

Joshua Homme-Guitarist/Singer (Formally of the Queens Of The Stone Age)
John Paul Jones-Bass (Formally of LED ZEPPELIN)
Dave Grohl - Drums (Formally of Nirvana, Foo Fighters)

So their self titled debut album came out late last year and so far has been very popular with the people who are fans of the Foo's, Led or QOTSA.

What's my opinion I hear you ask?

My answer is pretty simple, THEY ROCK

If you are a fan of any of the bands mentioned above i recommend you check out their website that has some exclusive details, videos etc that you would expect to find on a website.


http://www.themcrookedvultures.com/us/home


Here is them performing the song "Gunman"



Oh I nearly forgot, guess whos going to see them live on the 19th of January.


MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

ROCK & ROLL PEEEEEPS!!!!!

The Prodigy Video Part One

If you like the previous video of The Prodigy rocking out at the Rock am Ring heres the link to the first part which really shows how many people were shoved into the arena.

Its also nice to see the whole crowd jumping and the few groups of people starting a proper pit in a DANCE music show

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaxZPP-lRN0&feature=related

The Beautiful People

For some unknown reason i've had some troubles uploading my videos probably because they are too big.

but here is another one of toms "The beautiful people" which was his last song

MM Vids Intro

Well good afternoon

For the people watching these videos please be aware the quality isn't great as they are done by phone and digital camera and should have the sound down at the start to stop deafness if it is too loud.

If anyone suffers from epilepsy you SHOULD NOT watch these videos, i dont want people dyeing while viewing my blog

Enjoy the opening (thanks to tom for this video)

Pictures Speak Thousands Of Teenage Suicides

Oh i know that title is really bad but Marilyn Manson does get blamed for nearly all of the school shootings in the USA.

Heres some photos of the night:

Blurry, but tom, Miggy & Connie in their sissy chairs

Second Song; "Pretty as a ($)" ($)= Swasticka

Crowd giving some of it back

MM in spotlight

Twiggy on the Right

I would say he's the most famous anti-christ living today

Thats ME

Heres some photos mainly for the lights

And the awesome DB9 I saw in Subi that night

Laterz Videos up soon

SURVIVED!!!

Well as the title suggests i did survive the concert.

Overall it was a pretty good concert well it had its pros and cons.

First of all the crowd was absolutely shocking (typical Perth crowd) there wasn't even a really big mosh pit although most of the people there were older and there were sections where people did get into it. There was a group on the stairs which got into it even though they were in the sitting section.

Because it was a relatively short concert as he came on 30mins before he was scheduled which made me think he was sick and at the end it was obvious he was going to come back on but the crowd gave no response so he obviously thought stuff it.

The people watching was a highlight seeing the 40+ guys with big platform boots and eye makeup on rocking out.

The first song he played "We're From America" sounded absolutely shocking as he was terribly off key and i thought fuck this is going to be shit. But he and the band definitely got a lot better as the night went on, with only a few hic-ups with twiggy having a guitar die on him and a few wrong changes either late into chorus' or verses. But Manson's voice was a lot better than last times as he actually mainly just sang and wasn't lying on the ground so u couldn't see him.

As i was on the ground section and the rest of the boys were on the seats behind me they probably had such a different concert with different sounds etc, on the ground i thought the sound was alright with the bass absolutely thumping you every song. But what the guys said was that his mic was very low and guitars were too loud but you couldn't really notice it on the floor but you could tell his voice wasn't 100% after recovering from swine flu.

But definitely the highlight would have been "The Beautiful People" and the amazing lights that accompanied the band through out the show which offered a great view of him and the band as well as the crowd.

But if he does come back i would probably go again but would have to stand again and get up near the front to really get the right atmosphere.

I have a few photos and a couple videos but will see if the sounds alright and will post them up here.

Oh and the band that opened for him "Fear of Comedy" were unusual as the band didn't look like rock stars and the singer was very jack blacky/ tenacious d like in him manner and voice. But he enjoyed him self and thats what mattered. Who also seemed to love the Wildcats as well as the wheel cats

And by the way guys the chick that was on cruchtes got pulled out near the end but it was still a good effort to stay at the front of a MM concert with a broken leg.

Because after all we are the beautiful people

Tonight Moshing May Cause Death

Well tonight Marilyn Manson is performing in Perth and like any responsible people my father and I are going, more for the people watching than the music. But this time we are not sitting down we are in the standing area and if its like last time the whole standing area is going to be packed and jumping so Conrad, Miguel, Tom you may be lucky but last time there were still people moshing on the setting so good luck.

Hopefully its going to be a good show with his band back together after a long break which included the Eat Me, Drink Me album, but just recently MM was diagnosed with Swine Flu so hopefully he has recovered because he cant sing with a perfect throat how is he supposed to sing with that kind of illness.

Although most of you reading this dont like his music, his new album is still quite mellow but still has a few of the heavy sings. but what most people dont know is what he is actually like behind his stage "Persona" and infact he is a very intelligent, articulate man who just conveys his views through music and some people take an extreme view on it, like there is on every topic.

If you have some time spare watch this four part interview about his new album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfjsl3TzJkw

So hopefully i will still be alive by tomorrow, but if i dont I Love You All :P

Wish Me Luck