Posts Tagged ‘concerts’
Megadeth/Overkill May 23, 1987
One of the greatest concerts I have ever seen. Megadeth on the Peace Sells tour and Overkill on the Taking Over tour. Holy crap. This actual date was the night of my junior prom. I had a date set up and was set to take her to the prom…then this show got announced and I had to cancel. I mean c’mon. Megadeth & Overkill! I hope she wasn’t too disappointed. Probably not.
When I met Mustaine in the summer of 2006, I told him that above story. His reply was classic. “Don’t use my concert as an excuse for you not being able to get a date, dude!” haha. Nice one, Dave.
The concert was incredible. Period. Awesome setlists!
Setlist.fm
Have you been to http://www.setlist.fm? It’s a great resource for tracking the concerts you’ve attended as well as seeing setlists for those tours.
You can view my incomplete list here: http://www.setlist.fm/concerts/Seanicus
Symphony X/Iced Earth/Warbringer Concert Review 2/28/12 Austin, TX
Austin’s metal scene was a bit lacking when I moved here 5 years ago. San Antonio has always been the metal capital of Texas but I think Austin has been picking it up a bit in the last few years. While we’re still not getting Maiden, Priest, Scorpions and other big headliners like that, we’re still getting a steady stream of smaller acts. Megadeth has come regularly and Motorhead always comes. Luckily I get to see them together this coming weekend for Gigantour 2012.
Emo’s has been pretty consistent for bringing good metal since I’ve been here. Now that they’ve moved to a bigger venue on the east 
side, they’ve been doing their due diligence and booking decent shows.
Last night was Symphony X/Iced Earth/Warbringer.
Warbringer opened up and I am indifferent about them. Solid retro-thrash, but not bringing anything new to the table. Like I said last night, “they’re just ripping off Testament.”
I once was a huge Iced Earth fan, then they released Something Wicked This Way Comes and I was out. I’ve tried listening to all of their albums and they’ve never got me back. I saw them in 1999 and filmed it. You can see the entire show on Youtube. They picked up another singer recently, Stu Block, who used to be in Into Eternity. The band was solid, as expected. Jon Schaffer makes sure he’s got good players in his band. They played 3 or 4 older songs and sounded good and the new stuff they played sounded fine. Stu has a really good and clean high range, but his “normal” voice is a bit too much like Matt Barlow, minus the Hetfield-ah! tendencies that Matt had. Whoever their lead player is these days is pretty good. One annoying note, I really hate the crowd participation songs and they did it in over hald their set. “hey hey hey hey!” Ugh.
I saw Symphony X in 2000 at L’Amours in New York when they opened for Halford. I thought they were good, but just not my cup of tea. I like a handful of tracks from their first 3 records, but prefer to hear them on CD than live. All very talented guys. I left after their first song.
Iced Earth
Billy White Concert Review, Austin TX 111011
Last night I was able to see a small and rare performance of Billy “Blanco” White. You may remember Billy from such bands as Watchtower, Don Dokken and the Billy White Trio. The guy is such a great guitar player. He’s been spending much of his time in Mexico in recent years and primarily does flamenco style music now, although he said last night he’s been doing some guest spots on other people’s albums recently.
I first saw Billy play in 1991 and you can read about that here.
Last night performance was pretty cool, albeit a tad uncomfortable. He played in a small room that was about 20’x40’. Everyone sat on the floor and we had to remove our shoes prior to entering the building. Even sitting on a pillow, my back and knees were killing me but it didn’t matter, I was sitting a few feet away from a great musician. Only about 40 people showed up and it was a great experience. His playing was awesome. A mix of flamenco with a tad of fusion thrown in. He had a violinist and a tabla player sit in for a few songs as well. It was all pretty cool.
Afterwards I got to speak to him for a few minutes. He graciously signed The Book and some CDs for me. It was a fun evening, very relaxing.
Billy White
Anthrax and Testament: Together Again!
Anthrax/Testament/Death Angel coming to Emo’s East October 29, 2011
I first saw these 2 bands together in 1987 at the legendary Boathouse in Norfolk, VA. It still hails as one of the best 
shows I have ever seen. Testament opened the show and were on The Legacy Tour while Anthrax was supporting Among the Living. I remember the crowd being so tight and jam packed that it felt like you could life your feet off of the ground and you’d be held up. A lot of movement back and forth as well. It was pretty crazy and both bands were pretty awesome. Both bands were great.
I’ve seen Testament several times and not once have they ever disappointed. I think they are the most consistent live band ever. Let me think about it a moment…how many times I’ve seen Testament: 87, 88, 91, 2000, 2008, 2010…There has to be another in the 90s and I think one more time in the last 5 years. Anthrax I’ve seen a few times as well: 87, 88, 91, 2005, 2010. They were good every time I’ve seen them as well.
I’m no Death Angel fan but everyone says seeing them live is pretty sweet. They are a band that I have tried to like over the years and have even owned their stuff multiple times in hopes of enjoying it. Minus a couple of tracks (Mistress of Pain and Room with a View), they just don’t do it for me.
See you there!
The Metal Files 
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