The Faith no More/Refused show last night was excellent. I made a last minute decision to go, and was able to grab seventh row tickets for myself and Vas relatively cheap the day before. A few notes:
Excellent set lists. I do wish Refused would have played 366, and FNM would have played Digging the Grave and MotherFucker but that is just me wanting to hear some favorites (also it is weird that they did not play MFer, they were selling t shirts of it).
Speaking of T shirts… Kudos to both bands for selling theirs at $25. Tons of bands at their level would have charged around $35. I was able to pick up a cool one.
The Crowd was fine. They were definitely mostly there for FNM and not Refused, and you could tell. Nobody stood during the excellent, high energy Refused set and everyone stood for the excellent, high energy FNM set. People all seemed to have fun, and while people did snap photos and take videos, it seemed like it was minimal (I just read an article about picture taking at shows so that was on my mind). The place was not sold out, but definitely was well enough attended. I am glad it was at MPP and not a sold out Echostage (disclaimer, I have never been to ES and am basing that off of the experiences of people on here).
I looked for Bearman (I sold a ticket to him and watched that show together years ago so I knew what he looks like) and no dice. I looked for walkie and his shirt. No dice. Same for wml7 and a person wearing cotton.
Refused has one hell of a singer. He was all over the place, including going all the way through the floor section to the seats. His dance moves were sick. My only real complaint of the night was during their set. The person responsible for their sound needs to be FIRED. There was NO reason for them to have so much bass. The bass guitar and bass drum almost drowned out his impassioned vocal performance, and both of the guitars. I was worried Faith no More would suffer this same fate, but their bass level was ok.
And speaking of their set, wow. Mike Patton is one hell of a frontman. His vocals were great the whole show, and he was able to show off a few of his different styles. The music was not too shabby either. Keyboardist rocked. Guitarist rocked. Drummer rocked. Bass player rocked. The Stage setup was spectacular. The guys were in all white, as was the stage. The only other colors came from the flowers they had everywhere, the guitars and drums (the keyboard was white, I am not sure why the rest of the instruments weren't white), stage monitors, and a red handkerchief dangling from Mike's back pocket. The lights would switch from all white to pink and blue and red and a few other colors. It was a fun 85 minutes, and they set a nice pace with their new songs, old favorites, heavier songs, and the slow jams.
(also no problem getting in or out or parking or anything like that)
A +
