Hit the jump to find a video of the Chi Cheng benefit concert with Deftones plus Greg Puciato of Dillinger Escape Plan performing “Passenger”.

On Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th at The Avalon in Hollywood, The Deftones performed two impassioned and unforgettable shows to benefit their friend and band mate, Chi Cheng. The band performed in a bid to raise money for the mounting medical costs incurred by Chi’s car accident. Chi remains in a coma. Among the special guests and friends that helped raise money by contributing their talents were members of Linkin Park, Motley Crue, Cypress Hill, Dillinger Escape Plan, Far and more. Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato stepped on stage to perform “Passenger” in place of Maynard James Keenan who is featured on the original song from 2000’s White Pony. Greg definitely made it his own and did more than justice to my personal favorite song. Here’s some video of “Passenger” with Greg and The Deftones:

You can click here for a few more fan made videos of the Deftones benefit shows.

Over the past month or so I went to some real neato deato smeato concerts. (Are we still calling them concerts? What are the hipster losers calling them these days? Rawk shows? Gigs? Smegma?)
First up was Thursday and Far at Bowery Ballroom. Oh yeah and the terrible opening band, Midnight Masses. Some of the most boring music I’ve heard in a long time and their performance was even more boring. This is exactly the kind of crap that Pitchfork is going to tell you is so hip right now. It was kind of sad actually because all six members sang but they did the most boring harmonies and background lines possible. It’s really a waste to have that many people in a band that can sing and just have them doing “ahhhhhhhh” on one note for a whole song. So I’m sure this time next year this band will be huge and having Carrie Underwood open for them.
Far was amazing as expected. I’ve been listening to them for over ten years and it was great to finally see them live. They didn’t play any new material from their upcoming which was good idea I believe. I was surprised that at least half of the audience seemed to know the songs and that some mini pits broke out. It’s too bad that the only shirts they had were youth small since I clock in at over 500 pounds.
Thursday played their “breakthrough” album, Full Collapse, from front to back. Personally, I would have preferred to hear War All The Time instead but Full Collapse translates better live than the recording. Geoff, the singer from Thursday, had also joined Midnight Masses and Far each for a song so that was something that happened. After playing Full Collapse Thursday played about six more songs including Jet Black New Year, which is scientifically their best song for sure. I’ll be seeing them again in December and hopefully they’ll play some of the better songs off of Common Existence. Also playing that show will be Dillinger Escape Plan(!), Glassjaw(!!!!!!) and United Nations(?!). When we got flyers for this while waiting in line we thought it was a joke because the lineup is almost too good to be true.

Sorry ladies, take your tampon napkin somewhere else!

Cockaoke.

Japanese princess?

The Dillinger Escape Plan have set a tentative release date for Option Paralysis the follow up to 07’s Ire Works.

The album should be out March 23 next year.

The band have also launched a new website for the album.

It was literally incredible to see DEP in such a small venue. I saw them years ago at the Garage in London, but they are so tight now it’s unreal. This show was rammed, but immensely fun!

They’ve been labelled innovators, sell-outs and even “the Radiohead of metalcore”. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN bassist LIAM WILSON catches up with TOM HERSEY to talk about the band’s philosophy on maturing and how live shows can benefit from amateur pyrotechnics.

It’s hard to imagine reading press about the Dillinger Escape Plan without the subject of change being at the forefront. Since collaborating with Mr. Bungle/Faith No More/Peeping Tom’s Mike Patton in 2002, change, along with guitarist Ben Weinman, seems to be the only constant in a band that more and more people outside the metal and hardcore underground are starting to notice. Maybe it was the influence of collaborating with Patton, something of an alternative music forefather, but after the Irony is a Dead Scene EP, subsequent releases have challenged the dubious labels (math metalcore, does that even make sense?) fans and critics assigned the band.     

Despite whatever criticisms have been levelled at the band, last year’s Ire Works album saw the Dillinger Escape Plan reach new levels of popularity. The album moved 11,000 copies in the first week and was a critically praised by the alternative music media. The world over, people started taking notice of what the Dillinger Escape Plan were doing, much to the surprise of even the band members. “When we were on tour in Europe this February I remember Greg turning to me between songs at a concert and saying ‘at what point did we become a real band over here?’”

Closer to home, the album’s first single, Black Bubblegum, was placed on a fairly regular rotation on Triple J. Keeping listeners in touch with the heavy metal underground… through a pop song that makes liberal use of Greg Puciato’s falsetto vocals.

The doors that Black Bubblegum has opened for the Dillinger Escape Plan have been almost unimaginable considering their humble beginnings as a math metal band from New Jersey. They’ve even performed the song on Conan! But for all the attention Black Bubblegum has brought the band, Liam reiterates that the Dillinger Escape Plan still know what they do best. “Black Bubblegum and songs like it serve as a dynamic contrast in our catalogue. We’re trying to make songs like Lurch pop out as more aggressive and the only way to do that is to pair it next to a Black Bubblegum.”

Although it might piss off a fan or two, Liam says that Black Bubblegum will be played when Dillinger tour Australia. It almost seems like an anomaly, playing pop songs during the infamously intense DEP shows, which in the past have been violent, crazy and just down-right dangerous.

“A lot of it is to make the whole thing unforgettable. I think too many shows these days are too safe. There’s really a lack of a danger element. I remember going to shows when I was younger and not wanting to tell my parents where I was going or who I was going to see. Coming home with a bruise or something worse was a rite of passage and we’re just trying to keep that going… that danger element, the idea that things aren’t always choreographed. We just don’t want people to watch us like we’re on TV. We want them to feel that they’re really there and that we could hurt ourselves or they could hurt themselves. It’s about letting a crowd know that we’re not safe and that our shows aren’t totally rehearsed to the point of antiseptic performance.”

However, as the five-piece career continues in quantum leaps, the recklessness of their past dissipates in a sea of logistics. Now even the spontaneous on-stage fire breathing of Greg Puciato is scrutinised and the subject of careful risk assessment.

“There was a time when it was totally unrehearsed and there would be days when it would even surprise me. All of a sudden I’d turn around on stage and be like ‘oh shit, I’m going to stand over here’. However unfortunately, in this day and age where people have been killed in nightclub fires a lot of the clubs we play will hire fire marshals that we have to pay for because of the fact that it could happen. It’s a lot harder for us to pull it off now without discussing it first. We’re playing bigger rooms and it’s gotten to the stage where we can’t always have the small show intimacy when we’re playing larger venues. So there are times when we’ve got to prepare for it and get certificates from fire marshals to make sure everyone’s safe. It takes an element out of it because it’s not as spontaneous but it still happens and when it happens it’s no less safe then when it was a surprise.”

As for the kind of stage shows Australian cities will get, Liam is tight-lipped. “I’m not sure what Australia’s going to get. It’s not like we can throw a torch on a plane with the rest of the gear, so it’s a matter of figuring out whether we can piecemeal that together when we get there.”

Irrespective of what bells and whistles Aussie DEP fans will be treated to, it’s apparent that there’s going to be a series of killer high-energy shows in the spirit of underground legends who never made it to our shores.

“I remember going to see bands like the Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza and A.C. and it wasn’t JUST about the music for these bands. There was so much more going on, there was an attitude that was like a fire. In this day and age there are so many bands who are getting a little bit sucked up into treating playing a concert like a day-job.”

Listening to the bands Liam mentions you get a sense of alienating punk rock aggression (so abrasive, in fact, A.C. even have a song ironically entitled ‘Anyone who likes the Dillenger Escape Plan is a Faggot’). It’s this kind of confronting aggression that the Dillinger Escape Plan has cleverly and subtly harnessed to write music that continue to challenge and even piss off fans. In this context, you get the sense that Black Bubblegum and Sick on Sunday were the Dillinger Escape Plan’s way of writing songs like the A.C. classic, All Our Fans are Gay.

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Artist: Horse The Band
Album: Desperate Living
Label: Vagrant Records
Website: http://www.vagrant.com/artist/index/51

Horse The Band in completely unclassifiable! Not to mention inaccessible to the masses. From where I sit, that is the beauty of this band. In a world where bands like Papa Roach put out an album every 3 years and change their sound to the chic sound at the moment, it is nice to see other bands writing progressive music that is different. To say “Desperate Living” doesn’t fit any classification is a breath of fresh air for this reviewer.

HTB has been classified as Nintendocore, post rock, hardcore and post-hardcore. This album you just need to listen to it all the way through. I have listened to it 4 times over the last few days and I am going to write down the 11 points I jotted down, because these notes pretty much sum up this album:

1)      Shai Hulud, Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan noise core/hardcore vocals and music patterns

2)      80’s synth

3)      Faith No More like tangents and experimentations

4)      Super Mario Bro’s (if you have a USB joystick, you can play for free online- click the link) loops and samples

5)      Bruising thrash

6)      Moving mood music via synth with a 80’s movie dramatic flare

7)      Songs are a patchwork of different parts, no consistency!

8)      Nothing remotely accessible to radio

9)      Grooving one second, woodpecker loops the next. Techno dance, metal then piano symphony. How odd and all fun!

10)   The collision of New Age, Noisecore and 80’s syth with some thrash elements

11)   “Arrive” is a radio song, but still too far removed from the mainstream for the feeble American mind to wrap its head around. HaHa! Playing this track live would be a hoot!

I will leave you with this. “Desperate Living” takes incredible amount of talent and vision to pull off. The production work is fantastic and the seamless blending of sounds is perfectly executed. For many, the Nintendo samples will annoy them, but for me there was just enough to keep it interesting. In the end, Horse The Band is the epitome of progressive and “Desperate Living” is a refreshing variety of sound in a world of imitation for the almighty dollar. My suggestion is to listen to this album as one song, give it three listens and I guarantee you will really dig a vast majority of it.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Suggested Tracks:

Track Listing:

1)     Cloudwalker
2)     Desperate Living
3)     The Failure Of All Things
4)     HORSE the song (featuring K-SLAX)
5)     Science Police
6)     Shapeshift (featuring Jaime Stewart)
7)     Between The Trees
8)     Golden Mummy Golden Bird
9)     Lord Gold Wand of Unyielding (featuring Lord Gold and His Purple Majesty)
10)   Big Business (featuring Ed Edge)
11)   Rape Escape (featuring Valentina Lisitsa)
12)   Arrive

I had to include this video from Erik in the band promoting the record. So funny- not exactly marketing genius! But wicked funny!

And here you can hear HTB

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A bit of proggy metal today by Canadians Protest The Hero. This 2008 release, Fortress, has elements of metalcore, math and even a wee bit of death every now and again. For some reason all I can think of when I hear this is a modern Iron Maiden, I think its the slightly operatic vocal style.

Best song is the lead single and first song on the album Bloodmeat, the music (but definitely not the singing) reminds me of a Converge/Dillinger crossover

And just to show how good his voice actually is, this is Bloodmeat live

Sequoia Throne is worth a mention as well, even if it is just because in the video the singer is rocking an awesome ‘tache. The song also moves through so many styles its unreal.

The full album can be found on Spotify

A Bring Me The Horizon november másodikán dobja piacra legutóbbi lemezének, a ‘Suicide Season’-nak újragondolt és remixelt változatát. Az anyagon olyan bandág tagjai működnek közre, mint a Lostprophets (L’Amour La Morgue), a Gym Class Heroes, a Slipknot, a Dillinger Escape Plan vagy a  The Secret Handshake. A ‘Suicide Season – Cut Up’ tartalmát kicsit lejjebb megtaláljátok.

01 The Comedown (RobotSonics)
02 Chelsea Smile (KC Blitz)
03 It Was Written In Blood (L’Amour La Morgue)
04 Death Breath (Toxic Avenger)
05 Football Season Is Over (After The Night)
06 Sleep With One Eye Open (Tek One)
07 Diamonds Aren’t Forever (I Haunt Wizards)
08 The Sadness Will Never End (Skrillex)
09 No Need For Introductions, I’ve Read About Girls Like You On The Back Of Toilet Doors (Ben Weinman, Dillinger Escape Plan)
10 Suicide Season (The Secret Handshake)
11 Football Season Is Over (Utah Saints)
12 Sleep With One Eye Open (Shawn Crahan, Slipknot)
13 Chelsea Smile (Travis McCoy, Gym Class Heroes)
14 Suicide Season (Outcry Collective)

Have you seen the ridiculous setlist for the final NIN show? This is the way a band is supposed to go out. 3+ hours. 37 songs. Guest musicians like The Dillinger Escape Plan, Gary Numan, Dave Navarro, Mike Garson, and Atticus Ross. Just incredible. I wish I could have been there.

Thankfully, Mr. Reznor has instituted a “relaxed” recording policy for as many shows as he’s been able to this summer. This means that as long as you don’t have big professional equipment, you can record whatever you want at these shows. This also means that we get to see pretty high quality fan-filmed footage and feel like we were kinda there. So, here’s the show:

1. Home

2. Somewhat Damaged

3. The Collector

4. Discipline

5. March Of The Pigs

6. Something I Can Never Have

7. The Frail
8. The Wretched

9. Ruiner

10. Head Down

11. Burn

12. Just Like You Imagined (feat. Mike Garson)

13. La Mer (feat. Mike Garson)

14. Eraser (feat. Mike Garson)

15. The Becoming (feat. Mike Garson)

16. Down In The Park (Gary Numan cover) (feat. Mike Garson and Gary Numan)

17. Metal (Gary Numan cover) (feat. Mike Garson and Gary Numan)

18. I Die: You Die (Gary Numan cover) (feat. Mike Garson and Gary Numan)

19. 1,000,000

20. Letting You

21. Survivalism

22. Suck

23. Down In It

24. The Hand That Feeds

25. Head Like A Hole

26. Me, I’m Not (feat. Atticus Ross)

27. The Warning (feat. Atticus Ross and Dave Navarro)

28. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) (feat. Atticus Ross and Dave Navarro)

29. Gave Up (feat. Dave Navarro)

30. Mr. Self Destruct (feat. The Dillinger Escape Plan)

31. Wish (feat. The Dillinger Escape Plan)

32. Atmosphere (Joy Division Cover)
33. Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)

34. The Good Soldier

35. The Day The World Went Away

36. Hurt

37. In This Twilight

The Wiltern Theater, LA
September 10, 2009

NIN

There’s not much to say. Last night marked the final performance for Nine Inch Nails for the foreseeable future and I was standing 5 feet from the stage.  It doesn’t get much better than that.  In fact, it might not get any better than that. Unless, of course, NIN says “just kidding” and start touring again next year.

The thing is – it didn’t seem to matter where you were standing for this show – everybody who was there was just happy to be there. I saw a post from a woman who was in the furthest seat back in the balcony and she sounds as moved and excited as me.

It hasn’t really hit me yet that this is the last time we’ll be seeing this band perform live, especially since I got used to seeing them almost every-other day during these final four shows. I even ran out of black t-shirts to wear. I’ll post some videos, pictures, and the setlist below, but let’s start at the beginning.

Enough said

Any Nine Inch Nails show is an experience, but the experience of this show began with fans trying to get tickets during the original on-sale and people traveling in from around the world to be at what was actually supposed to be the second-to-last show ever.  As evidenced on the tour posters and shirts, the schedule changed last-minute when Trent became too sick to perform following the initial show at The Palladium. This meant the Henry Fonda (2nd) and Wiltern (3rd) shows had to be rescheduled.  The Echoplex show, which was originally billed as the final show, went on as scheduled last Sunday, making it the 2nd show instead of the last show.  Confused?  Imagine how the bosses, family members, spouses and friends of all the people who took time off work, traveled across the country (or from other countries), and camped outside days before each show felt! I met people who couldn’t tell their family they were in town from Chicago because they surely wouldn’t understand why they popped over to LA for a day to see Nine Inch Nails, but haven’t visited the family in a year. But in the end it all worked out.  Trent was well enough to perform the shows the way Nine Inch Nails is known and will be remembered for, and some fans who couldn’t previously get tickets were able to get into the rescheduled shows (although others who originally planned to be there had to return home to their jobs and families).

Speaking of family – Nine Inch Nails fans are  family in a way that I haven’t experienced with any other band.  There are definitely communities of fans that become friends through their shared love of a band.  And jam band fans in particular run into each other while following their favorite band around the country.  But Nine Inch Nails fans might as well be blood relatives. They look out for each other and NIN in a way that only a protective family member would.  And the band does the same for their fans. In a fairly successful attempt to eliminate the scalping of tickets for these shows, Nine Inch Nails controlled all ticket sales, limited 2 tickets per person, printed the buyer’s name on the tickets, required ID of the buyer for ticket pick up, both the buyer and the buyer’s guest had to be present to pick up the tickets and then a wristband was placed on both people for entrance into the show. When the band found out that somebody was purchasing large quantities of event shirts and selling them on eBay (causing shirts to sell out at the venue before the fans who were there could purchase one), they limited people to one t-shirt per customer. And although they announced their Summer tour would be their last, Nine Inch Nails realized the impact this would have on their fans and added these final intimate club dates as a proper send-off. And then they played their souls out.

A small section of the line that spanned for blocks

Driving up to The Wiltern was quite a sight.  I passed by the venue Wednesday at midnight and there were already a good 15 – 20 people camping outside.  Dave Navarro also stopped by, brought water and snacks for the fans, and hung out for a bit.  Then, by 2:00pm Thursday, the line wrapped around the block so that you could look through the alley and  wave to the people waiting on the next street over.

The funniest thing to see were these huge straw patio umbrellas that several people seemed to have.  It was HOT outside and once people discovered that Ralph’s sold patio furniture, they cleaned them out.  Straw patio umbrellas were only $8 and they sold out in a flash. This was also one of the few places where the line for the men’s restroom was longer than the women’s. At one point, a guy drove by, blasting Lady GaGa.  If you drive by hundreds of Nine Inch Nails fans, with Lady GaGa as your soundtrack, you deserve the ridicule you receive. There was a fan who walked up and down the line, giving everybody candy.  “I’ve stood in this line 3 times (for the previous shows).  I know how it is,” she said.  Somebody asked me, “is there a show happening here?” I answered, “no” – you’ve got to be at least one step ahead of that for me to respond to you seriously.  Somebody asked a guy next to me “who’s playing?” and the guy, who had been answering that question since he arrived at 7:30am said, “Michael Jackson.”  Now, you might not think that’s funny.  But the person’s response was, “oh – cool!” and that’s either funny or scary. Then, there’s the “t-shirt douche” – the guy who bought NIN event shirts en mass and tried to sell them on eBay for more than $200 each. As soon as fans figured out who this guy was they took a picture of him and posted it online (along with some additional descriptive graphics added in Photoshop).  They shared it on Twitter and in the NIN forums and told everybody to be on the lookout for the “t-shirt douche.”  But what was even better than that is that people passed out fliers with the guy’s picture on it while everybody was waiting in line.  So now you have a line of several hundred people, holding these fliers that look like an R-rated version of an “America’s Most Wanted” poster and what happens?  The “douche” walks by, head down, as fans call him out and require him to leave.  Do not f*ck with Nine Inch Nails fans.

Once inside, there were the celebrity sightings: Tony Hawk, Ron Jeremy (for whom the crowd chanted and cheered), Rick Rubin, Tony Kanal (No Doubt), and Penn Jillette. But mostly there was the anticipation, excitement, and a bit of sadness that loomed in the air as everybody waited for Nine Inch Nails to take the stage for the last time.  The show was amazing.  All of these shows have been.  I’m actually afraid to see live music for a little while because it’s going to take a lot to move me after this.

Trent Reznor

There are Artists, Musicians, Singers, Composers, Performers, and Songwriters.  Some people are only one of those; Trent Reznor is all of them.  He writes some of the most beautifully composed music you’ll hear.  His music constricts and expands, extremely intense at times and then giving you space to breathe and expand with the notes. He has the ability to take all those sounds he hears in his head, and to articulate and translate them into something I can hear, process, and that moves my soul. His voice is exquisite – speaking and singing – I could listen to him for days. He’s honest and raw and 100% who he is – whether you (or he) like it or not – which makes his performances as real and authentic as they get. He’s given us 20 years of exceptional music and outstanding live performances. Even if you don’t like him, you gotta love him.

Numan and Reznor

The set list was 3-4 pages in length and they played for over 3 hours.  Dave Navarro joined for a couple songs, as did The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mike Garson (Bowie), and Gary Numan. When they came out for the second encore Trent asked the crowd, “Are you guys tired?” Of course the crowd screamed “no!” and cheered. “No? Ok, I’m gonna test you.”

Although I don’t typically post set lists, I’m doing it for these shows because they’re the last shows and you can tell that a lot went into constructing a set in-line with such an event. So here it is:
1.    Home
2.    Somewhat Damaged
3.    The Collector
4.    Discipline
5.    March of the Pigs
6.    Something I Can Never Have
7.    The Frail
8.    The Wretched
9.    Ruiner
10.    Head Down
11.    Burn
12.    Just Like You Imagined (with Mike Garson)
13.    La Mer (with Mike Garson)
14.    Eraser (with Mike Garson)
15.    The Becoming (with Mike Garson)
16.    Down In The Park (Gary Numan cover) (with Gary Numan)
17.    Metal (Gary Numan cover) (with Gary Numan)
18.    I Die: You Die (Gary Numan cover) (with Gary Numan)
19.    1,000,000
20.    Letting You
21.    Survivalism
22.    Suck (Pigface cover)
23.    Down In It
24.    The Hand That Feeds
25.    Head Like a Hole

Encore:
26.    Me, I’m Not (with Atticus Ross)
27.    The Warning
28.    Piggy
29.    Gave Up
30.    Mr. Self Destruct
31.    Wish

Encore 2:
32.    Atmosphere (Joy Division cover)
33.    Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
34.    The Good Soldier
35.    The Day The World Went Away
36.    Hurt
37.    In This Twilight

Here are some videos and photos from last night’s show, including Trent’s final speech to the audience.  But first, a thank you to Nine Inch Nails for the past 20 years, the music, the shows, the love, the heartbreak, and the friends met along the way.  Look forward to hearing what you guys do next.

Hurt

Something I Can Never Have

Piggy featuring Dave Navarro

Trent’s final speech to the audience

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Somewhat Damaged

"This thing is slowly taking me apart. . ."

"Something inside of me has opened up its eyes"

surrounded by color

Survivalism

Yes, he does smile. . .

Navarro joins NIN

"I won't let you down." Trent Reznor, September 10, 2009

Les Dillinger escape plan ont de l’énergie à revendre. C’est du Very Hard Rock. Perso je consomme à dose infinitésimale – genre Ricqlès qui titre à 80° – mais j’en vois pas souvent qui vous déchirent sauvagement les tympans comme ici avec le morceau Panasonic youth.

Faites attention à l’onde de choc – baissez le volume.

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After listening to the Atreyu cover of Bon Jovi earlier I have just been listening to cover versions all day, I remember back when you could find a punk version of anything (usually by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes). They all followed the exact same format and were generally a bit crap after the comedy of the first listen wore off. Now everything seems to be hardcore covers, but then again everything seems to be ‘hardcore’ nowadays.

Anyway have my top 5 cover versions, in no particular order.

First up A Static Lullaby doing Toxic by Britney Spears. This is just brilliant because they actually made a music video for it!

Goldfingers cover of 99 Red Ballons is probably the most well known punk cover, I swear I used to think this was the original!

Now for something a bit different have the most savage band in the world covering (very accurately) the most savage electronic artist in the world

How about a rap cover? This is cool because the band went out of there comfort zone and did it in the original style. Hot Rod Circuit covering Gin and Juice.

And finally just because I love the original so much and because Attack Attack! sound exactly like Enter Shikari, have some I Kissed A Girl originally by the lovely Katy Perry.

Hmm five is not enough have some more as well!

Dillinger Escape Plan did a cover of NIN’s wish and then they played it onstage with them in Perth which looked awesome! so have that video

Have them doing Hot For Teacher as well

Have another rap cover as well, this time Notorious Thugs followed by Men In Black

I have loads more I want to do but i think i’ll give you all a rest now!

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DEP just posted up a 12 second snippet on youtube of a song from there new album, which I cannot wait for! if its half as good as Ire Works it will shit on everything else in music.

That 12 seconds has blown my face off, I think there are more notes played in it than ive ever played in my life! There is soo much good music on its way to us at the moment its unreal. Now all I need is Bon Jovi to make a new album in the Slippery When Wet style and life will be perfect

No, not a news post, just a post dedicated to one song.

After Johnny Cash’s stunningly moving cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt,” it seems as if it’s being taken over by the alt.country scene.  Here’s a video of Over the Rhine (Karin Bergquist on vocals) with Kim Taylor singing background vocals:

[source: Bill Ivester, 3rd & Lindsley/Nashville, TN on 7/20/09]

I wonder if Trent even does this song anymore?  Seems like a rare occasion where a cover song trumps the original, and I think the Cash version will actually live on longer.

Here’s Johnny’s video of “Hurt”:

And, if you’re not tired of the song, here’s Georgia metal band Sevendust doing the Cash version:

And, if you need some “heavy” to wash out the country…

Here’s the Dillinger Escape Plan performing “Wish” with Trent/NIN down in Australia:

~Dan – np: Dr. Dre – The Chronic

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Festaritoipuminen on hikoilusta ja silmäpusseista päätellen vielä käynnissä, mutta eiköhän nyt ala olla viimeiset hetket puristaa itsestään sen verran, että saa vähän ajatuksia kasaan ja sanoja ja kuvia peräkkäin.

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Rokki alkoi meidän osaltamme hyvissä ajoin perjantaina alkuiltapäivästä, mutta alku ei ollut ihan paras mahdollinen. Kun aina yhtä mukava Jyväskylä-Joensuu -junamatka oli ohi ja ilmainen Rokkibussi oli kuljettanut meidät (allekirjoittaneen puolisoineen) alueelle, käväisimme vielä kaupassa tekemässä viimeiset ostokset ja parin pakollisen mutkan kautta lähdimme raahustamaan kohti Niittyleirintään. Niittyleirintä oli käytössä toista kertaa ja viime vuonna saatujen kehujen perusteella päätimme kokeilla tuota “rauhallisempaa, piknik-tyyppistä” aluetta. Matkalla meidät kuitenkin yllätti rankka ukkoskuuro ja kastuimme läpimäriksi ennen kuin olimme ehtineet edes leirintäalueen porteille. Mieli oli verraten mustana, kun jatkoimme zombiemaista raahautumista, mutta piristyminen alkoi heti kun portilla päästiin tekemisiin ensimmäisten iloisten vapaaehtoistyöntekijöiden kanssa. Leiriytymisbyrokratia hoitui mukavasti ja seuraavaksi ystävällinen järkkäri jo esittelikin meille aluetta ja kertoi muutamista perussäännöistä. Aurinkokin alkoi paistaa.

Neljän maissa Niittyleirintä oli vielä melko tyhjä, joten sopiva paikka leirille löytyi nopeasti. Säätiedotusten mukaan mitään rankkasateita ei pitänyt olla tulossa, mutta telttapaikat etsittiin varmuuden vuoksi silti vähän korkeammalta, jottei aamulla tarvitsisi vahingossakaan herätä kelluvasta teltasta kuopan pohjalta. Muutaman minuutin kiroilun jälkeen vuosien saatossa muodottomiksi vääntyneet telttavaarnat pitivätkin paikoillaan viitisen vuotta festareita kolunnutta kupolitelttanuorukaista ja märkiä vaatteita ja asusteita saattoi kasata teltan katolle auringolle kuivatettaviksi.

Illan mittaan muutkin seurueen jäsenet saivat saavuttua paikalle ja juhlinta saattoi alkaa (toisilla vasta pienten telttaongelmien hoitamisen jälkeen). Illan mittaan saatiin nauttia vielä parista lyhyestä sadekuurosta, sekä Sulo-klubilta kantautuneesta musiikista. Ajatukset olivat kuitenkin jo seuraavassa päivässä, jolloin varsinainen festari käynnistyisi.

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Aamu alkoi tietysti kaupassakäynnillä ja pienellä fiilistelyllä, ja itse asiassa minun piti käydä vielä myymässä ylimääräiseksi jäänyt lippu parille ystävälliselle festarikävijälle, mutta alueelle päätettiin joka tapauksessa mennä edellisten vuosien tapaan heti kun portit vaan aukeaisivat. Alue näytti tietysti jokseenkin samalta kuin aikaisemminkin, mutta ehkä juuri siksi sitä oli taas kuluneen vuoden jälkeen mukava kierrellä, jotta pääsi kunnolla rokkitunnelmiin.

Ennakkoon uumoilin, että Asaa parempaa aloitusta olisi Ilosaarirockille vaikea keksiä ja uumoiluni osoittautui varsin todeksi heti kun keikka alkoi. Asa ja Jätkäjätkät korkkasi Ilosaarirockin päälavan ja keräsikin varsin suuren joukon yleisöä ollakseen ensimmäinen esiintyjä.

Valitettavasti yleisömassa ei ihan täysin paljastu näistä kuvista.

Kuten sanottua, nykyartistit eivät ainakaan Suomessa rohkene avoimesti ottaa poliittisesti kantaa asioihin. Kaikki kiinnostava poliittinen liikehdintä suomalaisessa musiikissa tapahtuu rap-puolella ja Asa on tässä selkeä ykkösnimi. Se miksi useimmat muut artistit eivät ota asioihin kantaa, johtuu kahdesta asiasta: osa pelkää että se karkottaisi tietynlaista yleisöä (kuten varmasti tekeekin, ja moni ajatteleekin varmasti, ettei Suomen kokoisessa maassa ole varaa vieraannuttaa yhtäkään potentiaalista kuuntelijaa) ja suurimmalla osalla ei taas yksinkertaisesti ole yhtään mitään sanottavaa.

Asa ja Jätkäjätkät vetivät Ilosaaressa yllättävän karnevalistisen keikan. Lavalla oli alusta lähtien tietysti aimo kasa soittajia, mutta heidän lisäkseen lavan eteen ilmestyi kaksi hauskaa tanssityttöä. Kuvassa etualalla näkyvä järkkäri muuten taisi diggailla musiikista, sillä hän oli ainakin puolet keikasta ilman kuulosuojaimia (mahdollisesti kuitenkin earit korvissaan). Leijonaa mä metsästän -kappaleen aikana lavalle ilmestyi myös kiinalaistyyppinen leijona.

Asa ja Jätkäjätkät päräyttivät heti alkuun sellaisen keikan, että sitä tuli hehkutettua kaikille vielä seuraavanakin päivänä ja näin jälkikäteen ajatellenkin keikka oli ehdottomasti yksi Ilosaarirockin parhaita. Loistava buukkaus ja loistava aloitus.

Lähdimme keikalta sen verran aikaisemmin pois, että ehdimme käydä vessoilla rauhassa ennen seuraavaa keikkaa, joka meidän makumme mukaisesti olikin Rubik. Rubik ehti jo esikoislevyllään kerätä sen verran fanikuntaa, että se olisi sopinut isommallekin lavalle, mutta tänä vuonna heidän slotikseen osui kello 14, ja YleX -telttaan oli päätetty laittaa Anna Puu. Kolmosteltta on lämpiminä päivinä hieman ahdistava paikka katsoa keikkoja, koska siellä ei kauheasti pääse ilma vaihtumaan. Eturivi oli kuitenkin täyttynyt faneista jo hyvissä ajoin ja porukkaa oli muutenkin jokseenkin teltan täydeltä.

Jostain syystä oma kiinnostukseni Rubikia kohtaan on viime aikoina vähentynyt. Ensimmäinen levy koostui mielestäni lähinnä City and the Streetsista ja joukosta täytebiisejä, toiseen täyspitkään en ole edes tutustunut. Livenä Rubik on ihan kohtuullinen. Ei mitään ihmeellistä, mutta ei myöskään ihan keskivertokamaa.

Toinen julkaisu on kuulemma hieman progeilevampaa kuin edellinen, mitä ilmeisesti merkkaa myös laulajan muuttunut ulkonäkö.

Toinen hyvä aloitusbändi Ilosaarelle olisi ollut Rekkalavalla kolmelta esiintynyt Tohtori Orff ja Herra Dalcroze, tuo Ilosaarirockin jokavuotinen riemastuttaja. Bändin kekseliäät lastenlaulut tarjoavat kiinnostavaa kuunneltavaa niin aikuisille kuin lapsillekin ja saa hilpeän Ilosaarirock-yleisön aina sopivan lapselliselle tuulelle. Tämän keikan aikana nähtiin nimittäin YleX-teltan anniskelussa muutama viuhahduskin, mistä en kuitenkaan raaski laittaa kuvia näkyviin.

Tiukka keikkatahti jatkui Orffin ja Dalcrozen jälkeenkin, sillä Kolmoslavalla esiintyi heti seuraavaksi ennakkoon yksi festarin kiinnostavimmista kiinnityksistä, venäläinen Everything Is Made In China.

Postrockahtelevaa venäläisindietä olikin saapunut seuraamaan ilahduttavan suuri joukko ihmisiä. Moni oli varmasti tutustunut bändiin Ilosaarirockin verkkosivujen kautta, mutta toiset saattoivat tuntea bändin jo entuudestaan, sillä se on piipahtanut Suomessa ainakin kerran aikaisemminkin, muistelisin että Tampereen Monsters of Pop -tapahtumassa.

Everything Is Made in Chinan musiikki oli ilahduttavan kekseliäästi post-rockin ja indien parhaita puolia yhdistelevää, paikoin eteeristä, paikoin hyvinkin rokkailevaa tavaraa. Tekisi mieli sanoa, että bändi oli musiikillisesti ehkä tämän vuoden Ilosaariesiintyjistä paras. Keikkakokemusta haittasi vähän se, ettei biisejä tuntenut entuudestaan, mutta tulipahan toisaalta yllätyksinä kaikki ovelat koukut. Ja toisaalta myös skriineillä pyörineet hauskat videot toivat lisämaustetta keikkaan niillekin, joille bändin musiikki oli vieraampaa.

Ja tältä näytti tänä vuonna se hyypiö, joka näistä Rokkikonttorin jutuista vastaa.

Puolen keikan jälkeen Kolmoslavalla tuli jo sen verran hikiset paikat, että meikäläisen verenpaineella ei kannattanut jäädä ottamaan pyörtymisriskiä. Musiikki kuului tietysti mukavasti myös nurmelle Kolmosen viereen.

Chinan jälkeen ei ollut mitään erityisen kiinnostavaa, sillä Asan omalla keikallaan hehkuttama Dizzee Rascal ei jaksanut kiehtoa tarpeeksi. Ennen Dillinger Escape Planin keikkaa olikin siis mukava kolmen tunnin tauko, jonka aikana ehti hyvin piipahtaa Niittyleirinnässä, missä sielläkin toki musiikillista viihdykettä löytyi.

Dillinger Escape Planin rymistelyn kanssa kävi vähän niin kuin näiden raskaampien yhtyeiden keikkojen kanssa helposti käy: kun ei tunne kovin montaa biisiä, eikä jaksa mennä mosh-pittiin riehumaan, täysillä korviin tuuttaavat särökitarat alkoivat käydä vähän liian raskaiksi kuunnella. Ei sillä, bändin teknisessä murinametallissa ei ole mitään vikaa, päin vastoin, mutta jotenkaan se ei jaksanut sopia omaan tunnelmaan. Bändin soittajilla oli kyllä melkoinen meno lavalla ja laulaja keksi mm. kiivetä lavarakenteisiin pää alaspäin roikkumaan.

Musa kuului kuitenkin sen verran mukavasti (tietenkin) teltan anniskelualueellekin, että oli hyvä mennä sinne odottelemaan että ISIS aloittaa.

Kun ISIS aloitti, oli ilta jo ilmeisesti ehtinyt pimentyä sen verran, ettei minun kameralleni enää oikein valo riittänyt.

Suomessa melko tuntematon ISIS onnistui kuitenkin Ilosaaressa keräämään teltan täyteen ihmisiä ja keikkakin oli varmasti sitä, mitä nämä ihmiset odottivat: teknistä, progeilevaa ja kekseliästä metallia. Itselleni tuli väistämättä Opeth mieleen, mutta ISIksen laulaja ei tainnut öristä ihan niin matalalta, muttei toisaalta käyttänyt myöskään kliiniä lauluääntä kuten Opethin Åkerfeldt.

Tämän jälkeen oli jäljellä yksi eniten kritiikkiä herättäneistä 2009 Ilosaarirockin valinnoista: PMMP lauantain pääesiintyjänä. Kuten jo aikaisemmin mainitsin, kamerani ei ole parhaimmillaan näin hämärässä illassa, mutta kuvasin sentään jotain mietittävää näille PMMP:n valintaa kritisoineille henkilöille.

Yleisöä oli nimittäin aivan saatanasti. Enkä usko että monikaan heistä oli tullut puimaan nyrkkiä sen kummemmin PMMP:lle kuin Ilosaaren järjestäjille. PMMP:llä on sitä paitsi aivan erityinen suhde Ilosaarirockiin. Joensuulaiset olivat ensimmäiset, jotka uskalsivat kiinnittää Popstars-ohjelmasta ponnistaneen, tarttuvan kesähittinsä R-Kioskin mainokseen myyneen bändin isoille festareille ja bändi osaa kyllä arvostaa sitä. “Maailman paras festari”, taisi Paula kuvailla jossain vaiheessa keikkaa.

Biisilista sinänsä oli oikeastaan aika yllätyksetön (tai mikä enää voisi olla PMMP:ltä yllätyksellistä?), mutta meininki oli kaikkea muuta kuin PMMP:n peruskeikoilla, joilla niilläkin sentään tulee yleensä melko punk olo. Bändi otti kaiken irti pääesiintyjästatuksestaan ja valtavasta paikalle tulleesta yleisömäärästä eikä varmastikaan yhdellekään kävijälle jäänyt kaihertamaan mieleen, että oliko tämä bändi nyt oikea valinta vai ei. Suomesta löytyy headlinereita myös. Ja onhan niitä kotimaisia headlinereita ennenkin Ilosaaressa ollut.

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