Hell of a first postThierry wrote:So happy they’ve ditched watch over you
Of course I love WOY but also appreciate whenever they mix things up.
Hell of a first postThierry wrote:So happy they’ve ditched watch over you
It's been a couple years so I can't remember his exact words. Something to the effect of "Sorry, that was a long one, we'll get back to playing the metal for you guys..."mycarhasabs wrote:UninvitedZero wrote: Myles fucking apologized after they played Blackbird in the middle of the set... Like all of the tweenage Disturbed fans were bored out of their skulls...
wait... wut?!?!! He apologized!?!?
It was a month or so before the release of TLHTheEndisHere wrote:Surprised with a crowd like that they didn't pull out White Knuckles or Bleed it Dry. Hell, if that's the fortress tour and you are going to do an epic song, they could have done Fortress
I don't want to sit. I want to be close to the band, headbang and play air guitar while singing my ass off. I have that right just as much as anyone else does to mosh or whatever.GazEd wrote:It somehow reminds me of the modern do-not-hurt-anyones-feelings approach.Kreuger wrote:Let people enjoy the show however they want.
It's not that I support hurting anyone, but come on, it's a fucking rock concert. If you want to stand still, buy a more expensive seat and be seated.
If you want to share your respect to the band standing in front of you, then stand.
It all boils down to a horrible thing. Music is becoming business as a mass. It's not art anymore, it's fucking labour. If you pour your feelings into a song, walk on the stage and see 500-5000 people standing still staring at you, I would simply quit for good. I tell you.
If you deliver a toothbreaking riff and never receive any feedback.... I dunno.
Damn that's a shame. BW should be so much bigger in the US.anguyen92 wrote: Gramercy Theater holds only 500 people. Way too small for AB.
Ah hah! I facking knew it! I've been saying this since they released the bonus live DVD for Rise! Lame...TheEndisHere wrote: ...several people around me, including my coworker who is a music teacher with good ears, noticed that there was definitely a backing track for vocals and a distinct lack of bass.
???DarkKnight12 wrote:What the fuck are you talking about ? Backing track for vocals during an AB gig?
This was during Skillet's set, not AB. As for the bass in Skillet, yeah, there are songs where John doesn't play bass and play the role of frontman more and even when he does play it, it's really not there. It's not like people are really there to see a Skillet show to see what John Cooper does on the bass. Compare that to AB where even though there's a lot of things going when it comes to the guitars, Brian's bass sound can shine at certain parts, obviously in his section in Cry of Achilles. I know there were moments when I saw them last week (can't remember which songs in particular) and it might have been during soundcheck when I heard it from the outside, where he hit a bass note so loud, I was like, "careful with that thing, man."DarkKnight12 wrote:What the fuck are you talking about ? Backing track for vocals during an AB gig?
No during there were backing tracks during Skillet. If they were backing tracks for AB, we wouldn't be talking about Myles' sickness or it would really stand out as his sick voice wouldn't match the backing vocals. I feel like every time Myles sings it sounds slightly different so there's no way AB could ever do backing tracks (not that they would).DarkKnight12 wrote:What the fuck are you talking about ? Backing track for vocals during an AB gig?
Showmanship in terms of energy goes to Skillet but actual musical skill AB blows them away. Watch Seth's solos vs Mark or myles. Mark is faster, goes up and down the neck, does tons more advanced techniques. I know very little about playing guitar but watching you can definitely tell that Mark and Myles have way more complicated parts and little riffs thrown in just once and are often doing very different things. AB has many layers to peel apart. It's a lot easier to be a maniac on the stage like Cooper when you don't have to worry about playing solos or more intricate partsanguyen92 wrote:This was during Skillet's set, not AB. As for the bass in Skillet, yeah, there are songs where John doesn't play bass and play the role of frontman more and even when he does play it, it's really not there. It's not like people are really there to see a Skillet show to see what John Cooper does on the bass. Compare that to AB where even though there's a lot of things going when it comes to the guitars, Brian's bass sound can shine at certain parts, obviously in his section in Cry of Achilles. I know there were moments when I saw them last week (can't remember which songs in particular) and it might have been during soundcheck when I heard it from the outside, where he hit a bass note so loud, I was like, "careful with that thing, man."DarkKnight12 wrote:What the fuck are you talking about ? Backing track for vocals during an AB gig?
Riiight ! You had me scared for a bit there mate! HahaTheEndisHere wrote:No during there were backing tracks during Skillet. If they were backing tracks for AB, we wouldn't be talking about Myles' sickness or it would really stand out as his sick voice wouldn't match the backing vocals. I feel like every time Myles sings it sounds slightly different so there's no way AB could ever do backing tracks (not that they would).DarkKnight12 wrote:What the fuck are you talking about ? Backing track for vocals during an AB gig?
Thank you.abw1987 wrote:Last night Alter Bridge went on around 9:25 if I remember correctly.
Just posted my review over in the Concert Reviews subforum for anyone interested.
False. John sings and yes... he actually plays bass live. Obviously they play on a click track with various layers but I laugh every time I read stuff this. Dude is a beast and highly underrated.TheEndisHere wrote:That said several people around me, including my coworker who is a music teacher with good ears, noticed that there was definitely a backing track for vocals and a distinct lack of bass. Guys next to me kept mockingly calling John Cooper to do a bass solo. I felt like he was just slapping randomly on bass and I still couldn't distinguish it from the other instruments.
Various layers that allow him to be fifteen feet from the microphone and still be heard singing plain as day over a roaring crowd... Unless it was just DVD magic when I noticed it close to six years ago...JaredWard wrote:False. John sings and yes... he actually plays bass live. Obviously they play on a click track with various layers but I laugh every time I read stuff this. Dude is a beast and highly underrated.TheEndisHere wrote:That said several people around me, including my coworker who is a music teacher with good ears, noticed that there was definitely a backing track for vocals and a distinct lack of bass. Guys next to me kept mockingly calling John Cooper to do a bass solo. I felt like he was just slapping randomly on bass and I still couldn't distinguish it from the other instruments.