After a huge Big Day Out (partying Andrew WK-style in the searing heat) I’m backing up with the Deftones sideshow. Plenty of sugar needed in my drinks tonight.
Opening acts tonight are Ministry of Sound toy boys The Only and human beat machine Reggie Watts. It’s a funny line up and not one I’d have picked given the deep pool of talent amongst Melbourne’s heavy rock scenes.
Anyway, I missed most of The Only and so did most others based on the thin crowd early. Pity because from what I saw the right crowd could really get a rave on to these guys.
Reggie Watts is much the same (in the under-appreciated stakes) and although I applaud his live show, it isn’t setting the right vibe for me. I must make note that his beatbox/electronic looping work is something to behold. Get on that next time he’s in town.
Shit venue policy creates a line upstairs to the tiny smokers balcony, and everyone goes for a last few drags before Deftones hit the stage.
And boy does the stage get hit. Vocalist Chino Moreno bursts onto stage behind the rest of the band tearing about like a multi-ball bonus on a pinball machine. The Sasquatch that is Stephen Carpenter shreds like a monster stage left. Bassist Sergio Vega struts all over the right and screeches like a banshee. And it’s all kept together with Abe Cunningham riding the crash cymbals and pounding harder than a porno. They were also joined by an unknown sampler on some tracks adding effects as required.
Shortly into the set and the band break into my favourite album with Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away, My Own Summer (Shove It), Mascara and title track Around The Fur. I reckon Chino must have worn out his Chuck Taylor's over the course of this set the way he tore himself from wall to wall across the stage (which includes a platform at the front for him to prowl over his fold back).
Chino serenades his crowd to Knife Party and they go as close to a ballad as Deftones can with Minerva and later Change (In The House Of Flies).
Some shit bloke holds a camera in front of my face to make crap amateur clip for him to whack off to at home. Keep your voyeuristic fetishes at home people, don’t rip off the band and steal space on our stomping floors. But enough gripe.
The only ting shared between the band and crowd so far has been music, riotous applause, an experience and some bodily fluids but Chino takes a few seconds to take note of the leveled venue (they are a “5 level band now”), chugs a beer and gets on with it with a short beatbox skit with the drummer.
They close with a Diamond Eyes followed by a prolonged feedback session from Carpenter before erupting back on stage, or into the crowd for Chino to give a last hurrah before calling it a night. I always love a strong finish without the lame encore wait. Tomorrow I’ll have a sore neck to add to my dehydration and overall exhaustion.
-jon
Published at TheDwarf.com.au
Opening acts tonight are Ministry of Sound toy boys The Only and human beat machine Reggie Watts. It’s a funny line up and not one I’d have picked given the deep pool of talent amongst Melbourne’s heavy rock scenes.
Anyway, I missed most of The Only and so did most others based on the thin crowd early. Pity because from what I saw the right crowd could really get a rave on to these guys.
Reggie Watts is much the same (in the under-appreciated stakes) and although I applaud his live show, it isn’t setting the right vibe for me. I must make note that his beatbox/electronic looping work is something to behold. Get on that next time he’s in town.
Shit venue policy creates a line upstairs to the tiny smokers balcony, and everyone goes for a last few drags before Deftones hit the stage.
And boy does the stage get hit. Vocalist Chino Moreno bursts onto stage behind the rest of the band tearing about like a multi-ball bonus on a pinball machine. The Sasquatch that is Stephen Carpenter shreds like a monster stage left. Bassist Sergio Vega struts all over the right and screeches like a banshee. And it’s all kept together with Abe Cunningham riding the crash cymbals and pounding harder than a porno. They were also joined by an unknown sampler on some tracks adding effects as required.
Shortly into the set and the band break into my favourite album with Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away, My Own Summer (Shove It), Mascara and title track Around The Fur. I reckon Chino must have worn out his Chuck Taylor's over the course of this set the way he tore himself from wall to wall across the stage (which includes a platform at the front for him to prowl over his fold back).
Chino serenades his crowd to Knife Party and they go as close to a ballad as Deftones can with Minerva and later Change (In The House Of Flies).
Some shit bloke holds a camera in front of my face to make crap amateur clip for him to whack off to at home. Keep your voyeuristic fetishes at home people, don’t rip off the band and steal space on our stomping floors. But enough gripe.
The only ting shared between the band and crowd so far has been music, riotous applause, an experience and some bodily fluids but Chino takes a few seconds to take note of the leveled venue (they are a “5 level band now”), chugs a beer and gets on with it with a short beatbox skit with the drummer.
They close with a Diamond Eyes followed by a prolonged feedback session from Carpenter before erupting back on stage, or into the crowd for Chino to give a last hurrah before calling it a night. I always love a strong finish without the lame encore wait. Tomorrow I’ll have a sore neck to add to my dehydration and overall exhaustion.
-jon
Published at TheDwarf.com.au
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