CheshireCatNY
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Whats up headbangers? Time for another installment of Cheshire Cat's metal madness.....this weeks headliner: Type O Negative. But first the opening acts:
?????: The first band I can't even remember the name (yeah they were that memorable) something like Borgagar...or Borgatar....or something....apparently they were from literally right around the block from the bar so they didn't have to go far....lead singer sounded like the dude from Nickelback but the instrumentals sucked...
Twin Method: .....taste the rainbow. I can't remember the last time I was every truly disappointed with as musical act....these guys....OMG where to start. First off they hail from Liverpool England not that theres anything wrong with that but...they're 6 guys color coordinated with the 6 primary and secondary colors (red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple; see pic below) and honestly they didn't know what the hell genre they were trying to be. It was like....if Mudvayne, Stabbing Westward and Blink 182 had a three-way and gave birth to a retarded fluorescent love child......or if someone killed and ate the carebears and then shit a rainbow....or if the color kids from Rainbow Brite had massive head trauma....or.....well the point is they sucked @#@#$$!$!#!###!!!! (at least a few of them were kinda cute)
HEADLINER:
Type O Negative: I have seen the top of the mountain...and it was good. Type O is the defining band for the goth/doom metal genre. Lead singer Peter Steele is a friggin 7 foot tall giant with one of the deepest baritone voices I've ever heard. This was the last show of their "Dead Again" tour so they played AN HOUR AND A HALF ENCORE! Which included this weird moment where these machines started spewing fake foamy snow all over the place and completely enveloped the stage and performers. It was so @##$!! epic I think I got brain damage...
And now a funny anecdote...I'm convinced this was Type O's doing as they have a very odd sense of humor. For the entire 15 minutes it took to set up after Twin Method left the stage (with NO applause) they started playing an endless loop of "Whats new pussycat" by Tom Jones...OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Every so often it would "end" and you'd hear the opening of some metal song with a heavy baseline....then it would stop and "WHATS NEW PUSSYCAT?! WHOOOOA WHOOOOA WHOAAA..." would start again! It was quite frightening...but oh so catchy...
And finally, a thought on unnecessary moshpits. Now let me just say that if suitable for the music, moshpits are fine and dandy. But I've found that it really doesn't matter what band is playing for people to want an excuse to beat the hell out of each other. Anyone who knows Type O's kind of music will tell you that it DEFINITELY is not moshpit material. I find it ironic that at the Static-X show 2 weeks ago everything went without incident. Last night some guy had to be physically removed by security! Then again they could be playing Beethoven and people would still mosh...."HELL YEAH THIRD REQUIEM!! LETS FIGHT!".....thats just our violent species for ya....
?????: The first band I can't even remember the name (yeah they were that memorable) something like Borgagar...or Borgatar....or something....apparently they were from literally right around the block from the bar so they didn't have to go far....lead singer sounded like the dude from Nickelback but the instrumentals sucked...
Twin Method: .....taste the rainbow. I can't remember the last time I was every truly disappointed with as musical act....these guys....OMG where to start. First off they hail from Liverpool England not that theres anything wrong with that but...they're 6 guys color coordinated with the 6 primary and secondary colors (red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple; see pic below) and honestly they didn't know what the hell genre they were trying to be. It was like....if Mudvayne, Stabbing Westward and Blink 182 had a three-way and gave birth to a retarded fluorescent love child......or if someone killed and ate the carebears and then shit a rainbow....or if the color kids from Rainbow Brite had massive head trauma....or.....well the point is they sucked @#@#$$!$!#!###!!!! (at least a few of them were kinda cute)
HEADLINER:
Type O Negative: I have seen the top of the mountain...and it was good. Type O is the defining band for the goth/doom metal genre. Lead singer Peter Steele is a friggin 7 foot tall giant with one of the deepest baritone voices I've ever heard. This was the last show of their "Dead Again" tour so they played AN HOUR AND A HALF ENCORE! Which included this weird moment where these machines started spewing fake foamy snow all over the place and completely enveloped the stage and performers. It was so @##$!! epic I think I got brain damage...
And now a funny anecdote...I'm convinced this was Type O's doing as they have a very odd sense of humor. For the entire 15 minutes it took to set up after Twin Method left the stage (with NO applause) they started playing an endless loop of "Whats new pussycat" by Tom Jones...OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Every so often it would "end" and you'd hear the opening of some metal song with a heavy baseline....then it would stop and "WHATS NEW PUSSYCAT?! WHOOOOA WHOOOOA WHOAAA..." would start again! It was quite frightening...but oh so catchy...
And finally, a thought on unnecessary moshpits. Now let me just say that if suitable for the music, moshpits are fine and dandy. But I've found that it really doesn't matter what band is playing for people to want an excuse to beat the hell out of each other. Anyone who knows Type O's kind of music will tell you that it DEFINITELY is not moshpit material. I find it ironic that at the Static-X show 2 weeks ago everything went without incident. Last night some guy had to be physically removed by security! Then again they could be playing Beethoven and people would still mosh...."HELL YEAH THIRD REQUIEM!! LETS FIGHT!".....thats just our violent species for ya....
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