Um - I thought Id post just a coupla things about teh Palo Alto and SF shows. I have NO IDEA why he dropped he just did - plummeted to the ground druing Lunchbox. All I know is it must have been good because the songs he played after that were THE BEST of the 3 shows I hads seen. He put TONS into them- during sweet dreams he was hitting himself on the head with the mic and screaming and growling in really weird ways. Rock n rollnigger was always thew best tho they didnt play it at the SF show. I must say that MM fands are about teh most fanatical I have been with.. but at a live show this tended to make for annoying attitudes such as WAY too many crowdsurfers - I cant count how many ppl I had to bring down at the Palo Alto show - Sf was cool tho. Another interesting thing happenned - I dont remember which song it was during but he was perched on a speaker and flipping eVERYONE off repeateldy - which the crowd did right back. I dont know about you but any power the middle finger as a symbol of defianced used to have is now gone for me. Its seen all the time - its boring, trirte and overused. Sorry but I have beenb top too many cocnerts where the crowd is covered with ppl holding satan signs and middle fingers up all the tiem and it just seems well dumb now. I kinda wanted to communicate this to the rev and since im not the tourbus kinda guy I thought Id have to do it nonverbally. SO whiile the flipoff fest was happening I stood in my lil place ot the side of the stage and just held aloft the sign language sign for I LOVE YOU. I figured when a middle finger is old and boring and ppl act like hate is soooooo cool maybe Love woudl be defiant in this context. Sure enugh a couple seconds later his eyes turn RIGHT on me and stay there for quite a while - my friend picked uop on this too - it was kinda cool that he noticed. What else to say - I d have to say that the Palo Alto show was best peroframnce wise but SF had the coolest crowd. I personally have no problme with spitting on the Rev - I have no explanation why but I find it fun to spit upon a singer who spits at ther crowd - go figure. Um =- Palo Alto they had nothing but the OUIJA board - no marionettes or anything like that. Neither Palo Alto or sf did he wear the stilts. I must say taht tho I love the band I was abit dissapointed with my experience of seeing them 3 times in a row. We were promised surprises of sex and violence and not neccessarily in that order - WHERE WERE THEY? All three shows were the exact same - same clothes same makeup (expect fore the SF show Mr Manson wrote stuff liek whore, slut, and fag on his stomach and chest in lipstick) same song list. The only thing at changed each night was these words that Madonna had on hsi keyboards - they were green stickers with black words. First night it said CUNTKEYS, 2nd night it said GAYASFUCK, 3rd night it said CUNTCHEESE. Thats about all the variety there was tho.. I now this is how most bads are Clutch was the same and im not giving them shit about it. But as we all know MM is a cut above the rest and I expect more when I see them - maybe Ive been spoiled by some other bands but I wehn I go to see MM iwant to feel a sense of unease - a sense that ANYTHING may happen - instead I knew exatly what to expect. THey used ot do wild shows with naked women and kids in cages - now he cuts himself and its a TENNY little cut.. Dint get me wrong I love them but they are capable of more and that frustrates me. I just miss the sense of "oh fuck whatll happen tonight" that I get with a couple other bands - tho they are VERY few and far between.
Not saying that you shodulnt go see them - they are great - they coudl just do better..
FatherTom