Queensrÿche

Why do people go to concerts expecting to hear the band play the exact Greatest Hits album they were listening to in their car on the way to the show to "remind" themselves of the songs they like? On January 13th I went to see the Progressive Metal band Queensrÿche play in Wendover. The two men sitting behind me and my friends apparently didn't know the band continued making albums after 1990's Empire. They kept yelling, "Play the old shit!" In the first hour, of the 90 minute show, the band only played 3 songs recorded before 1994's Hear In The Now Frontier album. I loved that they did that, when I saw them last year they played most of their old hits and little new songs, this time it was reversed. If you ever have a chance of seeing Geoff Tate sing live, do not miss it! He sounds EXACTLY like he does on recording, it is amazing.

Concerts 2012

Another year has begun, which means another season of concert going! 26 concerts in 2011, a personal record. I highly doubt I can beat that this year. But I am going to try my damnedest!

Concerts In 2012:

1. Queensrÿche
2. Ghost / Blood Ceremony / Ancient VVisdom 
3. Children Of Bodom / Eluveitie / Threat Signal
4. Testament
5. Iced Earth / Symphony X
6. Goatwhore / Hate Eternal 
7. The Black Dahlia Murder / Skeletonwitch / Nile
8. Sepultura / Death Angel
9. Decibel Magazine Tour: Behemoth / Watain / The Devil's Blood / In Solitude
10. Overkill / God Forbid / Suidakra 
11. Scorpions / Geoff Tate
12. Def Leppard / Poison / Lita Ford
13. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
14. Iron Maiden
15. Abigail Williams / Dead Vessel
16. Journey / Pat Benetar / Loverboy
17. Demon Hunter
18. Mumford & Sons
19. Korpiklanni / Moonsorrow / TYR
20. Night Ranger
21. Static-X / Winds Of Plague / The Browning
22. Kreator / Accept
23. Nightwish / Kamelot
24. Rob Zombie / Marilyn Manson
25. Buckethead
26. Morbid Angel / Dark Funeral
27. Epica / Alestorm 
28. DRI
29. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
30. Dethklok
31. Alice Cooper
32. The Faceless
33. Megadeth

Lifetime Concert Total: 129

Van Halen's new "Tattoo"

Careful what you wish for, because it may come true... that's what went through my mind when I watched the video for, recently reunited, Van Halen's new single "Tattoo". This sounds more like a late 80's David Lee Roth solo track than the original Van Halen the world loves. More often than not I felt like yelling "Get David some printed lyrics!" because they left in the times you could obviously see he didn't know the words but was still trying to mouth it... and his dancing in the video (especially the first minute or so) reminds me of Steve Martin's dancing in the movie The Jerk. With all the reasons not to enjoy this video and the song in general, I will be buying the new album that comes out. One because I have a CD addiction; and two because maybe, just maybe, the rest of the album will be good. Fingers crossed...