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Alice in Chains at the Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI.
Angry Chair might have been an odd choice to open a show with but I loved it and how it was preceded by It Ain't Like That. Hollow and Stone sounded awesome and it was nice that we got the first ever live performance of Phantom Limb! Milwaukee definitely loves AiC and the band can clearly tell. Can not wait for the new album and tours.

1. Angry Chair
2. It Ain't Like That
3. Check My Brain
4. Again
5. Them Bones
6. Dam That River
7. Hollow
8. Your Decision
9. Grind
10. Acid Bubble
11. Down in a Hole
12. Nutshell
13. We Die Young
14. Stone
15. No Excuses
16. Phantom Limb

17. Rooster
18. Man in the Box
19. Would?


Wed 15 May – Alice in Chains

Awesome show as expected, these guys never disappoint live. Setlist was excellent, 10 songs I'd never seen before. The band themselves was in a fantastic mood and having a great time.

1. Groove Machine
2. The World Around Me
3. The Big Picture
4. Pillow
5. Flies and Blue Skies
6. (Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do
7. Vegetable
8. Everybody Knows a Little Bit of Something
9. A Box
10. Black Like Sunday
11. Over My Head
12. Pleiades
13. Over and Over
14. We Were Born to Be Loved

15. Go Tell Somebody
16. Dogman
17. Goldilox
Sun 5 May – King's X

Meshuggah at Roseland Ballroom.
Wasn't sure if we would end up with Jens singing but he wound up on vocals for most of the set. I wish they would've played two more songs but overall it was a great show. Intronaut killed although Animals as Leaders I found a bit repetitive after a few songs.


1. Swarm
2. Do Not Look Down
3. Behind The Sun
4. The Hurt That Finds You First
5. I Am Colossus
6. Mind's Mirror
7. In Life - Is Life
8. In Life - Is Death
9. Shed
10. Bleed
11. Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion
12. New Millennium Cyanide Christ (w/ Sacha on vocals)

13. Dancers To A Discordant System (instrumental)

Fri 15 Feb – Meshuggah, Animals as Leaders, Intronaut

Soundgarden at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC, NY.

Crushing show. Ended up one person back from the rail after waiting a half hour in the cold but it was worth it. This was my second time seeing them and the last was at Mohegan Sun Arena so I was pumped to be seeing them in a smaller venue. I wish more bands played 2.5 hour sets and switched them up like this. There were a few songs that I would have loved to seen again that weren't played but who am I to complain with a 28 song setlist. The only thing I was disappointed with was backing tracks in Rowing, not sure why Chris can't sing them. Closing with 4th of July FTW!! One of my favorite songs and Ben's bass in that song is ungodly.


1. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
2. Spoonman
3. Gun
4. Rhinosaur
5. Flower
6. Loud Love
7. Drawing Flies
8. Hunted Down
9. Live to Rise
10. Non-State Actor
11. My Wave
12. Been Away Too Long
13. Worse Dreams
14. Blow Up the Outside World
15. Zero Chance
16. Eyelid's Mouth
17. Like Suicide
18. By Crooked Steps
19. Outshined
20. Blood on the Valley Floor
21. Fresh Tendrils
22. Mailman
23. Black Hole Sun
24. Rowing

25. Head Down
26. Rusty Cage
27. The Day I Tried to Live
28. 4th of July


Wed 23 Jan – Soundgarden

Wow. From the moment they opened with Eye and closed with Locust Star the intensity never faded. Really hard to pick a stand out song as every song sounded amazing and I was shocked at how great the sound was for being right up front. Glad I finally caught these guys.


1. Eye
2. My Heart for Deliverance
3. At the End of the Road
4. Times of Grace
5. Distill (Watching the Swarm)
6. At the Well
7. The Tide
8. We All Rage in Gold
9. Bleeding the Pigs
10. Given to the Rising
11. Locust Star
Sat 19 Jan – Neurosis, Carlos Giffoni, James Plotkin & Tim Wyskida

A Perfect Circle at PH Live in Las Vegas, NV.
Going into the show I was hoping for a different setlist than the previous tour but I guess they're sticking with this for the upcoming Australia/South America shows. I saw the last show they played and the only difference was Blue in place of Fiddle and the Drum. Despite the almost exact set I had a wonderful time here. Since it was a one-off show Maynard's voice sounded excellent and the rest of the members sounded great for not having a show in about 16 months. My only complaint being that I have still yet to hear Judith. Highlights for me were The Noose, The Package, Passive, and Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums. Those songs sound massive live. By and Down is great live but I wish they'd just release a studio version of it already, or at the best put out a official live version.

Also, the way Planet Hollywood deals with shows is fuckin' horrible. With doors at 8 we lined up and it took us 45 minutes to get inside the venue. Odds are I'll never see another show there again so I won't have to deal with it but that's besides the point.

Annihilation
Imagine
Weak and Powerless
The Hollow
Rose
Blue
What's Going On
People Are People
The Outsider
Peace, Love and Understanding?
When the Levee Breaks
The Noose
3 Libras (All Main Courses Mix)
The Package
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Passive
Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
By and Down

Sat 29 Dec – A Perfect Circle

The Smashing Pumpkins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Opening band Five Knives was horrible.
Oceania sounded good live. Space Oddity and X.Y.U. were the highlights of the show for me, never expected to hear X.Y.U. live.

1. Quasar
2. Panopticon
3. The Celestials
4. Violet Rays
5. My Love Is Winter
6. One Diamond, One Heart
7. Pinwheels
8. Oceania
9. Pale Horse
10. The Chimera
11. Glissandra
12. Inkless
13. Wildflower
14. Space Oddity
15. X.Y.U.
16. Disarm
17. Tonite Reprise>Tonight, Tonight
18. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
19. The Dream Machine
20. Hummer

21. Ava Adore
22. Cherub Rock
23. Zero
Sun 2 Dec – The Smashing Pumpkins, FiVE KNIVES

High on Fire at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. This show, along with the following night in Brooklyn, were being recorded for a live album. I'd personally rather see a live dvd for them but oh well. Show was killer. Brent Hinds from Mastodon was rocking out on the rail for their set.

1. Serums of Liao
2. Frost Hammer
3. 10,000 Years
4. Devilution
5. Last
6. Fertile Green
7. Speedwolf
8. Rumors of War
9. DII
10. Fury Whip
11. Madness of an Architect
12. Baghdad
13. Snakes for the Divine
Fri 30 Nov – High on Fire, Goatwhore, Lo-Pan, Primate