Post by Cory on Sept 8, 2009 14:07:55 GMT -8
well, not that I am a fan of his recent work, but I have always had a soft spot for Manson. When I found out he was coming to Portland, I knew I had to go as I've always wanted to see him, but I wasn't really excited.
Before the concert even started I had been taken in a time machine back to high school. The line wrapped around the block with Mansonites wearing eyeliner, fishnets, all black (of course), and doc martins. I felt like I was 16 again, and I didn't really like it. haha
People started pouring in the small Roseland at the sold out venue and Wayne and I grabbed a 2nd row in the general "mosh pit" area or whatever you call. I would say it was the perfect location to be in at this show. The front row sucks because your ribs feel like they're going to break when everyone pushes on you.
The first band played, September Mourning. My god, this band has to be one of the most generic sounding bands I have ever heard/seen in my life. They had their matching black ripped uniforms, complete with make-up and of course an arm band patch with SM in red. Kinda like what the Slipknot peeps wear, lol.
Their drummer was probabaly the best part, but I was less than impressed with the rest of the band. They had a female vocalist who could scream really well (when she did scream) and the rest was that moany groany gay sounding typical female vocals and her stage prescence was retarded. She kept dropping to the floor and rubbing up against the guitarist trying to be sexy, but not accomplishing anything close to it. The part that killed it was when before their song they explained "This song is dedicated to anyone who was ever picked on in school. or for everyone who is different. or for anyone who just wants to say FUCK YOU to anyone!" I literally could not stop laughing. It was the dumbest thing I have ever heard, and I've heard it a bunch from a number of bands. I don't get why they continue to write songs about how horrible high school was. boo hoo, get over it.
They played a 30 minute set, and I couldn't have been happier when they were done.
There was a 30 minute interlude where some drunk fat Mansonite chick who was LUCKILY a few people behind us, started throwing up everywhere. Wayne and I thought we smelled some alcohol and then came the smell of vomit. It was soooooooooo funny and gross at the same time, but like I said we had probabaly the perfect spot. Everyone freaked out, we couldn't stop laughing.
Manson came out and WOW he got really fat. He had a beer belly for "Christ" sake. His makeup was retarded and looked like he just woke up, did some coke, and came up on stage. I was excited, but I couldn't help but laugh at him. It was rediculous.
Another thing I found annoying is every 2 mins he would put his hand up towards the back of the stage and some girl would run out with a beer bottle and he would take one sip and throw it down. He did this the ENTIRE show. Sooo annoying.
I flipped him off a lot, I think he liked it. He shook my hand. woo hoo.
The sound kind of sucked, the lighting was really good, and the rest of the band was really boring. Even Twiggy was playing guitar and he just starred blankly at the crowd.
He played most of the old singles, and 3 songs from his new album which I don't really care to hear ever again. A song called "WOW" where he says "woooooooow" a lot and it just reminds me of World of Warcraft, which I'm sure is popular with his fans these days.
I don't know, I don't have much else to "review" about this show. I'm glad I got to see him before he retired, which hopefully will be doing so now or ASAP. I would see him again, but I doubt I would drive all the way to Portland to do it unless he was playing with a better co-headlining band.
I really wish I would have seen him when he was in his prime 5-10 years ago. Mechanical Animals/Anti-Christ Superstar era would have been perfect, but oh well.
R.I.P. MANSON
Before the concert even started I had been taken in a time machine back to high school. The line wrapped around the block with Mansonites wearing eyeliner, fishnets, all black (of course), and doc martins. I felt like I was 16 again, and I didn't really like it. haha
People started pouring in the small Roseland at the sold out venue and Wayne and I grabbed a 2nd row in the general "mosh pit" area or whatever you call. I would say it was the perfect location to be in at this show. The front row sucks because your ribs feel like they're going to break when everyone pushes on you.
The first band played, September Mourning. My god, this band has to be one of the most generic sounding bands I have ever heard/seen in my life. They had their matching black ripped uniforms, complete with make-up and of course an arm band patch with SM in red. Kinda like what the Slipknot peeps wear, lol.
Their drummer was probabaly the best part, but I was less than impressed with the rest of the band. They had a female vocalist who could scream really well (when she did scream) and the rest was that moany groany gay sounding typical female vocals and her stage prescence was retarded. She kept dropping to the floor and rubbing up against the guitarist trying to be sexy, but not accomplishing anything close to it. The part that killed it was when before their song they explained "This song is dedicated to anyone who was ever picked on in school. or for everyone who is different. or for anyone who just wants to say FUCK YOU to anyone!" I literally could not stop laughing. It was the dumbest thing I have ever heard, and I've heard it a bunch from a number of bands. I don't get why they continue to write songs about how horrible high school was. boo hoo, get over it.
They played a 30 minute set, and I couldn't have been happier when they were done.
There was a 30 minute interlude where some drunk fat Mansonite chick who was LUCKILY a few people behind us, started throwing up everywhere. Wayne and I thought we smelled some alcohol and then came the smell of vomit. It was soooooooooo funny and gross at the same time, but like I said we had probabaly the perfect spot. Everyone freaked out, we couldn't stop laughing.
Manson came out and WOW he got really fat. He had a beer belly for "Christ" sake. His makeup was retarded and looked like he just woke up, did some coke, and came up on stage. I was excited, but I couldn't help but laugh at him. It was rediculous.
Another thing I found annoying is every 2 mins he would put his hand up towards the back of the stage and some girl would run out with a beer bottle and he would take one sip and throw it down. He did this the ENTIRE show. Sooo annoying.
I flipped him off a lot, I think he liked it. He shook my hand. woo hoo.
The sound kind of sucked, the lighting was really good, and the rest of the band was really boring. Even Twiggy was playing guitar and he just starred blankly at the crowd.
He played most of the old singles, and 3 songs from his new album which I don't really care to hear ever again. A song called "WOW" where he says "woooooooow" a lot and it just reminds me of World of Warcraft, which I'm sure is popular with his fans these days.
I don't know, I don't have much else to "review" about this show. I'm glad I got to see him before he retired, which hopefully will be doing so now or ASAP. I would see him again, but I doubt I would drive all the way to Portland to do it unless he was playing with a better co-headlining band.
I really wish I would have seen him when he was in his prime 5-10 years ago. Mechanical Animals/Anti-Christ Superstar era would have been perfect, but oh well.
R.I.P. MANSON
