Evanescence, Seether, Breaking Benjamin
wow...
went and saw Evanescence last night @ the Ntelos Harbor Center in Portsmouth...sweet show...they did almost everything from Fallen, some junk i've never heard (which i assume was older material from Origins because a lot of people were singing along, so i doubt that it was new stuff) plus a cover of Korn's "Thoughtless" from the latter's Untouchables disc...hearing A.Lee belt out something so racous was a slight assault to the senses, but not so much that it wasn't awesome in its' own way...plus her piano arrangement was a fresh, unique take on the tune...
Seether got to precede Big-E, and naturally towards the end of the set, they played "Broken"...A.Lee snuck out to give up her half of the duet and just about stole the show from her boyfriend's band on that one song...Seet appeared to be a little uncertain about themselves at first, but they loosened up the longer they were on stage (which was only about 45 mins)...their last offering was their own version of Nirvana's "You Know You're Right", which i found to be quite touching, seeing as how S.Morgan (Seet's frontman) really reveres K.Cobain as his #1 musical influence...
the first act was Breaking Benjamin, and while they only had a half-hour on stage and it was still light out when they performed, they nonetheless seemed to be the most comfortable and confident in front of the crowd...maybe it's due to that fact that they actually have TWO records out instead of Big-E's and Seet's 1 apiece...i really do think that theirs was by far the best set of the show...they mixed up the old and new material and had fun with the audience...even to the point of starting to play a Seet song...B.Burnley (BB's frontman does a great impersonation of S.Morgan and when they stopped after about two or three bars, he paused for a moment and grinned, "Shaun is gonna kill me backstage!"...
all in all, a show worth the $30...
went and saw Evanescence last night @ the Ntelos Harbor Center in Portsmouth...sweet show...they did almost everything from Fallen, some junk i've never heard (which i assume was older material from Origins because a lot of people were singing along, so i doubt that it was new stuff) plus a cover of Korn's "Thoughtless" from the latter's Untouchables disc...hearing A.Lee belt out something so racous was a slight assault to the senses, but not so much that it wasn't awesome in its' own way...plus her piano arrangement was a fresh, unique take on the tune...
Seether got to precede Big-E, and naturally towards the end of the set, they played "Broken"...A.Lee snuck out to give up her half of the duet and just about stole the show from her boyfriend's band on that one song...Seet appeared to be a little uncertain about themselves at first, but they loosened up the longer they were on stage (which was only about 45 mins)...their last offering was their own version of Nirvana's "You Know You're Right", which i found to be quite touching, seeing as how S.Morgan (Seet's frontman) really reveres K.Cobain as his #1 musical influence...
the first act was Breaking Benjamin, and while they only had a half-hour on stage and it was still light out when they performed, they nonetheless seemed to be the most comfortable and confident in front of the crowd...maybe it's due to that fact that they actually have TWO records out instead of Big-E's and Seet's 1 apiece...i really do think that theirs was by far the best set of the show...they mixed up the old and new material and had fun with the audience...even to the point of starting to play a Seet song...B.Burnley (BB's frontman does a great impersonation of S.Morgan and when they stopped after about two or three bars, he paused for a moment and grinned, "Shaun is gonna kill me backstage!"...
all in all, a show worth the $30...
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