splent
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Post by splent on Jun 26, 2008 15:09:41 GMT -5
So I went and saw LTE last night, and it was absolutely amazing. The mix wasn't great (or so I thought, it turned out to be Jordan's keyboard, and that story we will get to in about 30 seconds) but otherwise was an amazing show. If you don't know who these guys are, they are John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, and Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater and Tony Levin of King Crimson. They play instrumental progressive rock/metal. They had not played together for about 10 years and they still sound great. Anyways, they play through their first few songs, about an hour's worth or so, and then... Jordan's keyboard got all fucked up. He started grabbing his ear monitors... motioned for his tech guy... talked to Mike. Mike made the annoucement that this is a jam band, Jordan's keyboard's fucked up, and they are just gonna jam until Jordan says it's ok. They jam for about a half hour, probably even more than that... and then Jordan comes out and says 10 minutes... we come to find out he's on the phone with Roland Japan trying to figure out why his keybaord is playing a half step too high every 4 notes or so... Then he steps out and swipes John's guitar, and then John's swipes Tony's bass and Tony starts playing chapman stick!!! Fucking amazing. All of this improvised. PLEASE tell me someone recorded the show. And THEN! After THAT, Mike grabs Tony's bass, Jordan starts going back to futz with the keyboard. Who is playing drums? CHARLIE BENANTE of ANTHRAX... This show was a once in a lifetime show I will never forget. www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2029387&l=68451&id=48700477You don't need facebook to view the pictures.
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