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I'll only accept reviews from recent shows! Deftones @ THe Metro (Chicago, IL)
May 11th, 2003
© www.deftonesworld.com
This was on of the hardest shows I have ever had to
get tickets to. First, the page for deftones presale
on ticketmaster wouldn't work right on friday, so
finally when it did tickets were sold out, so i had to
get up at 3:45 on saturday morning and go stand in
line at the metro, after about 5 hours of waiting and
a lot of people who probably didnt get tickets, i
finally had them. The show was suppose to start at 7,
but didnt start til around 8. I never thought I would
hate AC/DC so much in my life, but they played the cd
over almost twice before the deftones finally came on
and they tore that shit up. They played stuff from
every cd, most reviews showed a lot of adrenaline
setlist for the previous shows, this one had a lot of
around the fur. Anyways, the deftones are by far the
best live band I have ever seen even after 4 times.
Heres the setlist from what i can remember in a little
messed up order.
My Own Summer
Lhabia
Hexagram
Feiticeira
Mascara
Around the Fur
Lotion
Birthmark
Change
The Boys Republic
Battle Axe
Good Morning Beautiful- maybe Deathblow also
Headup
Minerva
Root
One Weak
Be Quiet and Drive
7 Words
Another amazing show by one of the best bands around
today. I will be seeing them in Vegas in one week
also.
-Alonso
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The group is returning from a long break that followed the intensive
touring in support of 2000's "White Pony." Stories of burn-out and
intra-band squabbling were well known to its dedicated fan base. But
if not exactly tanned and well-rested, the grungy, hulking musicians who
took the stage at Metro were ready to rock, and they did so with a
vengeance.
The adrenalized fans were just as eager to embrace them--especially
after many of them started lining up at 5 p.m., then proceeded to wait
in the packed venue for more than an hour after the advertised starting
time of 7 p.m. But from the first song through the end of the generous
two-hour performance, the floor at Metro was an enthusiastic, churning
mass of sweaty, flailing limbs.
"They call you 'Chi,' short for Chicago," Moreno said as he leaned into
the outstretched arms of the faithful while standing atop the crowd
barricade. "But you isn't shy at all!"
Still finding their legs after the extended absence from the road, the
Deftones opened strong with "My Own Summer (Shove It)," the breakthrough
hit from 1997's "Around the Fur," and they continued to favor earlier,
more straightforward material through much of the set.
But as the show stretched on and Carpenter, the amazingly dexterous but
powerful drummer Abe Cunningham and hard-grooving bassist Chi Cheng grew
more comfortable, they began to incorporate the more intricate and layered
songs from "White Pony," as well as crunching but wonderfully melodic new
songs such as "Hexagram," "Good Morning Beautiful" and "Bloody Cape,"
which make the rampaging passages all the more effective by contrasting
them with dreamy interludes (some of them colored by inventive analog
synthesizers) and bona fide tuneful singing (as opposed to the "Cookie
Monster growl" so familiar in the genre).
Best of all was the new single "Minerva," which found Moreno hurling himself
about the stage (as he did throughout the evening) while digging deep into
his soul to belt out the key line, "God bless you all for the song you
saved us!"
The Deftones may be as angst-ridden and tormented as their peers, but they
believe in the power of music to save their listeners and help him them
transcend whatever dire circumstances befall them. Their guerrilla set was
strong enough to make the most skeptical critic believe as well.
suntimes.com
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