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I'll only accept reviews from recent shows! DEFTONES @ Webster Hall - NY (May 5th 2003)
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First of all...What an amazing show.
I've seen the deftones about 13 times prior
to this and this is by far the best Deftones show
I have ever seen.
Let's start with the setlist. I have attached the
actual setlist that was beneath taped down on stage
and although it wasn't followed exactly, it was very close.
1. My Own Summer
2. Hexagram
3. Feiteciera
4. Around the Fur
5. Lotion
6. Minus Blindfold
7. Battle Axe
8. (2 Fast Clicks) Good Morning Beautiful
9. Bored
10. Teething
11. Minerva
12. Bloody Cape
13. Headup
14. Root
15. Nosebleed
16. Engine No. 9
17. Change
18. Be Quiet and Drive
19. 7 Words
Ok here are the changes and a general review song by song.
Prior to the deftones coming on there were a lot of technical difficulties
and the deftones finally took the stage at approximately 9:35.
1. My Own Summer
- They came right out and immediately started with this song.
Chino came right into the front of the crowd early. Lots of
energy here.
2. Hexagram
3. Feiteciera
4. Around the Fur
5. Lotion
6. Minus Blindfold
- Right before they went into this song, Chino asks, "How many
of you guys want to hear something old off of Adrenaline?"
The crowd went nuts and then Stef went into the song. It
seemed to me most everyone knew it and the crowd went nuts.
7. Battle Axe
8. Good Morning Beautiful
9. Bored
10. Teething
- During this song Chino sang the second half of it on top of
a speaker cabinet all the way to the left hand side of the stage.
It didn't seem very sturdy but he didn't seem to care. 11. Minerva
- Chino smashes one of his Gibson guitars right at the end
of this song, and I mean smash. He obliterated it. I think
he was pissed due to all the technical problems they were having
with his microphones
12. Bloody Cape
- Here is where Chino flipped the fuck out. As the rest of the band
started this song, Chino went back to the drum kit where all his
working microphones were and none of them worked. He started throwing
them and smashing them and apparently screaming at people behind the stage.
Since the song was about to start vocally he grabbed Chi's micstand and
ripped the mic from the stand and sang with it. The only problem was
the cord was SUPER small and he couldn't move. He was pulling on the
mic cord so hard and the one of the soundboard guys started flipping out.
It was funny to see the chaos and hear a cool brand new song. 13. Headup
- Chino brought someone up on stage at the beginning of this song and this
person screamed into Chi's microphone at the opening of the song and did
a monster stage dive back into the crowd.
14. Root
15. Nosebleed
16. Pink Maggit
- The actual song wasn't completely played but while the rest of the band
was taking a break backstage, Stef was playing the notes to this song very
softly.
17. Change
- As always Chino played guitar here. It seemed as during his song his guitar
had a few technical problems that got fixed pretty quickly.
18. The Boy's Republic
- Ok this song freaked the fuck out of me and it seemed as if most people didn't
recognize this song. I knew exactly what it was right from the start and I was
in shock. Chino started to play the guitar opening and I went nuts. Apparently
they never play this song live and it showed. The rythm was just a tad off but none the
less it was an absolutely awesome performance of this song. When they were done
Chino said, "haha, I wasn't sure if the rest of the band still knew how to play
that one, guess so" I was so happy to hear that song, since I think it was probably
the best song off of White Pony.
19. Be Quiet and Drive
- This song was awesome because i think other than Engine No. 9, the crowd had
the most energy for this song, since it's really a true fan favorite. The cool
thing about this song was the fact that they played the whole song and did not
cut it short. This song ran about 6-7 minutes in length and it was fucking tight.
20. Engine No. 9
- They ended the show with this as it was already 11:30 and they had been on
stage for nearly 2 hrs. Chino kept saying, "Really guys, we have to go. Bye
Bye. We're really leaving guys." The crowd did not want them to exit. They
also played this song without stage monitors. Apparently they got turned off
since the band had exited after Be Quiet and Drive so when they came out like
5 mins later they had to setup some stuff again. Chino announced Engine No. 9
and Stef was yelling to him they had no monitors and Chino says, "Fuck, we have
no monitors. We don't need any fucking monitors. Monitors are for losers, and
we're winners!!" It was awesome and they played the song perfectly in rythm.
The crowd went absolutely fuckin nuts and they exited. End of show.
Well there you have it. One hell of a fucking performance by the deftones.
The set length was basically 2 hrs.
They did take a bunch of breaks in between some songs on the latter part of the setlist.
Actually all but Stef, he always stayed out on stage the whole time and he smoked like
a full pack of smokes. Overall, great show and if you were in New York City and
you missed that show then it fucking sucked to be you.
Erik
(in #deftones - Iqueue)
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I thought I was going to have a lot more fun at this show
than I actually did. It was way too crowded...no where to move.
(order is definitely messed up in the middle)
My Own Summer
Hexagram
Feiticeira
ATF
Lotion
Minus Blindfold
You Hate Fun
Good Morning Beautiful
Bored
Teething ("life's a bitch rap in the break down...")
Minerva
Bloody Cape
Root
Headup
Nosebleed
Break with Stef playing guitar
Change
The Boy's Republic (HOLY SHIT!)
BQAD
Engine No. 9
AND NO ONE EVEN REACTED TO Boy's Republic. They've never played that!
I was going nuts when they played that.
A few more things...they did an extra 4 measures of the break down in Bored,
which was cool. Chino sang Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz too.
The new shit was really good. You Hate Fun was cool (or whatever it's actually
called, I really liked it live.) Those clips (and I'm sure the studio recordings
don't do them justice) He changed the melody up a bit in Minerva. And the other
new song, Bloody Cape, was good too, except for the fact that his microphone
broke and he had to use Chi's mic. The cord wouldn't stretch and he was holding
all his weight up on the cord..I thought Chino was gonna fall into the crowd and
get messed up.
The scene outside before the show was utter chaos...the staff were complete dicks.
I got my tickets from the Krock guy and waited to get in and we saw Chino coming
out of Webster Hall into the bus. He's shorter than I thought.
And during BQAD, Abe went apeshit on the drums..it was an entirely different drum
line at the end.
This was my 22nd time seeing them, and it was good overall, I was really impressed
with the new material, except hexagram, I dont like that song AT ALL.
This was also the first time I've seen them that they didn't play 7 Words.
Stef didn't leave the stage when the house lights came on and stayed until the rest
of the band came on and they did Engine no 9.
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this being my 1st deftones concert & all kicked ass. there were some cool things
that he did he started singing "water, im walking on water", he did the Gorillaz
"Clint Eastwood" at the end of "Bored." Also, some chick said it was her b-day so
he sang 50 Cents "In the club" for a good minute or so.....The show all in all
kicked ass he broke his guitar cause it wasnt tuned & shi+ like that & after the
show i got 2 meet him & abe. It was awesome. You already have the song list so
no need 4 me 2 write it & i took pics & ill send them 2 u when they get developed.
billy
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by mtv.com
NEW YORK - Deftones just might be the most brutal band in rock.
Sure, other bands are harder, louder and faster, but the way the Sacramento quintet
lulls listeners into soothing complacency (the setup) just before bashing their
skulls with terrifying force is so downright thuggish, it's almost unfair.
On Monday at Webster Hall, the second in a string of short-notice shows before the
release of their fourth, eponymous LP, singer Chino Moreno led Deftones through a
furious and extensive ass kicking of all in attendance. Opening the set with
"My Own Summer (Shove It)," their breakthrough hit single from 1997's Around the Fur,
got fans expectantly amped for the band's first area show in more than two and a
half years.
And the band responded to the crowd's energy in kind. Moreno, in his red workman's
shirt and khakis, shifted between endearing himself to his loyalists and unleashing
furious blasts to repel the rest of mankind. Chi Cheng, meanwhile, proved equally
intimidating - even to his bandmates - by swinging his bass wildly around his neck,
threatening to clip anyone within its long neck's reach.
New songs like "Hexagram," "Battle-Ax," and "Good Morning Beautiful" caused momentary
lulls in the action as the crowd tempered its frenzy to a level where it could actually
pay attention to the new material - a show of respect Moreno acknowledged from the stage.
What they heard when passions curbed was Abe Cunningham hitting his drums with a
force reserved for driving nails and busting up concrete. The fan that blew his
long hair behind him might have been taken as cheese were it not for the fact that
it showed him in perpetual motion. Even when he wasn't playing, it looked like he
was just coasting, preparing to rev up the engine again for another measure.
It was cuts from Adrenaline (1995), Around the Fur and White Pony (2000),
however, that drew the most impassioned responses, degrees of which could be
measured by how much Webster Hall's balconies buckled with the weight of the
bouncing masses. Both in the favorites and the new stuff, the band's attack
remains somewhat standard: verses jab with a restrained muscle to set up the
haymaker chorus. And no one in rock does "bloodcurdling scream" better than
Moreno, perhaps because his wail approximates the sound of actual vocal cords tearing.
By the 11th song of the nearly two-hour set, the band looked rightfully exhausted.
Months removed from a rigorous performance regimen, Deftones have been relegated
to 10- or 12-round fighters, unable to go the distance. When Moreno took to his knees,
it wasn't so much a demonstration of his crippling emotional state as it was an
opportunity to catch his breath. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter's headbanging also
slowed with time, from manic thrash to involuntary bop.
But after 14 years together, guts and instinct play as big of a role as preparation does.
A failed microphone was enough to provide Moreno with a much-needed second wind.
Frustrated, he threw his mic to the floor and seized Cheng's. Incensed at the
technical glitch, he slammed the mic stand over his head to the stage.
From there, it was on. It was as if Moreno had something to prove to the sound man,
the audience and himself. His atonal croons were more dizzying and his screams more
terrifying, both of which inspired his bandmates to snap out of it.
Fatigue may pose a problem on their current tour, though the Deftones should be better
conditioned for the Summer Sanitarium stadium trek, beginning July 4 with Metallica,
Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, especially considering the much shorter set time .
Should they still stumble in the later rounds, as long as Moreno and his bandmates
can find a catalyst for their reserve power, they'll never be down for the count.
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