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Deftones @ "Lupo's"
Providence, RI - U.S.A.
22 Nov 2003
www.deftonesworld.com
Where do I begin? Seeing the deftones live is just an amazing experience.
Screaming along to every word of every song, jumping, pushing, I was drenched in
sweat when I walked out of there, my ears were ringing, I felt like I had just run
a marathon. And I fucking loved it. First off, Lupos is tiny. It was like seeing
them on the Guerilla Club Tour, about the same size as the Avalon in Boston that they
played at in May. The show started late, the doors didn't even open until 8:00, and Denali
didn't start playing until almost 9:00. They pretty much sucked, the chick singer just
sang the same way on every song. Crowd didn't really like them. Then Poison The Well
came on, they were OK, the singer just yells the whole time and the band just jumps around,
seems like they're trying too hard to be hard core. When they were done, I headed toward
the front for the deftones, and I almost made it to the barricade in front of Chi. Then
the lights went out and it was on! They opened with Minerva (again) and went into Hexagram,
instead of Bloody Cape. The crowd was fucking crazy, I'm pretty big, and I even almost fell
down a few times. They were in a pretty joking mood, and had a lot of energy for playing a
fourth night in a row. Some highlights: A chick right in the front showing her tits,
Chino, being the gentleman that he is, covered his eyes, it was funny. Then Chi passed one
of his vodka drinks in the crowd to give to her, then made an announcement that he sees
chicks flash every night, and a dude should get on somebodys shoulders and flash his dick,
that the girls would like it. Luckily, this didn't happen, but a guy did get up on someones
shoulders and "flashed" his chest, and he also got a vodka/Gatorade drink. Another part of
the show, Chino crawled out on the PA speakers and just laid on them, announcing that the
vibrations "felt good on his genitals, especially when theres bass." So Chi started plucking
his strings, then told Chino to show the crowd how he fucked by humping the speakers, which
he didn't do. Then Chino stood up on the speakers like he was gonna jump into the crowd and
was like "this ain't 1994, we're not Pearl Jam", and ended up hopping down onto the stage.
After this, Chi told Chino that the chick who flashed wanted to hear 7 Words, but Chino was
like "man, that song is loud" but they ended up playing it, Chino got talked into it, it was
sick. The set list really had no surprises, except for The Boys Republic, which was cool to
hear. Otherwise, the same songs they've been playing on the tour. At the end when they were
exiting the stage, Abe tripped and accidentally fell into his drumset, knocking it all over.
That was funny, I think he felt stupid and just laid there for a while. Thats about it,
another incredible show, but I wished they would have played some different songs, like pins
and needles, WGTB, Lotion, and Engine #9. Sorry if this is long, but I know I like to hear
details of shows I wasn't at, so I assume you guys do too. I took a whole role of film and
I'll have the pics on here soon.. Heres the setlist in rough order, Peace.
Minerva
Hexagram
BGAD
Fietacera
Korea
My Own Summer
Bored
7 Words (fucking awesome)
Digital Bath
Mascara
Around The Fur
Boys Republic (very cool)
Battle Axe
Bloody Cape
Head Up
encore -
Change
pdfuller@metrocast.net
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hey guys
This shows took place at a club in providence, RI called Lupos, which started at 8p.m..
It was an interesting settings, having the club be extremely wide instead of long. The balcongies
were also open to the general public as well. Denali was nothing different than what I expected;
A chick singer in an very moody band, vocals somewhat reminscent of chino's moody side and team
sleep. They had no energy, but you can't ask much for the 1st band. Poison the well pretty good,
crowd seemed to enjoy them and get into their music. Deftones took the stage at like 10:40 p.m.
Opened up with minerva, and played it a little slower than on the record. They then cut right
into hexagram. Later on, Chino had a girl flash him, and she told Chi that she wanted to hear
7 words, so they played that in the middle of the set. Chino also laid down on top of the speaker
cabinet on the left side of the stage for the entirety of feitciera. The crowd then begged him
to jump, but I don't think we could've handled his fat ass. He then grabed his guitar and got
right into the Boys Republic. I started screaming the second I heard those few intro notes on
his guitar, but the rest of the crowd seemed like they didn't know what song it was. I'm from
Long Island and go to NYC deftones shows, and I have to say that the Providence crowd let me
down. Maybe they got a little tired, but no one even reacted that much to Korea, Bloody Cape,
or even Head Up. The set list was also very predicatble, which got me down. I was hoping to
be surprised, but nothing new. Boys republic wasn't much of a surprise, seeing how they played
it at a handful of other shows on this recent tour. They also neglected much of the adrenaline
album which was a bummer. Change as a closer is also not a very good idea. Here's the setlist
in the order I can best remember.
-Minerva
-Hexagram
-Be Quiet and Drive
-My own Summer
-digital bath
-mascara
-around the fur
-bored
-7 words
-feiticera
-the boys republic
-korea
-bloody cape
-headup
encore
-change
That was my fifth time seeing them. I was the dude wearing a white 311 shirt to the left
of the stage. I helped this same girl crowd surf a bunch of times during the show.
It ended around 12:10 a.m. The deftones need to lay off the "white pony" and start working out.
ThaVWplaYa@aol.com
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"These are not the droids you're looking for."
Hot damn, what a night. Another incredible show from the Deftones. I got
there around 8:30, a half hour after the doors open. Boy, that was a
mistake, I was all the way in the back. I have never seen Lupo's that
crowded before. Anyway, Denali came on around 9:00, and I must say, they put
on a great set. A lot of people thought they did not work with the show, but
I thought they were excellent openers. They had about a five song set, and
got off at 9:30. They were much better live then the few mp3s I have. I love
the singer's voice. A truly beautiful band. Then Poison the Well came on at
about 9:45. Pretty much the same set list as the Palladium show, but a good
performance. I believe their set list was:
Zombies are Good for Your Health
Parks and What You Meant to Me
The Realist
Botchla
My Mirror No Longer Reflects
For a Bandaged Iris
Apathy is a Cold Body
Ghostchant
The new songs do not sound half as boring live as they do on the new album.
Oh well, they sounded very good and finished up at 9:15. Ah, and then the
anticipation for the Deftones. They came on at about 9:50. It probably would
of been earlier if Stephen did not have so many guitars to tune, haha. I
thought they were not going to be that good considering this was their
fourth show in a row and also I heard they had almost the same set list as
last time at the previous shows. But nope, they switched it around an played
some things they did not. The beginning was like single mayhem. Almost every
single they released was played right at the beginning. They played:
Minerva
Hexagram
Be Quiet and Drive (far away) (with extended ending)
My Own Summer (shove it)
Digital Bath
Korea
Bored (w/ Clint Eastwood)
Feiticeira
Chino asked if anyone could do a Prince impersonation and one kid sang When
Doves Cry. Then Chino sang the rest, it was quite awesome
Mascara
Around the Fur
Bloody Cape
The Boy's Republic
7 Words
Battle-Axe
Headup (with Jeff from Poison the Well)
Encore:
Change
Most of that is not in order, because I completely forget what the order
was, but that is every song they played. Anyways, an incredible show. It
really blew me away, it was better than the Palladium show, and I did not
think that was possible. My only disappointments were the fact that I never
got to hear MX or Fireal and those are two of my favorite songs. I made
quiet a sigh considering I had seen them both on numerous other sets. But oh
well, The Boy's Republic helped bring some points back. The set list was
pretty predictable, but it made me happy it was at least changed around from
the Palladium show. And of course, even though I knew they would never play
these, I still felt a litle let down they did not play Teenager nor
Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event. I have only heard Teenager once and I
do not believe they have ever played Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event.
Oh well, that is just me being picky. Hopefully they will come around again
after the next tour, with a break of course. I do not want them to kill
themselves. Yeah, but I could not get my hoody, I was very sad. All they had
was XL and those are way too big on me. I got a free Poison the Well DVD,
though. I will watch that later on. Hopefully it is somewhat good. Chino
seemed very happy after he layed down on the one of the big amps and Chi
played bass. Man, it was funny. "Hey, I just realized, that if you just, uh,
just lay down with your genitals on an amp, and the bass plays..well, it
feels pretty good." Chi played the bass a bit and Chino made some orgasmic
sounds. Awesome. I stuck around after the show and talked to Chris of Poison
the Well. I was going to talk to Jeff and their bassist but they were
talking to other people and this guy told me I had to leave, so I just gave
a wave and left. Too bad. Moral of the story is, the Deftones still reign as
one my all time favorite bands, they put on an insane live show and everyone
should go see them and rock out.
And I want to give a "thank you" to Nuno for all of this, you are the man,
thank you so much.
vowsinashes@hotmail.com
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i went to the lupos show on friday. the deftones were amazing. it was my first
show and i was really excited that it would be for the best band in the world and not some
crappy free punk rock band (am only 15). the openers of the show were denali and poison
the well. i didnt even arrive in time to see denali, but i didnt mind, i wanted to see the
other bands. right when i got inside, poison the well came on. they were good, which is
what i expected. they did about 7 or 8 songs and the crowd seemed it like them. after they
finished up, theytold us it was their last night on the tour and left the stage. there was
about a 20 minute/half hour break before the deftones. over that time i met a few strange
but fun people. one was the girl that flashed the band (you have probably heard from the
other reviews). she was surprised to see someone as young as me at a deftones show i guess.
finally, the lights dimmed and chino started to play the opening riff to minerva, the
crowd went wild. when the music started, it was incredibly loud, much louder than poison the
well had been. i slowly moved towards the front. after minerva , they jumped straight into
hexagram, chino went into the crowd, but not near me. i was next to the subwoofer, and thats
why my ears are still ringing 2 days later. after hexagram, my own summer came on, the crowd
was electric. following was BQAD and digital bath. eventualy, they did korea, bored, and
mascara. the crowd was quiet after that song until around the fur. i was suprised at how
many songs the band did. they continued with boys republic and feiticera. i was not
surpirsed that no one recognized the boys republic. me and only a few others were singing
along as far as i could tell. next, chi said that the girl i had met earlier flashed them
shouting "7 WORDS!!" so they did that song, which i was thinking may be their last, but they
went into battleaxe and bloody cape, then they said they had one last song to play, HEADUP.
they went into it and the crowd went wild. at the end, chino was looking at the crowd, as
tho about to pick someone to sing the rest of the song when none other than Jeff from poison
the well came up and sang max cavalera's part, and did a damn good job of it. after this song,
the deftones started to leave the stage, when there was an encore. they came back up,
practically dragging chino, and finished off the night with a peaceful CHANGE. the song
went very well. after this i ran over towards the back under the balcony and got to shake
abe's hand, it was pretty cool. all in all, it was the best i could have imagined. sorry
if this was long, but i like to get a thurough review from othere so i gave you one.
heres the songlist (16):
minerva
hexagram
my own summer
BQAD
digital bath
korea
bored
mascara
around the fur
boys republic
feiticeira
7 words
battle-axe
bloody cape
headup
encore-change
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