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Deftones @ "Salt Air"
Salt Lake City, UT - U.S.A.
09 Dec 2003
www.deftonesworld.com
I showed up at the Salt Air 8 hours early with my friends and we stayed there til the
show started. I went into the venue to hang up a few posters and flats i got from the
street team, i ended up giving more to the people working inside then actually hanging
them up.
Thrice was the first band to play and they put on a great show it was the 2nd time
id seen them live and it gets better each time. Their set was pretty short but it was a
good. Thursday didn't show up, i guess they decided to go out on tour with another band.
After thrice finished up, it took a few before deftones came out. and when they did
they started off nice. I dont remember the exact lineup or all all the songs they played
but i remember most of them and they went like this(not in this order particularly)
intro
Minerva
My own summer
BQAD
Lotion
Nosebleed
Hexagram
Change
Korea
Bloody Cape
Death Blow
Mascara
Around the Fur
Digital Bath
Feiticeira
Knife Party
bored
7words
About half way through the show chino stopped and said its been a while since they had
been back to SLC and that they were gonna basicaly make up for it. This was the 3rd time
ive gotten to see Deftones the best band in the world, and everytime its the greatest
experiance. I may have left a song or 2 out but im sure someone else will review the show
and put everything in order.
XGlassXJawX03@aol.com]
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By Sam Vicchrilli
The Salt Lake Tribune
Arguably, Aristotle would have been a fan of modern alternative rock.
In Poetics, he writes that "embellished speech" and "people acting" accomplish
"by means of pity and terror the catharsis of such emotions."
Tuesday at Saltair, bands Thrice and Deftones played to prove Aristotle right,
providing catharsis to an aggravated, mostly male crowd, by way of throaty vocals and
instruments distorted to the point that they sounded like machine-gun fire. In short,
if sweaty, loud punk/nu/metal/whatever/rock is what you wanted, that is what you got.
Thrice got the floors shaking and fists pumping early on with guttural rants like
"Kill Me Quickly" from its sophomore album "The Illusion of Safety." The diatribe of
angst continued with "All Eyes," driven by a sound that seemed more like a whirlwind
than a guitar chord.
Lead vocalist Dustin Kensrue toned down his screaming vocals, though not by much,
for the more temperate "Stare at the Sun" and "Cold Cash and Colder Hearts."
Besides having fun onstage (especially bassist Ed Breckenridge, who never stopped moving),
Thrice seemed genuinely grateful to play, politely thanking the crowd several times throughout.
When Deftones took the stage, audience anxiety (stemming from having waited since summer
when the band canceled) turned to energy. Judging by the lively response and unrestrained
thrashing that ensued, the crowd forgave the delay.
Lead vocalist Chino Moreno is capable of hitting harmonious notes ("Feiticiera"), but
prefers to sound like a jackal -- howling in sync with Chi Cheng's thundering bass lines
and guitarist Stephen Carpenter's chaotic chords. This was done to a great effect on the
popular "My Own Summer," from 1997's "Around the Fur."
A couple of songs from the band's latest self-titled album, "Minerva" and "Good Morning
Beautiful," stood out from the others which, as the concert waned, became repetitious and
difficult to distinguish.
Not that it fazed the fans, who continuously thrashed around in mosh-pits fierce enough
to cause even some participants to shake their sweaty heads in disbelief.
