By: BraveDave
First of all the sound at the Philly show was pretty good. To whomever it was that said the NY show had bad sound too, be aware that the show in NY hasn't happened yet.
Now for the show. The first band was OK, but still crappy. I noticed Pete in the usual Green Shirt/hat get-up. He was standing over to the left of the stage. no one else noticed. The second band sucked balls. They where blasted with the usual ritual, and then everyone in the entire standing area, just sat down in a form of ignorance. The shitheads unfortunately just kept on playing. Finally the assholes left.
Everyone started to get psyched for Type O. I was just happy to be listening to the Black Sabbath CD from the speakers. Either way, they spent what felt like eternity setting up and bringing out those tree stand-up things.
We all just got bored waiting and waiting...... Then the lights went out! The X-mas light backdrop went on during the cool intro. Then one by one they came out. Josh was first. He finally showed his ugliness by turning to the crowd. The whole band looked like ghouls. They even had meat strips and shit on their ripped clothing. Pete showed he was the leader with that big butt-ugly costume!! Some people next to me really freaked out. I believe this was their only concert wearing anything but their "normal" clothes. Then they started playing those blissful death tunes. They played straight with no brakes. They merely stopped twice for 30 seconds to have a drink. These 2 brakes both happened during the opening to Black#1, when Pete just said "stop." During these brakes, the crowd started chanting "you suck." Before they could get into it, Pete responded both times: "I've heard that before, shut the fuck up!" Pete at one point asked the crowds permission to perform another cover, we of course said yes. He did Black Sabbath's "N. I. B. " for the first time ever. I looked around and noticed how many people didn't know the song. Of course, most where still happy to headbang. My mind is still a haze, but I know these songs where played. (not in order played)
I was pretty close to the stage the whole time, and had fun taunting the big Ghoulish Pete. My brother Sam was right behind me the whole time. Around 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through Bill appeared. It ended seemingly out of nowhere, with the usual toilet paper war. Both other bands and some on-hand people where happy to join the war. This time around though Pete really got hit a lot. I hit him in the balls!!!! He looked over and gave me an evil grin. He ended up leaving the place covered in loose toilet paper. He yanked it all off and ran back on stage. He took one of those tree-stands and held the branches, using the base as a shield!!! It didn't quite work, as there was plenty of toilet paper going around, with him as the main target. (of course, many went for the lead singer of the second band, because they really wanted to hurt the bastard.) Peter then chucked the whole tree-stand loaded with toilet paper into the crowd. He was now wide open!!! Needless to say, he soon had to run off stage. But this time he didn't return. I don't think anyone got pick's, because the stands where too covered with stuff.
Unfortunately, there was some stuff missing from the show: Pumpkins!! What the hell where they thinking??? They had pumpkins at many other shows I've been at. The backdrop lacked, being just some ornaments lit on the back. I liked the old backdrops better. They also "forgot" to hook up their "shampoo sprinkler." I also wanted to hear "Light my fire" and/or "One Vision." Of course, these are stupid things, as the show still kicked some serious ass. I loved the whole thing, well at least once Type O came out to party. I loved the show, got to meet one person from the list, and two from another land (one I had met before).
I really like Philly and I'm looking forward to visiting again. I was at the bar upstairs before the show, and noticed some guy with a shirt that said "I killed Kenny." He had a mask on, and just nodded his head when I kept yelling "you bastard." The band does stuff like this. I wonder.... Maybe I'll visit Pete soon and demand an answer. Hmm..
Bill took some pictures, which he will be scanning and sending to me, so hopefully I will have a page posted with them sometime. (assuming those pics come out properly) Then all of you could say, "Hey, I remember seeing you." Bill apparently thinks he saw me before. Humph**. (hehe).
That's basically all I can think of off the top of my head. Meanwhile, I will prepare for Thursday's concert. Mwa ha ha. Hopefully there I will meet Dave Burger and have a word. I also hope people wake up and stop bitching about not meeting the band. Go there for music, or don't go at all.
BraveDave