3Teeth, Primus and Tool

Went to see 3Teeth, Primus, and Tool on Monday night at the Infinite Energy Arena (used to be Gwinnett arena) in Duluth. Since I've started to go live shows again, this is the first show I've gone to at an arena. The rest have been in smaller venues like The Tabernacle or Variety Playhouse. I've been kind avoiding the big venues but I forgot how much fun they can be. The "show" that goes with the music can be quite the experience.
All 3 bands were quite different from each other. I'm not familiar with 3Teeth but they were a 4 piece industrial band from CA. Rammstein is the only band I listen to that would be kind of similar. I really enjoyed the pounding, industrial sound and energy of the singer and keyboard player. I don't know how much I could listen to it at home but it came across live very well. Dark and loud!
I remember Primus from my UNH days when I used to listen to the Sailing the Seas of Cheese CD. Their music defies categorization but it was a great live show and they played a lot of the old songs I know.  Les Claypool is crazy on the bass and I really enjoyed seeing it. He played some sort of electric upright bass with a bow for one of the songs which was really cool. They had 2 video screens on each side of the stage that showed video while they played.
Tool had a huge screen behind them showing creepy and artistic video throughout the show. At some point a couple sheets dropped down from the ceiling on each side of the stage which also served as a backdrop for the video which created an even grander effect. They sounded great live and the packed house was loving it. The lead singer (Maynard) was wearing some sort of dark suit and helmet. I can't really describe it because he stayed in the background the whole show (behind the drummer) and the lights never shined directly on him. He was just like a dark silhouette in front of the video screens. It was a pretty cool effect. They also had a great light and laser show to go along with the video and incredible playing. I thought they might play some new songs of the new album that is supposed to be coming soon but I don't think they did. I am really looking forward to getting that CD though!

Emily Birthday

Well I'm a little late adding this to the blog but wanted to add this shot of Emily and I on her 14th birthday! Where has the time gone? We stopped at Starbuck's before continuing on to so some cloths shopping as a family. We had a lovely day out!