Soulfly-Velvet Revolver-Black Sabbath (Prague ...)

[Barrow-wight aka MELLON]

Prague, T-Mobile Arena 29/06/2005

The yestarnight concert was OK ... I mean, the t-mobile arena was really packed / entirely sold-out, mostly obviously with BS hard die fans .... but there were by far more Soulfly people than last time when they played Prague as support for Judas Priest, and in general Soulfly this time got much warmer welcome / feedback than last time ... so: so far so good.

It was actually nice to see their red tour-buses (the same they used for Germany) in front of the T-Mobile arena ... it really felt like being at home again, LOL.

I got my ticket to the restricted area under the stage, which was actually nice for you could see better (but not during the VR and BS gigs for the "trees of hands" as it were) and most importantly - you could move relatively free for drinks, toilets and stuff ... this comfort I did appreciate especially during Velvet Revolver (you can tell, I do love stars ;D ) ... I didnt take my camera for I expected thorough search : wrong, similarly to Hammersmith couple of weeks ago, no one gave a fuck about what you were bringing in ... quite untypical for t-mobile arena ... but then, objectively I wouldnt be able to get better pics than from Trinec - due to lame light, plus at least my hands were free.

You know, Czech audience is actually funny : alhtough Soulfly got warmer welcome, in my large "neighbourhood" we were some 5 people altogether dancing / jumping whatever (forget the word mosh pit over here !!!!! ... even headbanging is kinda inappropriate word ... waving yes, but is about it LMAO ) ... the rest just stood there with facial expression you would most likely wear while queuing at an tax office when the annual taxes are due. ;D Quite pathetic !!!!!

The setlist was very much similar to Trinec (no new stuff) plus shorter - so for instance no drum jam.

It was more or less this (if I come across detailed setlist I will correct it) :


Prophecy
Downstroy
Seek'n'Strike
Spit
Bleed / Tree Of Pain (with Ritchie)
Roots Bloody Roots
Defeat U ?
Umbabarauma
Execution Style
Sum Of Your Achievements
Back To The Primitive
Head Up / Innerself
Eye For An Eye

The sound was actually very good : Black Sabbath brought those huge PA walls and these were used by support bands too .... so in this regard, Soulfly got much better treatment than when with Judas Priest.

Btw. I heard lot of Polish around ...

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Velvet Revolver ... well, I would rather skip this part. It was my first time I saw / heard them ... and I will be quite happy if it remains so.

It is true that there was lots of "We are the best motherfucking rock n roll band in the world" .... "best motherfuckers" ... and shit like that. Yet the thing is that these were just one-sided statements ... and since there were no mothers present to provide us with their view on the matter ... I just buggered off for a peaceful piss and coffee.

Dont ask me about the setlist ... I have no clue and as a matter of fact, I cannot care less ! ;D

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BLACK SABBATH: now this is a sad part ... I mean they were good and loud, but I somewhat got bored. I would really appreciate seeing them when I was actually really following them ... some 25 - 29 years ago. But now I didnt see a point. But it was my first time seeing them live so what ... I left well before the whole thing was over because I didnt really enjoy it, it was hot in there, and it apperaded to me a good idea to go home before midnight and pack for With Full Force festival in Leipzig for which I am leaving tonight.

The setlist seem pretty much the same they play everywhere on the tour :

NIB
After Forever
War Pigs
Dirty Women
Fairies Wear Boots
Symptom of the Universe / Sweet Leaf / Electric Funeral
Iron Man
Into the Void
Black Sabbath
The Wizard
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Paranoid
Children of the Grave


Btw. if anyone is interested, the tour reviews plus setlists and potentially also photos are available on their site : www.black-sabbath.com/revise.html

Sop far this only shot was displayed at Radio Beat site www.radiobeat.cz



If they add more, I will add them here too.

[Andrius]

Jana, your comments are interesting and I'd have to say, somewhat shared by me.

Velvet Revolver is only somewhat interesting.....decent as "that kind" of a band (Hollywood punky snotty blues)....but I could do without the overbearing self-loving they exhibit. Scott Weiland looks about 2 weeks away from a horrible drug-induced death, and anyone who saw the VH1 special on them witnessed that he is quite unstable and non-sensical, even when sober. Although some of the best rock frontmen are usually eccentric and unhinged, he just leaves me feeling sorry for him rather than admiring him.

Black Sabbath is just so very dull these days. It is definitely an Osbourne money-making machine rather than a viable entity still generating interesting and scary new music, as evidenced by the fact that they have essentially played the same 15-20 songs on every tour since they reunited with the drunken stammering fat slob. I was always much more intrigued by non-Ozzy versions of Sabbath; better singers, better writing, more adventurous music......to say nothing of being spared the horror that is Sharon Osbourne and her awful children.

[Pina]

Hear, hear, Andrius!

I think Scott Weiland and Whitney Houston should hook up! Well, maybe not... Bobby Brown would give him a whoopin'! ;D

And I agree about Kelly and Jack. Their spoiled, snotty behaviour nauseates me. And they're always in and out of rehab. Classic case of having too much too soon and not appreciating it.

But I digress... back to the topic at hand. Ozzy should definitely give it up. Time to go, Ozzy. I'm sure lots of Ozzy fans will vehemently disagree with me... but in my opinion, it's no longer about the music, it's about the money-making machine.

I never really got into Velvet Revolver. Just doesn't appeal to me for some reason. You'd think that Slash and the other former GNR members would pick more stable singers, after the fiasco with psycho Axel. Now that's sad.

I'm not saying all old rockers should hang it up. For example, Dio is still touring and still kicking ass. And so are the Stones. And David Coverdale is in better shape physically and vocally than he's ever been!

[moby]

Velvet Revolver - are a 'paint by numbers' metal band - awful - all mouth and no trousers - come across like a third rate GnR covers band!!