So
it's 'All Hallows' eve again and it's going to
be a quiet one tonight, not too many tickets sold,
and a name change to the headliners probably,(Kyuss
lives to Vista Chino), hasn't helped with ticket
sales much.
First up tonight, an hour after the doors open
I might add, are Monster Truck, they are a 4 piece
rock band from Canada. They are a pretty decent
straight up rock band, plenty of riffs and catchy
ones at that, it's no frills but in a good way
with a touch of 70's about them and they are well
appreciated by this small crowd tonight, with
plenty of applause and the odd shout of approval.
There doesn't seem to be any bullshit out the
sound or what they are trying
to convey, as they blast through songs such as
'Old Train', 'The Lion', 'Power of The People'
, 'Boogie' and 'Space nebula'. I'm sure they would
have happily complimented Black Sabbath or Deep
Purple on tour back in the day but you can certainly
hear the influences of the bands of that era in
their sound.
They close out the set, which fly's by I might
add with 'Sworded Beast' and rather groovy 'Call
it a Spade' top songs they are to close out this
solid set, if this band keep doing what they are
doing, they'll do alright for themselves.
I'm
quite pleased to see this band again, Vista Chino
or Kyuss(lives) for me it should just be Kyuss,
as last time I saw them, they were fantastic and
they were one of the gigs of the year for me.
John Garcia looks a bit different than the last
time I spoke to him, must be his hair. Anyway,
they open with a song off the new album called
'Adara', it's non too shabby, it's defiantly them
and they haven't deviated from the formula, it's
got a nice dirty/fuzzy sound, this is followed
up swiftly by 'One Inch Man', sneaking a classic
in there right away.
The
set has plenty of new material in it, as they
alternate tracks old Kyuss stuff and stuff from
the new album, which makes up about half of their
set and it's gone down exceedingly well with the
crowd as they blast out the likes of 'Dargona
Dragona', 'Sweet Remain', 'As You Wish', then
in between these tracks you have classics 'Hurricane',
'Gardenia' and 'Asteroid'.
Then one of my favourites and probably most of
the crowds, 'Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop', it's
such a great tune. 'Dark and Lonely' is the last
song from the new album in the set which is followed
by a trio of Kyuss songs, 'The Superb Thumb',
Green Machine and main set closer, Freedom Run'.
John sound is on good form tonight, not a whole
lot of talking, the music is the focus as it should
be, the sound is spot on plenty of fuzz and it
is very bass heavy, the set ebbs and flows and
is well structured, if you're not too familiar
with the new stuff the classic stuff will keep
you entertained and I think the crowd have certainly
got their monies worth this evening.
After a quick break, they open the encore with
'Planets 1 & 2'a great song that one, then
it's swiftly followed by 'Whitewater' which feeds
into 'Odyssey'.The newer material compliments
the old stuff quite nicely to make a balanced
and superb set with the crowd loving every dirty
heavy minute of it. It has been a pleasure to
watch this band again and a fine way to spend
an autumn night. 4.5/5
Monster Truck 3.5/5
Vista Chino 4.5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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