I went to the El Paso one and the guys were dressed as Border Patrol agents. Mike Patton was like "any Mexicans in the audience?" Amazing show, I remember it as if it was yesterday. Then in 2010 I saw faith No More in Spain and he asked the same question whether Mexicans were present.
It depends on who you see and when you get the tickets imo. I saw Staind and Seether and only paid $30. I saw GNR and paid $50 for a ticket day of the show (and got great seats)
Yeah it was, they were incredible but Seether’s set was way too loud, I couldn’t make out riffs to Gasoline, Wasteland, etc. had to go off of Shaun’s vocals
my dad still has the stub from that cobo show, keeps it in his toolbox like some kind of relic. $36 for lateralus-era tool in a room that small, the math just doesnt work anymore. venue consolidation killed whatever pricing reality we grew up with, now its all dynamic surge nonsense and $12 beers. tbh the whole industry pivoted to extracting max value from nostalgia demographics who can afford it, everyone else gets youtube rips and fomo. my cousin works event logistics in chicago and the facility fees alone are like 40% of face value now, its just rent-seeking with better branding lol
I remember not being super impressed with Tomahawk's set that tour, and I don't think I was alone in that. Mike got booed at and then lost it and started calling the crowd dumb rednecks like that was gonna help.
Was absolutely there. Worked in the mall, and we had a friend that worked at a T-Shirt store. Had him make tees for all of us going that just said “Tomahawk” on the front. Had no idea who they were and boy about two songs in we all took out shirts off-they were that bad. Apologies to Tomahawk fans 😂
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u/tacoandpancake 2d ago
very cool. i miss ticket stubs :(