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[slainte]

very smart and amazing man....i do believe it is the cleveland show... weeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~`

[PearlJamminJason]

hell yea the cleveland show ill be bustin out the flannel,the ripped pants,the doc martens o wait i already do that everyday. AIC BABY!!!!

[swedeguy]

To all of you who are going to se AIC... do not miss out on the band Hurt!
They're absolutely awesome... I've listened to their debut album Vol. 1 for a month now and it's brilliant.
Just listen to songs like Rapture, Falls apart or House carpenter, can't get any better

[Tabucky]

To all of you who are going to se AIC... do not miss out on the band Hurt!
They're absolutely awesome... I've listened to their debut album Vol. 1 for a month now and it's brilliant.
Just listen to songs like Rapture, Falls apart or House carpenter, can't get any better

Awesome, I shall look into them. I heard they sounded a bit like Live's early material (up to SS). Anyone opening for AIC should automatically be very good, unless the selection is not done properly.

[swedeguy]

Awesome, I shall look into them. I heard they sounded a bit like Live's early material (up to SS). Anyone opening for AIC should automatically be very good, unless the selection is not done properly.

Yeah you do that, you won't be disappointed!
Well, they have their own sound but yes there are traces of early Live and even some Tool influences...
Anyhow they're good and I've heard they're great live
So you haven't heard any of their songs, not even Rapture?

[Tabucky]

Yeah you do that, you won't be disappointed!
Well, they have their own sound but yes there are traces of early Live and even some Tool influences...
Anyhow they're good and I've heard they're great live
So you haven't heard any of their songs, not even Rapture?

Sounds cool.

I haven't heard any of their stuff yet. Do they have a myspace? I could listen to some of their stuff on there, perhaps.

[swedeguy]

Sounds cool.

I haven't heard any of their stuff yet. Do they have a myspace? I could listen to some of their stuff on there, perhaps.

Sure they do, myspace/hurt... check it out

[Tabucky]

Just got back from the first night of AIC with Andrew, all I can say is that it was absolutely tremendous. Really legendary stuff. I can't wait to go tomorrow again. It's amazing to finally get to see one of my favorite bands ever live, the concert is just filled with a euphoric feeling, it's amazing. Anyway, tired right now, so I won't do a full review yet, especially since I'm seeing them again, but yeah, it was the shit.

[seriakiLLa]

Sounds wicked! I could almost imagine the 'euphoric feeling' you are talking about.

[slainte]

Just got back from the first night of AIC with Andrew, all I can say is that it was absolutely tremendous. Really legendary stuff. I can't wait to go tomorrow again. It's amazing to finally get to see one of my favorite bands ever live, the concert is just filled with a euphoric feeling, it's amazing. Anyway, tired right now, so I won't do a full review yet, especially since I'm seeing them again, but yeah, it was the shit.

so glad you had a kick ass time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and they are amazing and the euphoric vibe is one i will never forget...........could be the major beers consumed but i think it was the AiC vibe, music, the feeling they leave you with.........

have fun tonight, you lucky bastard!

[Tabucky]

Alright, so, three days since the second night, and I'm still getting over the awesome sensations of those two incredible concerts. First night, the crowd was fuckin' nuts, but I loved it. Absolutely everyone the first show, including me, was participating in moshing and crowdsurfing, but it was the good kind, not violent or stupid. The second night, I concentrated on the performance part exclusively, number 1, because it would be dumb not to, number 2, because people were idiots the second night and were not fun to fuck around with, and number 3, because my girlfriend was with me and I had to protect her from all the dickwads around us. I am a bit bad at explaining how concerts go, but all in all, the guys were just amazing, both nights. William DuVall is more than qualified for the slot, has a great voice, and fills those gargantuan-sized shoes perfectly -- he nails Layne's vocal parts extremely effectively, but at the same time, he doesn't try to imitate him or copy him. Only problem with both nights was that his voice wasn't loud enough on the speakers, but it was okay, because you could still hear it. I'd have to say that they performed better the second night, even though the crowd was much better the first night. Too many drunk retards being complete assholes the second night, and there were many uncalled for actions in the crowd, including crowdsurfing during the acoustic set (which is fucking stupid) and drunk guys falling all over people. There was nothing like this the first gig, except for some strange middle aged lady in pink who was obviously drunk off her ass and being as much of an imbecile as possible. Anyway, enough with the crowd. The moment Whale and Wasp started playing through the loudspeakers, I knew it was destined to be special. Then they ripped into Again, a powerful opener that set the tone for the whole concert. There isn't a whole lot to say as far as the playing goes, it's rather indescribable. Pretty much every song was a highlight. In the middle of setting up for their acoustic set, a video montage of Layne was played, in all eras of his work with AIC, including funny moments, concert clips, and just normal footage. Goddammit, they need to fucking release all those videos, they looked absolutely fantastic and I would love to own all those concerts that were filmed and the footage of studio shit. When the montage was done, the whole crowd would chant, "LAYNE! LAYNE! LAYNE!" It was very special and heartwarming.

RIP Layne.

Anyway, here's a half setlist, half song-by-song rundown of the concerts. As I said, the quality of performing the songs was better the second night, but they showed consistency in the way they did all the songs in each gig, and I mean that in a good way. The only difference in set in each show was that the song Dirt was not played the first show and only the second.

Whale and Wasp through the speakers, while lights dimmed.
Electric Set 1:
Again (couldn't think of a better way to open up)
Bleed the Freak (freaking awesome!)
Grind (for some reason I remember the lighting the most on this one, it was sweet)
It Ain't Like That (great to experience this one live --the crowd got kicking when this came on)
Junkhead (crowd sang along on every song, but on this one it was especially amazing)
Nutshell (slowed down a bit from the studio version, but it sounded incredible)
Them Bones (this was truly the shit)
Dam That River (done with power and passion)
Rain When I Die (Inevitably one of the main highlights of the sets, always a shitkicker)

**Layne Tribute** (While the stage crew was setting up for the acoustic set)

Acoustic Set:
Don't Follow (such a heartwarming and great job they did with this track)
Brother (damn was it good)
No Excuses (great great great --acoustic set allowed them to do this one)
Killer is Me (felt like MTV Unplugged --they did it even better though --one of my all-time faves)
Got Me Wrong (crowd pumping fists, enjoying the hell out of it --so did I)
Down in a Hole (I knew this classic was good acoustic, but I never realized how passionate and moving it could be done in front of my eyes --utterly amazing and powerful --couldn't think of a better song to close up the set with)

Electric Set 2:
Sludge Factory (always wanted to hear it live --if I had my way, they would've done it acoustic too!)
We Die Young (so energy-filled and fun)
Heaven Beside You (they aced it --great to hear plugged in and in your face)
Angry Chair (awesome ... all I can say)
Man in The Box (the place goes absolutely nuts as soon as the drumline to Angry Chair segues into it, just as it does on their "Live" album...what a motherfucking balls-to-the-wall rendition both nights...could've mistaken the year as 1990)

Encore:
Dirt (William nailed it and one of their most gutwrenching songs was done justice...I used to dream and dream about somehow seeing this song performed in concert...the way they did it definitely lived up to my fantasies...shame they only did it the second night! But alas, I believe I am being greedy at this point)
Rooster (holy shit -- unfuckingbelievable -- one of the most brilliant performances of a song I've ever seen in concert)
Would (such a tremendous ending to the 2 hours of euphoric bliss that I had experienced -- such a fucking awesome song that never gets old -- the climax was reached as the entire audience shouted with fists raised "IF I COULD, WOULD YOU"...never will I forget that feeling at the end.)

Sorry for the long ass review. I actually copied and pasted some of this from what I have been sending to my friends and writing for my personal use, but I just wrote up the individual song thingies just now. I am very tired at the moment, with a Math SAT2 looming on the horizon tomorrow, and I am studied out from over the weekend. I guess that accounts for my lack of illustrative language for the song reviews, but I hope I was able to give somewhat of an okay description of those amazing two nights. Peace y'all.

[seriakiLLa]

Hey thanks for the great review! And what a kick-ass setlist!

[tangled]

i saw the Atlanta show.
Truly one of the most amazing nights of my life.

i was first in line that day and a guy outside The Tabernacle said i had a long time to wait. i told him i'd waited 13 years for this, an afternoon sitting in the sun wasn't a problem.

It was seriously fucking great!

[slainte]

^^^ so glad you got to see them. i know just how much aic's music and what layne meant, means to you!

[tangled]

^^^ so glad you got to see them. i know just how much aic's music and what layne meant, means to you!

i cried like a damn child.
And got to talk to the guys after the show and all i could do was eek out slightly weepy Thank You's.