And of course Alice Cooper. Not too many people "kill" themselves onstage, even to this day. Rammstein and the singer's bondage flame-thrower face mask is pretty messed up.
And of course Alice Cooper. Not too many people "kill" themselves onstage, even to this day. Rammstein and the singer's bondage flame-thrower face mask is pretty messed up.
When Tears For Fears toured the east coast in 2010, Roland Orzabal would occasionally join the opener (Michael Wainwright) for a song that Roland wrote for him. Roland started off by wearing a pink hat and some sunglasses. He also penciled in a thin mustache.
After a couple of performances, Roland wanted to have more of a disguise, so I got an assortment of fake mustaches & beards. He liked the 3 foot beard the best.
A majority of the audience had no clue. Only the die hard fans knew who it was. Actually, some hardcore fans didn't realize it was Roland until they read about it afterwards online.
For his birthday, I bought him a cane which he would use on stage with the disguise.
Wow I can't really think of many(that is if I were only to include my own personal experiences). When I saw Utopia(they opened for the Tubes when I saw them way back in 85) their drummer was spinning around in his chair with everything spinning around but that's not really anything Carl Palmer didn't do. I honestly can't think of much. I suppose I could mention Rush with the chicken rotissiere on stage and the clothes driers but I didn't witness that personally. I do think Rush are pretty innovative though at least compared to most bands.
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[ I don't recall the evening being promoted as SH being his own opening act. ]
The only time I witnessed something similar was when I saw The Steve Morse Band opening for the Dixie Dregs. Aside from Steve there were maybe one or two other guys who were in both bands.
Ok, not really that innovative and not really anything to do with the concert per se but the only show I ever attended that had hors dourves afterwards(in this case more like cookies and punch)was the Alan Parson's Project. I went with my uncle and he got impatient when I tried to stuff a bunch of cookies in my coat pocket.
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Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
IIRC, twice when I saw Jethro Tull, members of the opening acts (Procol Harum, Fairport Convention) were also in the Tull lineup.
The Fish pair is more to my liking. Not overly big and not flapping around everywhere.Originally Posted by Lopez
Here we go. They do look slightly tampered with, but they're not huge, so I imagine (constantly) that they're naturally pert. They ARE reclining here.
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Jefferson Airplane did it first.
Perhaps you're thinking of the Public Image Limited show in NYC in 1981(?), where they performed in a club (The Ritz?) that had a video screen across the front of the stage, which normally would be raised at the start of a performance. On this occasion, though, the band projected footage onto the screen (I believe I've read it was stuff that was actually being shot live and fed via satellite into the venue's video system), while the band performed from behind the screen. The story goes, the NYC crowd didn't appreciate this, and a brawl broke out as people started throwing stuff at the screen.
In the early 90's, Hawkwind did something similar, but they took a little bit further. To promote the Electric Tepee album, the band put three tepees onstage, and, well watch the video:
You might make a case that the Pistols did have some shows that were innovative in terms of audience antagonism... though Iggy probably did the same and years earlier.
A band that I've been getting into over the last couple of years is Deadbolt. They are a psychobilly band from San Diego. Unlike most bands, they usually have two bass players. They also use power tools such as burnishing wheels to shower the audience with sparks. Not sure if I'd want to be in the first few rows.
Recently I saw Man or Astro Man. They have two theremins on stage. Not innovative in itself, but they do swing them around at each other to create a most cacophonous racket.
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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I never saw it but back in the late 90's when Derek Sherinian was still in the band Dream Theater would often come out for their encore as Nightmare Cinema and usually play Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers. The band would all play different instruments under different names, except LaBrie.
While playing in Nightmare Cinema, the band members took on alternate stage names. The original names and instruments are enclosed in parentheses.
Abdul Matahari (James LaBrie) - vocals
Nicky Lemons (Derek Sherinian) - guitar (keyboards)
Johnny James (John Petrucci) - drums (guitar)
Juice Malouse (John Myung) - keyboards (bass)
Max Del Fuvio (Mike Portnoy) - bass (drums)
Not really innovative, more of a novelty I suppose.
Eric: "What the hell Hutch, it's all Rush, what if we wanted a little variety?"
Hutch: "Rush is variety, Bitch! Rule number one: in my van, its Rush! All Rush, all the time...no exceptions."
From "Fanboys" 2009.
Genesis - use of Vari-Lite equipment - 1981
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
ZZ Top decided to go above and beyond for their Worldwide Texas Tour in 1976. Wanting to showcase their pride in their home state of Texas, ZZ Top took to a 35 ton, Texas-shaped stage every night. Additionally, the stage was adorned with plants like agave and cacti that brought an increased Texas feel to the show. But what qualifies this particular tour for a list of memorable stage features is the wildlife: bison, vultures, steer, and rattlesnakes all found their way onto ZZ Top’s concert stage.
Nils Lofgren used to do backflips off of an angled trampoline while playing guitar.
Motley Crue have a drum kit on a rollercoaster structure that goes out over the crowd on their current tour.
Cruise ship festivals.
I remember tomorrow
Dio slayed a dragon on stage.
Peter Gabriel getting attacked by ambulatory light fixtures on booms during "No Self Control" was probably the most dramatic thing I've seen at a concert.
On one of his solo tours Roger Waters and his band used to sit at a table and play cards during the keyboard dominated middle section of “Dogs”. Supposedly they had an ongoing game that was set up each night wherever they had left off the night before. I saw the tour twice and it is on the “In The Flesh” DVD from that tour.
I remember on the “Catfish Rising” tour Tull had the stage set up like a restaurant with waiters walking around bringing things on and off stage. Seems like a chef came out at one point too, but it is getting a bit hazy in my memory banks.
ELP, in addition to spinning pianos, drumkits and the rest may have been the first to fire cannons on stage...
1812 OvertureExactly.
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Rock band, geez.
Unless they wore masks or something everyone would still know it was them right? Did they wear name tags or something with the fake names on them?
When I saw Prince he was in a bathtub on stage at one point. Also, he jerked off his guitar and squirted water(I assume it was water)into the audience. This might be more perverted than innovative though.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
Yeah, I remember that. The thing I love on the DVD is the backup singers sit on a couple bar stools, and they actually appear to be watching the card game, the way you onlookers would watch any game at a casino or whatever. I always thought that was an amusing touch.
On one of his other tours, if I remember correctly, didn't Waters actually take a tea break in the middle of the concert, and show the Arnold Layne video, while he and the band sat on stage and watched?
Weird.
I was at that show, having dinner in the first row up against the stage and I have no recollection of that happening at all!
I'm getting old.
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Yea, that was the “Sacred Heart” tour. One of the most over the top stage shows ever with the mechanical fire breathing dragon. Wasn’t that the same tour where Dio’s head floated over the stage in a crystal ball at one point? That could have been a different show. He also had the tour with the big pyramid on stage that shot lasers out of the opening in the bottom. Dio had all the toys there for a while.
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