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Seeing bands/artists past their prime

#21
bolophonic said:
Corrosion of Conformity has been playing shows in their reunited mid-80's three piece lineup. They have turned their thrash punk masterpiece material into a bluesy rock thing that felt like such a letdown.
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I love COC. I have to admit the Pepper Keenan era is definitely my favorite, so I passed on the 3 piece original line up. I saw them (Pepper Keenan and all) a few years ago (I jumped at the chance because it's rare they make there way out to California). Although they were great, I have to admit I was disappointed. I think my standard for them was set to high. Many of there great songs they couldn't recreate the sound live. I realized many of there really cool guitar riffs were studio creations they couldn't reproduce on stage. I also had this suspicion confirmed by Woody Weatherman in an article I read a few years back.

It's to bad to hear they didn't go back to their thrash punk sound, because that's the way they were touting the tour.
 
#22
Misfit said:
I love COC. I have to admit the Pepper Keenan era is definitely my favorite, so I passed on the 3 piece original line up. I saw them (Pepper Keenan and all) a few years ago (I jumped at the chance because it's rare they make there way out to California). Although they were great, I have to admit I was disappointed. I think my standard for them was set to high. Many of there great songs they couldn't recreate the sound live. I realized many of there really cool guitar riffs were studio creations they couldn't reproduce on stage. I also had this suspicion confirmed by Woody Weatherman in an article I read a few years back.

It's to bad to hear they didn't go back to their thrash punk sound, because that's the way they were touting the tour.
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One of the best (definitely the most satisfying) concerts I have ever seen was a quasi-reunited 1991 lineup performing the Blind album in its entirety a couple of years ago. Karl Agell can still belt it out like it was yesterday. The best part was that they performed the album exactly the way it was written, so that the entire crowd could sing along with total abandon. (I am one of those folks who LOVE the Blind album).

The three-piece reunion has taken the opposite route... all the fast parts from Animosity (my favorite album of all times) are played regular speed, but the slow parts are all WAY slowed down, which leaves you jamming out in your head to something that does not exist anymore. Every time change is like putting your foot out for a stair that doesn't exist and stepping into air.

To add insult to injury, the first show I ever attended was COC in 1985 and my parents showed up and dragged me out of there in front of everybody right as COC were going on, so I had to wait 27 years for a lukewarm reunion of my favorite band ever.
 
#24
I have seen some older acts that were rough and some that were really good.

Kansas, .38 Special, Steely Dan, and Billy Idol and his band all are in top form whenever they perform. Some friends of mine saw Three Dog Night recently and they still have four of the original seven members in the band (two singers, guitarist, and keyboardist) and I was told they sound terrific.
 

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