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Awesome concert, was delayed an hour due to delayed flight but they played awesomely. Managed to catch the band in the back entrance and got j to sign my ticket.
The actual concert was pretty cool, they did 3 encores, cant exactly remember the setlist. Awesome to see The Wagon in there as well.
The crowd were pretty anoying, getting up during the end of the concert stealing Murphs drumsticks and stealing setlists,getting up constantly during the concert,etc,etc Hope it didnt give the wrong impression to the band.
I was there last night too
…down on the floor just back from the barrier that blocked off the orchestra/mosh pit.I know bugger all about Dinosaur Jr, really. They are one of many great bands I seem to have missed during the 80’s/90’s due to a general lack of diversity/broad-ranging interest that was characteristic of my youthful musical taste. So when this opportunity came up to see the original trio, I intuitively jumped at it. It was funny to be there and not really know any of their songs, but that didn’t really matter. I thought they were really excellent, and I enjoyed every sternum vibrating, eardrum assaulting, intestine rumbling note, as did the rest of the audience. What an absolutely incredible sound from a trio !!!
And I didn’t personally find the crowd annoying at all…I thought they were just having a really good time, and I think the band did too. I don’t know what it was like at the Aussie gigs, but I love the fact that security is so low-key here in NZL that the keen youthful types could be crowd surfed up onto the stage, and then stand up there for a bit dancing enthusiastically before falling back into the pit, and not really be hassled by anyone for doing it. These stage invaders didn’t seem to bother the band, and in fact I got the impression that they actually enjoyed it, in a bemused kind of way…especially the girl who got up there and lifted her t-shirt to display its contents. Very nice they were, as well. She then proceeded to heap much worship upon J, Lou and Murph, which they fully deserved !! I think New Zealand audiences are really good ones generally, probably because we are so grateful when bands actually turn up in our lovely yet secluded neck of the woods. So, thank you lads for making the effort to come to Auckland and play for us.
When they were about to leave the stage before the first encore, Lou said "Thanks for making this the best night of our whole trip." I don’t know if it was genuine – maybe he says that every night, everywhere – but somehow I think he might have actually meant it.
Review from nzherald.co.nz
Original Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=100&ObjectID=10372623″>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/stor … D=10372623Quote:Dinosaur Jr at St James Theatre, Auckland15.03.06
Reviewed by Scott KaraYour ears will hurt after hearing Dinosaur Jr. It’s worth it though, because at the St James on Monday they proved themselves one of America’s most influential guitar bands of recent times.
But sadly, like other great bands such as Husker Du and Sonic Youth, they have often been overshadowed by the feats of Nirvana, REM, and the Pixies.
Admittedly, you had every right to be sceptical about how good the original line-up of the band, who are on tour and playing together for the first time in more than 15 years, were going to be. You see, during their heyday of the mid-to-late 80s, frontman J Mascis and bass player Lou Barlow didn’t like each other at all.
But what the Auckland crowd witnessed was three guys who were back together, loving what they do, and playing better than ever.
When Mascis leans forward and launches into another squally lead break it’s easy to see why this guy, who looks like a bloated hippy, is a guitar hero.
He’s supported by drummer Murph who beat his kit relentlessly, and Lou Barlow who strummed away on his bass like it was a guitar.
Most of the set was taken from their first three albums (including the excellent You’re Living All over Me) with song highlights being In a Jar, Little Fury Things, Freak Scene, and the monstrously muddy tracks from debut album Dinosaur.
After two encores, the lights slowly started coming on, the gear was turned off, and many of the crowd had already left the auditorium. But Dinosaur Jr wanted to play more. Who knows if they were inspired by the girl who jumped on stage and flashed, but they returned for a final sound massacre.
If bands are thinking about reforming then they should make sure they do it like Dinosaur Jr. The standard has been set.
Author Scott Kara
Original Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=100&ObjectID=10372623″>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/stor … D=10372623
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