Korn & Flyleaf

Korn has a strong new album with them (Untitled), but already the support act is quite a pleasant surprise.

Buddies: Tom with a friend

Score: 4 out of 5

Merchandize: a rather ugly t-shirt in military green with blood stainsAnother gig? Absolutely!

Marilyn Manson II (sort of)

That is no longer the Marilyn Manson from the Antichrist Superstar days. That's more of a Hollywood show. This is not entirely bad news, the songs are still good and live from Mr. Manson's distinctive voice. But it's no longer raw power, it's much more show.

Buddies: Tom (Sabine and Michael were there as well)
Score: 3 out of 5

Merchandize: Tour T- Shirt
Another Gig? rather not

Wolfmother

A summer concert of a brilliant live band in Open Air Arena. It only can be perfect. Wolfmother, still a classical rock trio, with only one CD in their tourbus. It was brilliant.

Buddies: Frantischek, Tom
Score: 5 out of 5
Another Gig? Maybe (they no longer exist as a trio...)

Detailed review to follow.

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Nine Inch Nails

Finally the gig I've been waiting for so long. NIN captured me entirely since "Pretty Hate Machine", so a gig was a must. Big drawback: just got tickets for the galleries - OMG! Can this work out?

Buddies: Frantischek (thanks mate for arranging the ticket)
Score: 4 out of 5
Merchandize: Tour T-Shirt in military green

Another Gig: Any time, without doubt.

Tool & Mastodon

Tool are like nothing else, and I have their recordings since 'Undertow'. Live performances are also unique, to say the least. Perfect musicians meet a perfect show, still, some things were not that great.

Buddy: Rainer


Score: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Another Gig? Absolutely

Therapy? I

Back in the 90ies, Therapy? represented the cool side of MTV. Along with Beavis & Butthead (you guys still RRRRRULLLLEE!), MTV was consistently supportive of all the grundge and alternative rock acts of these times. Therapy? was huge on MTV these days, and I enjoyed their songs and vidos. But with the demise of Grunge Rock, the band also went out of the spotlight.

Buddy: Frantischek
Score: 4 out of 5
Another gig: Yes

Thanks to another gig blog in the web, I could trace back my first Therapy? gig in the famous flex - in 2006, when all the glimmer of MTV was already gone. Otherwise there are no memorabilia left (no ticket, no merchandize, no nothing), but I still remember it to be a very good gig.

I do not remember the support band, seemed to be Rokkitahti from Austria, but I am missing any memory here, sorry guys :-).

With all the hype left behind, Therapy? came to Vienna to rock out. The venue is flex, famous for its massive PA, and it is packed and hot as hell. The band plays very loud, I must admit, too loud from time to time. As expected, their music is solid straight-forward Easy Punk. The band wins the crowd with their first song altogether. Of course, their songs from 'Troublegum' are what nearly everybody is waiting for, but also the newer songs nicely fit into their setlist. So all in all, great stuff here, and I go home with a quite massive hum in my ears.