House Of Blues, Anaheim, California
Opening Band: Flying Tigers
I just got back from seeing The Cult tonight. Well, seeing them play one song
anyway.
About a year ago, a House of Blues opened up *in* Disneyland. I've been to the
one's in Vegas and Hollywood and for the most part like the places a lot. Now,
I only live about 20 minutes from Disneyland in California so I figured I didn't
need more then an hour at the most to get there comfortably. Big mistake.
I get there and some goober parking drone directs me to the wrong parking lot. I
have to walk half a mile (no lie) to a "Lion King" tram to take me to the intrance
to the park which took half an hour right there. This tram drops me off at the
complete other end of the park from where I want to be.
None of the signs in the park had directions to where the HOB was and any "cast
member" I asked couldn't tell me shit. After navigating through crowds of
Disneyites for 45 minutes, I finally find the HOB nestled between some Disney
candy stores and the show is already half an hour underway (at 9:30pm!). To
make matters even more fun, they won't let anyone in on the floor because it's
too crowded and make people go upstairs and hang out on the outside balcony! I
couldn't even see the show! After one song, I hung it up and left. I swear I'll
never see another show at that shithole as long as I live.
(BTW, Peace Dog sounded pretty good.)
T.B. - apocolypso@hotmail.com
Number 10 for me and it has to be one the best.
The Cult was on tonight, very tight and very good.
The opening band was The Flying Tigers. They have talent but they need a
singer, some direction and some better material.
The Cult came on about when I expected that they would. Ian at first seemed
pissed or depressed or something, but that faded after the crowd started giving
some energy back and he was really in good form. Much much better than he was
in San Diego in June. Very good crowd tonight especially for California, but
some people were upset that they were getting knocked around in the pit. What
did they expect? Ian even made fun of one guy who tried to start a fight over
it... very entertaining, I might add. The rest of the band sounded great, but
they were all kind of glued to their own part of the stage. Still they delivered
the goods. Similar set list as most of the shows, with much more of the new
album than in June. Billy sounded great, I think he has worked out the whole
tuning down thing out because every song sounded like it was supposed to, and
very good too. Highlight of the night (musically speaking) was a song I had
never heard before. Possibly some new material? That would be great, perhaps
someone else knows what that song was.
All in all a truly excellent show, I think this was the 3rd best show I have ever
seen from the guys. And I even caught one of Billy D's picks.
Finally I got a souvenir!!
Long live The Cult.
Scotty - jshendrickson6423@earthlink.net
Well,what can I say? The Cult were tight tonight! This is my third show within a
year. My Bridges Burn is a sizzling addition to the set. The lights seemed
a bit bright at first until Ian commanded them down.I was in the pit and took a
semi beating. The boys did seem a little confined to their own area when performing
but every Cult show is a religious experience....How about anything from Ceremony
or The Cult? What gives? How about putting Edie (Ciao Baby) to rest and
replacing it with Nico? Anyway it was a stellar show and I lok forward to
seeing them again.
Don - dvrodriguez@earthlink.net
Setlist:
Rise
In The Clouds
Lil' Devil
Peace Dog
My Bridges Burn
Take The Power
Rain
Edie (Ciao Baby)
The Witch
Breathe
The Saint
Fire Woman
Sweet Soul Sister
Wild Flower
She Sells Sanctuary
Encore:
War
Nirvana
Love Removal Machine