Mastodon - Auckland - 25 March 2015

[Jim.h]

I am not really good at giving in depth well written reviews, so ill leave it at this..

1) In 17 years of going to shows. This was top 5 easy. Venue, sound, feel, performance, everything worked in perfect
2) First time ever scoring a guitar pick
3) Gave billy K a fist bump
4) Branns vocals were on point (all were actually)
5) Played every song I wanted off the new album
6) "Oblivion" and "blood and thunder" were also highlights.

Set list here....
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mastodon/ ... b0c0f.html

[Scooter13]

What about gear?

[Jim.h]

What about gear?

what do you mean? do you want a rig run down?

[Jim.h]

Exactly this set up...

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/2 ... todon-2014

But billy was running marshalls and brent was on the orange

[sirvill]

Saw that fist bump from the balcony - nice!

Yeah I think Bill didn't bring his Friedman's down under, just had those two Marshalls.

Also less guitars then they usually roll I think - Bill had a cool looking double cut Les Paul Studio I've never seen before (Jimi was closer, he might know ) for the Drop C stuff, a Silverburst Les Paul Custom for the Drop A stuff, and the Halcyon Les Paul signature for the D Standard stuff I think.

Brent rolled his Flying Vees and SGs. Troy with his Jag bass and the other bass (Warwick maybe) for the drop A stuff.


Sounded amazing, performance was amazing... shit they can play. I swear Bladecatcher seems even faster than on the record.

[Jim.h]

Saw that fist bump from the balcony - nice!

Yeah I think Bill didn't bring his Friedman's down under, just had those two Marshalls.

Also less guitars then they usually roll I think - Bill had a cool looking double cut Les Paul Studio I've never seen before (Jimi was closer, he might know ) for the Drop C stuff, a Silverburst Les Paul Custom for the Drop A stuff, and the Halcyon Les Paul signature for the D Standard stuff I think.

Brent rolled his Flying Vees and SGs. Troy with his Jag bass and the other bass (Warwick maybe) for the drop A stuff.


Sounded amazing, performance was amazing... shit they can play. I swear Bladecatcher seems even faster than on the record.

Nailed it!

Fucking brilliant show.

[godgrinder]

The Ocean were awesome as expected. Tight and high energy. Actually even better than when I saw them in 2011, as Pelagial has stronger songs than Heliocentric/Anthropocentric.

Sitting through a whole bunch of latest Mastodon stuff for the handful of old songs I wanted to hear was a lot more of a chore than I imagined though... But I'm still glad that they made it this big with all the later materials. When I got into them back in 2004 I can't even imagine them selling out the Kings Arms let alone Powerstation.

CHCH people should go check out The Ocean on saturday:
http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/4 ... l-Tour.utr

[Jim.h]

Whats the capacity of the powerstation?

[AmpShop]

Fire safety laws etc constantly reduce capacity, but I *think* Powerstation is around the 1100 mark now?

I remember crazy times back 15 years ago when some shows packed nearly double that in there ...

[Jim.h]

Fire safety laws etc constantly reduce capacity, but I *think* Powerstation is around the 1100 mark now?

I remember crazy times back 15 years ago when some shows packed nearly double that in there ...

Yea, only so many per sprinkler or something. I saw you doing your thing with Beastwars. Top marks. Water bottle delivery on point.

[AmpShop]

Fire safety laws etc constantly reduce capacity, but I *think* Powerstation is around the 1100 mark now?

I remember crazy times back 15 years ago when some shows packed nearly double that in there ...

Yea, only so many per sprinkler or something. I saw you doing your thing with Beastwars. Top marks. Water bottle delivery on point.

Yeah, Matt's really pedantic about his water, has to be exactly 10 celcius, placed near monitor and then knocked over to wake it up.

[jeremyb]

Yeah, Matt's really pedantic about his water, has to be exactly 10 celcius, placed near monitor and then knocked over to wake it up.

Ye gods. What a fucking knob.

[hellblazer]

Guessing that's a joke?

I was really jealous of you guys until I saw that setlist. aha!

Would have been a great time though... girding my loins for the Beastwars/Red Fang jaunt.

[AmpShop]

Best vibe of any show I've seen at Powerstation for a long time. Reminded me of the glory days in the mid 90's.

Here's a photo I dun took:

[AmpShop]

Guessing that's a joke?

Ha, definitely. Unsure as to whether JB realised I was joking, or whether he's just taking it to the next level

girding my loins for the Beastwars/Red Fang jaunt.

Indeed, those are going to be great shows.