What he found, of course, was the "collective phenomenon consisting of 10^1 to 10^2 participants commonly referred to as a mosh pit." And he was able to prove his initial observation: While the individual movements of moshers may be random, their collective behavior follows a few simple rules. bright, flashing lights, and frequent intoxication." "Being on the outside for the first time, I was absolutely amazed at what I saw - there were all sorts of collective behaviors emerging that I never would have noticed from the inside." So for an even better perspective, he turns to YouTube, to figure out what happens to people under the "extreme conditions" borne of a combination of "loud, fast music (130 dB, 350 beats per minute). ![]() Instead of diving straight into the mosh pit, as he typically would, he hangs back "to keep an eye on her."īeing a physicist first and a mosher second (" fieldwork was independently funded"), the student, Jesse Silverberg, can't help but notice curious patterns in what had always felt like the epitome of chaos. A Cornell graduate physics student takes his girlfriend to her first heavy metal concert. ![]() Mastodon (Pitchfork Music Festival 2007) - Concert review - Chicago, IL - July 2007Ĭopyright © ConcertLivewire.Stop me if you've heard this one. The Strokes / Eagles of Death Metal - Concert review - Milwaukee, WI - April 2006Įagles of Death Metal - Death By Sexy. Related articles: Eagles of Death Metal (Verge Festival) - Photo gallery- Milwaukee, WI - June 2010 They kept their stage setting dark and backlit making only their silhouettes visible, however making the music the focus taking the crowd on a sonic ride through their minds. Russian Circles is Mike Sullivan, Dave Turncrantz, and Brian Cook. Their sound was a progrock mix of sometimes heavy guitars and bass to melodic and dreamy. ![]() Opening for the evening was Russian Circles, an instrumental trio hailing from the Chicago area. EODM played played their set of original songs as well as covers of the Beatles and Jennie doing a raucous rendition of Motorheads "Ace of Spades." Jesse definitely has a great group of players backing him as their sound was fat with substance and rich in delivery. The current configuration of the touring band is Hughes on guitar and vocals, Dave Catching (guitar), Eden Galindo (guitar), Jennie Vee (bass), and Jorma Vik (drums). Jesse would often banter with the crowd between songs just to keep things calm before the storm. The Eagles of Death Metal were full of raw musical electricity. The EODM strolled into view as lead singer Jesse Hughes rode his bicycle across the stage like a happy little misfit. Mastodon played a show as great as expected which was evident from the crowd passionately singing along and the furious mosh pit that was spontaneously born by the intense energy.Īlso on the evening's bill were the Eagles of Death Metal. The multi Grammy nominated band stormed through a massive 19 song set list encompassing material from their entire catalog. Mastodon brought their progressive sound to a crowd of about 1,500 fans kicking the show off with some beautiful bombast with "The Last Barron" and "Sultans Curse." The four piece band is made up of bassist Troy Sanders, guitarists Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher, and drummer Brann Dailor (Rochester native), all of whom had vocal duties on stage. ![]() The Main Street Armory now a majestic venue that sits like a castle in downtown Rochester, a perfect place for Mastodon to plant their heavy roots. Playing the night before in Canada the Wildling band had a bit of a homecoming show in the former home of the home of the 209th battalion and 174th battalion of the National Guard. Mastodon charged in from the north straight into Rochester NY on Tuesday, October 9th to play at the Armory supporting their newest release Emperor of Sand. Mastodon/ Eagles of Death Metal concert review, The Armory, Rochester, NY October 10, 2017
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