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 | Alkaline Triolive in New York City2003 live show  Review by: Jes DeFlorio See others by this writer Vagrant Tour Website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on November 11th 2003
“I’ve been waiting a long time to do this, just for New York.” Dan Andriano said that right before he broke into an amazing solo rendition of Enjoy Your Day, a song rarely ever played live, but I’ll get back to that later. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
A friend of mine claims they just signed to a major label. But that is kind of hard to believe since they are currently doing the Vagrant Tour. Credit for what? Slowly dismantling any credibility they had at one time? They sure are doing a good job at that. Ok, so that there Trio has a 2nd guitarist around to punch out the leads, that is a little disappointing, but it is not the first nor will it be the last time a band has a backup like that, again disappointing that it was these guys. And as for complaining about the set-list...shut up and like it, yeah, there were a couple of songs that I would have liked to hear, but they weren't there, oh fucking well and if they had come out and played the enitre Good Mourning album, I would have walked away a little disappointed, but happy. Leave them the fuck alone, or at least give some credit where it is due!!!! I just love how people just read the review to be able to post comments like "Alk 3's second best song is not Radio you fucking moron. Especially when the writer never even said that. So stop complaining about the horrible reviews until you learn how to read. If you still think they suck write your own you fuckin hack. Of course not everyone will be happy with this set, cos Alk3 have just too many good songs. Who cares, they're trying to promote a new(ish) album, hence the set is gonna be top heavy with goood Mourning tracks. I got them to play enjoy your day for my ex... it didnt work out very well. hope everyone else enjoyed it I stand corrected. No... he's actually standing... Do they really have a guy sitting in a chair off-stage strumming a guitar? if so, that is ridiculous. If I was a fan, I would feel like I'd been had for some reason.... I went to the dentist today. Did they introduce their 'helper' at this show? Ak3 does indeed have a second guitar player his name is Nolen... get YOUR facts straight! Ummm I do know what im talking about, it's my opinion, and I think good mourning is an incredibly boring albumn. Especialy when compared with their other stuff. But even if there other stuff wasn't good, Good Mourning was NOT a good record. i haven't seen a "punk" band play with less energy and enthusiasm in my entire life. alkaline trio simply showed up, played a by-the-numbers show,and counted the money. and the second guitar player visible behind the stage? what a joke. A3 needs to go back to the garage and not come back out until they can hack it live. AND to see such a sorry excuse for a show on the day one of the better live bands, face to face, announces their retirement...what a downer I've seen them three times and I gotta say that the last time (in september) was by far the worst. I've only ever seen them since "From here..." came out so they've always played stuff off that cd but the first two times I saw 'em they only played about 5 songs off it and the rest was really old stuff so i was quite excited to hear songs from good mourning live. Unfortunately, some of them are shown up for being quite derivative. The Trio still rock though and anyone who says their new album is just shit really has no clue what they're talking about. It's a good album, just not as great as anything else they've done (and yes, From here To infirmary is a great album, just a little more commercial.) Soup! I saw them on their Europe tour and it was like seeing your neighboors band play in a backyard, even though i knew every song. i think the setlist is kinda cool.. i would go into it accepting theyre gonna play a shitty setlist, and be pleasantly suprised by the cool songs they do play, i mean if they play Keep Em Coming, 5-3-10-4, Trucks and Trains, Enjoy Your Day, or Message From Kathlene(especially)... i think its cool theyre playing underplayed songs, i read somewhere that derek had them relearn a bunch of them... pardon me for saying this, but who needs to hear 97 again? now if we could only get them not to play those first 3... Okay, everyone pick up thier number two pencils and start......now! I'm 64.3245673345 % sure that he was serious. im 60% sure he was being sarcastic. dude, "From here to Infirmary" is not their first album. Do your homework, man Thier first album, "From Here to Infermary," is so gooood. Why don't they play Stupid Kid more? I agree, I want to see them start playing Youve got so far to go, sleepyhead, she took him to the lake, as you were, southern rock, You're Dead, Bleeder, Bloodied Up, Dead End road, sundials. I went to this show. I was excited to see the Alkaline Trio but I was really unhappy with their set list. As an old fan of the band I was not so pleased with the set list especially since I don't really like the new album at all. I also was shocked that they did not close with 97. I have seen them about seven times and every time except this time they closed with 97. I was just shocked. I hope they remain true to their more diehard fans and play more old songs. Not that I don't recognize that a band has to play some songs off their newest release but try not to play the old album and try not to compromise a live show tradition in doing so I was at this show. Other than Dans acoustic song, the rest of the set was terrible. The worst set ive ever seen them play. And now they have a fill in 2nd guitarist because Matt is too coked out to play the songs right. Reggie saved this night from being a total waste of money. Highlights from Reggie included a dance off w/ break dancing and some kid doing a running man. I was at this show, and I have to say it was an alright show. I really enjoyed FATA and reggie, especialy when they played Dwarf Invasion. "the second song off goddamnit is "Cop" "Message from Kathlene" is track 10 I believe" "kinda weird that you never mentioned during the review that they played 'Radio' but you put it in the set list." the second song off goddamnit is "Cop" "Message from Kathlene" is track 10 I believe skiba's voice sounded like ass at the show This is a horrible, totally uninformed, juvenile review. kinda weird that you never mentioned during the review that they played "Radio" but you put it in the set list. I would think one of their most popular songs would deserve mention. To the assjack below me... They played Radio? Cool, I love it when bands do cover songs. But I think the original Hot Water Music one is better where is "I Lied My Face Off" BLEEDER? where is it?! second best song by these guys EVER. aside from alot of new songs, this set sounds good. They played keep em coming? Man, I want to hear that song live. How could you describe Reggies whole set in 2 sentences? |
