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[The Good Dr Bill]

seein' these assholes tomorrow can't wait

[Huckle]

I was at the DC show this weekend, it absolutely ruled. I saw the afore-mentioned bill with Soundgarden in 91 as well. Swerve were first, and killed. Then Monster Magnet came out and killed, though in a different way. Then Soundgarden came out, and were solid, but had totally been upstaged by SD and MM. Whatever, seeing the Swerve was a huge treat. Very loud show.

[Sickpup]

saturday will indeed rule, even if they look tired and old and play incompetently. the songs are just too good...

[Diesel]

The setlist I've seen from other shows is pretty awesome, indeed. Show will likely be incredible Saturday. I've been into this band for ten-plus years and never saw them live, so, yeah, excited. I don't care if they DO look at their pedals all night long.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

I'm listening to "Harry & Maggie" right now. Holy crap. This show will be fantastic.

[The Good Dr Bill]

about halfway through the set the beers I had started to catch up to me so I said "Ok at the next song of theirs that isn't a classic and I don't love I'll go to the bathroom," and then it was like "Duel" --> "Rave Down" --> "Last Train to Satansville" --> "Son of Mustang Ford" --> "Duress" and I was like fuuuuuuck encored with their two best songs, "Never Lose That Feeling" and "Kill the Superheroes". Only disappointments were no "Harry and Maggie" and no "Never Learn" to go with the "Never Lose That Feeling." Great length, great setlist, great playing, great sound. Nothing new and nothing shitty at all.

[Sickpup]

about halfway through the set the beers I had started to catch up to me so I said "Ok at the next song of theirs that isn't a classic and I don't love I'll go to the bathroom," and then it was like "Duel" --> "Rave Down" --> "Last Train to Satansville" --> "Son of Mustang Ford" --> "Duress" and I was like fuuuuuuck

encored with their two best songs, "Never Lose That Feeling" and "Kill the Superheroes". Only disappointments were no "Harry and Maggie" and no "Never Learn" to go with the "Never Lose That Feeling." Great length, great setlist, great playing, great sound. Nothing new and nothing shitty at all.

you give me hope for the future of humanity.

[Simakos]

yeah, how the fuck i messed up my schedule and can't go to this show i will never know...

[biggie mcsmalls]

Are there still tix for this?

[The Good Dr Bill]

place was impressively packed last night for such an un-New York band on a Wednesday night. Wonder if Dr. Jimmy was in attendance.

[Sickpup]

place was impressively packed last night for such an un-New York band on a Wednesday night. Wonder if Dr. Jimmy was in attendance.

he thinks they're "meh," so probably not.

[crash]

I missed this show in Chapel Hill. I did see a good show though, just on the other side of the country. I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to see them again, though, which makes me sad I missed it.

[6ome 9irl]

Really wish I was going. Sickpuppy, all, please tell all.

[Simakos]

man... i signed in to the somb just so i could read some reviews of what i missed... how was it?

[DrJimmy]

place was impressively packed last night for such an un-New York band on a Wednesday night. Wonder if Dr. Jimmy was in attendance.

he thinks they're "meh," so probably not.

i had tickets but something else came up. i go to more shows than i let on. even for bands i think are "meh" because i know that live shows can be a whole different deal.

[Sickpup]

my face hurts.

[DrJimmy]

my face hurts.

nobody gets it.

[Bobzilla]

my face hurts.

nobody gets it.

I'd like to think that Sickpup's face hurts from smiling so much at the barrage of riff-happy awesomeness that Swervedriver delivered last night. Either that or his proximity to the speakers peeled layers of skin off of his visage. Jesus H, I had earplugs in all night, and my ears still aren't right. Easily one of the loudest shows I've ever been to.

But it was worth it. Having never seen them back in their heyday, I don't know how this show would have compared to the 91-98 performances. Maybe a younger Swervedriver might have been more unhinged. But this show was tight and focused in the best way possible. Any possibilities about sloppy or phoned-in performances from a band who hadn't played together in ten years were completely blown away within the first couple of songs. Watching and listening to Adam and Jimmy's guitar playing was a complete rush. But Swervedriver have never just been about guitar shredding. There are a lot of great tunes in their catalog, and as good as they are on record, hearing it live brings a whole new dimension. I was a bit disappointed that they shortchanged Ejector Seat Reservation and to a lesser extent, 99th Dream. Even though "The Other Jesus" "Bring Me the Head of the Fortune Teller" and "I Am Superman" had been played in previous shows, they only did "The Birds" last night. Boo. I lost track of the set list, but all of the Raise/Mezcal Head "hits" got played. "Duel" was especially great. Didn't expect to hear "Feel So Real," but we did. And the encore of "Never Lose The Feeling" and "Kill the Superheroes" was just about perfect. I was hoping that since this was the last night of the North American tour that they'd play a little longer. Still, 90 minutes.

Metro felt pretty close to sold out. Older, mostly male crowd (surprise), but everyone was definitely into it. The band said very little, but seemed really pleased about the crowd. Jez came out from behind the drumkit at the end of the encore to say something about Metro and Chicago always being one of their favorite places to play. I believe it. A great night out.