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Sep 15, 2005

Rocking the flute solo

I went to see System of a Down on Saturday.

Wha???

Yeah, I never thought I’d go either. I thought many things of neo-metal (or whatever it’s label is now) but “enjoyable” was not one of them.

However….

System of a Down is good live. Go see them. You will not be dissappointed. But bring ear plugs.

A word about The Mars Volta. Never have I felt such anger and sympathy for a single band at any one time. The Mars Volta do not belong in a mid-sized stadium in front of a metal crowd. Duh, you would say, yet these things continue to happen. I can try to describe them as avant-gaurde Jazz meets metal. And everying great and god-awful about that combination came out of them this past weekend. They were aimless, meandering, pretentious, challenging and occasionally brillant. That being said, two individuals need to be recognized. The drummer, who puts everyone who ever picked up a pair of sticks to shame, and the utility musician, who, and I kid you not, busted out a flute solo. And not just any flute solo, this was the best…flute solo…ever. In front of a metal crowd no less.

Everyone knew who the badass in the house was that night.

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