Music as a Weapon, or just Jonny Santos

Well, now that Raam's told you about all the good RECORDED (in other words, CRAP!) you should waste your money on instead of going straight to a concert, I'm going to tell you radians what to spend your hard-earned money on. But wait! Seeing the second stage (the one with the better bands) at Disturbed's music as a weapon tour is completely FREE! If you missed it, hide it! Your friends will mercilessly ridicule you for your sacrilege! Hey Raam! Where were you at 5:40 yesterday? NOT singing along to Synthetic with Jonny Santos! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ZETTA FAILZ!

So now that I've divulged my opinion to you and told you what this blog post is about, I guess all that's left is those zetta juicy details that no one cares about. For those of you who fail so badly at life that I actually have to tell you, Jonny Santos is in this band, meaning that even if the music sucks, seeing Spineshank live is worth it because Sabtos has more charisma in himself than everyone at AIG who didn't refuse their bonuses (oh snap!). Which isn't saying much, but rest assured, Santos talking = crowd yayzing.

But, by some bizarre coincidence called the band being Spineshank, the music didn't suck. They weren't awesome, just great. So no Slipknot in quality, but Santos is much cooler than Corey Taylor, so it balances out. Except Tom Decker's drums were parallel with the ground the whole time, so Slipknot is better live. Spineshank does have a more energetic sound that seems like it would be better for live music, but it wasn't. Not that I expected them to be the best live, as a matter of fact, they about matched my expectations, something I'm too used to from live performances.

For some reason, they didn't play Smothered. You know, their grammy nominated song. They did play my favorite Spineshank song, The Height of Callousness, but not the grammy nominated one. I'm still trying to figure that one out. Sure, it's not my favorite Spineshank song, but I liked it. If you don't like a single and your fan base does, do what Slipknot does and play Dead Memories live. But I blame Disturbed, for only giving a band they are worse than a half hour time slot.

I also heard some songs from a band called Bury Your Dead. I give them an above average out of... Rise Against. I mighr check out some of their albums later, after I review Beautiful Tragedy and Toxicity or something.