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Fun Fun Fun review(?): Mastodon
The late start for this headlining band was bad enough — the Descendents were probably on their tenth song by the time Mastodon go going — but once they got going, the sound was just jaw-droppingly bad.
Drummer Brann Dailor, known for extremely complicated rhythms even in the clearest of rooms, sounded as if someone was simply rolling his drum kit down a hill. Some hits were there, many were not. Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher’s guitars were a wall of mud, while Troy Sanders’ scream and bass riffs, long the band’s most underrated feature, were completely lost in the muck.
Pieces of songs asserted themselves here and there, while things seemed to improve slowly as the set went on, but all in all, Mastodon was, for me, the biggest aural disappointment of an often-outstanding festival.
Photo by Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN
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By I concur'
November 8, 2010 11:52 AM | Link to this
I stood at the grey stage almost all day. Mastodon was the only band to not do a “sound check”. Test, test, test…
Coincidence?
or spoiled ego maniacs mailing it in….
My first and LAST time to see the mighty Mastodon.