Awesome show, Awesome night!
By: Scott Miller
This time around I will be reviewing the evening of Monday, November 13th, 2006 at the Ottawa Civic Centre. The doors for this all ages show opened at 6:30. Performing on this music filled night in performing order were, Idle Sons, Mobile, Theory of a Dead Man and finally Three Days Grace. The overall atmosphere at the show was electric. The crowd was into it from the very beginning with their hands in the air, devil horns pointing at the stage, and singing along word for word with each respective lead singer.
Now to move on to the main event of the evening, Three Days Grace. First to come out on stage was drummer Neil Sanderson who gave a small and obscure drum solo while guitarist Barry Stock and Bassist Brad Walst wandered out on stage playing nothing much more than feedback from the amps until finally lead singer and guitarist Adam Gontier bounced out on stage and jumped right into their first song of the night “Animal I Have Become”, which was also the first single off their new album “One-X”. The crowd was pumped and ready to go as soon as the quartet stepped on stage.
The next hour and a bit were packed with pounding drums, and distorted guitars. They covered a wide variety of their material, new and old. According to event staff I spoke to after the show the entire building was shaking from the fans stomping and jumping up and down.
One of the best songs of the night was definitely “Riot”. As soon as the first chords were struck the devil horns were up, and the moshing and crowd surfing began. They ended the show with the song “Scared” and about three quarters of the way through the song drummer Neil Sanderson busted out a ridiculous ten minute long drum solo which went into a sweet bass, guitar solo then back into the end of the song and the end of the show.
Theory of a Deadman came out rockin’ right from the start, which was a nice surprise because right off the bat they squashed any rumors I had heard of them sucking live.
Lead singer Tyler Connoly belted out lyrics from all of the bands singles including: “Nothing Could Come Between Us”, “Make Up Your Mind”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, and “Santa Monica”. During a break in between songs Tyler also said Theory of a dead man will be returning to the studio at the end of the tour to record a new album that we can expect to see in stores in the next year and a bit.
Honestly I was late getting into the show because the lineups were huge but I did manage to catch two songs by Idle Sons and I definitely liked what I heard.
They had pounding drums, catchy guitar riffs and solid lyrics. I didn’t see enough of them to go more in depth but they announced they will be playing a show at Mavericks (downtown Ottawa) in early December and I will be there to do a full band bio and review the show, and who knows maybe even get an interview
Alright, I’m going to go ahead and be honest again; you may have noticed that there is no bio for Mobile like I had set-up for the other bands. This is because I don’t particularly like the music made by this group. However, I found myself halfway through their set bouncing my head up and down to one of their songs. So even though I don’t care for their music I will give them this: they put on a great energy packed show and sure know how to get a crowd going. The biggest crowd reaction came when their lead singer announced they where going to play “Montréal calling”.
They are also a very interactive band, at the end of the show along with Idle Sons they went out to the merchandise stand to sign autographs and take pictures with fans.
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