Whenever I looked around, I saw people watching the band, singing along and all that. Seriously, I don’t think it was anything the band did wrong or badly or whatever. Like I said, the choice of songs was good.a good mix. I know Brett was obsessing over the sound, but honestly, it sounded really good! And with Brett’s antics and Steve running around with his bass and his Jason mask, they kept my attention. and that bothers me, because I can’t figure out why. Now, for some reason, the response from the crowd was sort of weak - not much dancing, etc. Then finishing up with more STP, Foo Fighters, Violent Femmes, more Sublime and The Cult, Buckcherry, Wild Cherry, The Toadies, Tool, Collective Soul, Local H, Puddle of Mudd.I’m sure I’m missing a few, but that’s most of it. Good job.), The Cult, Cracker, Weezer, Audioslave, Social Distortion, Blur, 3 Doors Down, Lit, more Ramones. Second set: Nirvana (does anyone else do Nirvana? I can’t remember another band playing any Nirvana. Starting with some Bush, Seven Mary Three, Everclear, Blink-182, Stone Temple Pilots, Robert Palmer, Presidents of the United States of America, Ramones, White Stripes, Sublime, Radiohead and Green Day. I think Brett and Alter Ego are a great combination. I also enjoyed him with Deja Vu, but I really like his voice for rock music, whereas Deja Vu was more 80's dance/pop. He’s more animated, goofing around, dancing, pantomiming the songs. I’ve seen Alter Ego a couple times with Bruce singing, and Bruce was good, but Brett has more range and he is more of an entertainer. On to the band.įirst of all, they had this whole Friday the 13th theme going on, with Brett and Jason dressed up in “Camp Soho” shirts and Steve dressed up like Jason from “Friday the 13th.” So that was fun.Īnd they sound great with Brett on lead vocals. Gas pumped, met at the door, people to hang with, no echo. I’ve never been up there.) At least take down the mirrors, put some fabric or other sound-absorbing substance on the walls. Wouldn’t down at the end of the long line of the “L” be a better spot for a stage than right in the middle of it? Couldn’t the pool tables go upstairs? (I don’t even know what’s upstairs. Just to rant on this echo thing a little longer.skip this paragraph if I’m boring you.but what kind of nimrod decided that between two big walls was a good place for a stage? (Nimrod, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry I called you a nimrod, but c’mon, seriously.) The place is L-shaped. They accomplished this miracle by (hope I’m not giving away a trade secret or anything) precisely calibrating the angle of the sound waves to the surface of the.ah hell, they turned the speakers away from the wall, outward, diagonally. But this time there was no echo! It sounded great. It can really wreak havoc on a band’s sound. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but in case you missed it and have never been to Soho (or, previously, Lucky’s), the stage backs up to a big wall with mirrors on it and it faces (what, 20 feet away?) a big blank wall. Correct me if I’m wrong) from Deja Vu were there, so I actually had people to hang out with and talk to! Actually Jason from Deja Vu was also there, doing sound for Alter Ego, so the whole gang was there.
But, this time I DID! Robert and Tony (Tony, right? I’m so bad with names. There are two things I normally don’t like about Soho.ġ) I never know anyone there. I was like, ooh, quality eeting me at the door! (Ok, really he was coincidentally going out when I was coming in, but I can pretend it’s because I’m special, right?) Then, when I got to Soho, I was met at the door by bassist Steve Elliott. (I know, I thought it was pretty weird, too, and a little scary, but kind of nice.) Said I shouldn’t have to pump my own gas. On the way, I stopped to get gas and this guy comes over and insists on pumping the gas for me. I was heading up to Soho to FINALLY see Alter Ego with Brett (formerly of Deja Vu) singing with them.
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