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The Rivoli
2002-03-15
Additional Acts: Mike Robins
Ticket Price: $10.00 at the door
Set List: Two Tales / Fast Funk / Girl Next Door / GreenRoot / Saturn / Camouflage (Acoustic) / Silver Gypsy (Acoustic) / Sting (Acoustic) / I Did It For You / Static / Little Ditty / Father / C / Swimming In Chlorine / Meet Moot --> Moot / Sweet Home Alabama (Jungle Remix) / Weather
Set Length: 1.5 hours from 11:45 - 1:15am
Rough Attendance: 150 - 170
Caught on tape? Yeah, but it turned out badly
Poster: "Explosive" 11 x 17
Notes: A fun show at the Riv with good performances and quality sound, but not our most populous show there by a long shot.... Concentrating on filling larger venues with all-ages fans for the past two years has apparently thinned out our 19+ crowd a bit. Gah. You can't have your cake and eat it too, I guess. Regardless, the room was full of happy 'Gotephiles (including a hefty chunk of young'uns who scammed or snuck their way past security) there to see the band at a top-notch venue and the night did not disappoint.
Soundman Ron, familiar with the room, was able to deliver a consistently great mix and maintain it easily over the course of the show. All elements clear and crisp, nice tones from the guitars especially during the acoustic mini-set.
Oh, did I mention the acoustic mini-set? A very nice surprise touch by the band, this was a three-song featurette inserted mid-show that gave us broken-down versions of Camouflage (with a nice alternate ending), Silver Gypsy (always a pleasure), and Sting (which featured Brian and Shlag both working the percussion rack for extra pizzazz and some sharp flamenco guitar from Ovakim.) Definitely a welcome twist to the set and a chance for Jer and Amir to lay down particularly solid vocals with sweet harmonies.
The electric majority of the set came across very solidly as well, just song after song of seasoned funkiness. Zygote's recent prep work for their upcoming studio effort is becoming very clear, as aside from their acoustic set this was a very straightforward show without much planned tinkering. (There was a lot of UNplanned tinkering though... more deviation from standard lyrics in this show then we've seen in a while, I'm pretty sure that the "Our brothers...sweet mothers" line in Moot was replaced by "Our drummer's.... retarded"). Lots of high points, mostly in the newer songs which have been receiving the most rehearsal attention. I Did It For You was once again very noteworthy, and Girl Next Door snapped the show up a level with that machinegun timbale finale. Tons of fun, we got a lot of good video footage but the audio recording messed up and is probably unusable... we'll mess around with it a bit and see if it can be made to sound decent.
For now I think we're going to see a break in gigs... studio work starts soon and that usually means a brief hiatus from the stage. We'll be back soon with something special for you guys, you'll see.
Friday, February 3rd, 2006 : Come In From The Cold at The Opera House
Friday, March 15th, 2002 : The Rivoli
Friday, March 1st, 2002 : Havoc in Hamilton VI at The Hudson
Wednesday, February 20th, 2002 : Rafter's Pub in Sudbury
Friday, February 8th, 2002 : Feel The Love: Pre-Valentine's Day Bash at The Opera House
Saturday, December 8th, 2001 : Call The Office in London
Friday, December 7th, 2001 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Saturday, November 24th, 2001 : Kool Haüs with Big Sugar
Friday, November 23rd, 2001 : The Trasheteria in Peterborough
Thursday, November 22nd, 2001 : The Foundation in Barrie
Thursday, November 8th, 2001 : The Shot in Kingston
Friday, November 2nd, 2001 : The Opera House with Choclair
Saturday, October 27th, 2001 : The Cage in Oakville
Friday, October 26th, 2001 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Friday, October 19th, 2001 : The Capitol Theatre
Saturday, September 8th, 2001 : The Opera House
Friday, August 10th, 2001 : Molson Amphitheatre with Dave Matthews Band
Saturday, July 28th, 2001 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Thursday, July 26th, 2001 : Club Abstract in Kitchener with See Spot Run
Saturday, July 21st, 2001 : Lees Palace
Friday, July 13th, 2001 : Woodstick Festival at Kee to Bala
Friday, July 6th, 2001 : Two Tales II at the Comfort Zone
Friday, June 8th, 2001 : NXNE at The Reverb
Friday, May 4th, 2001 : In Concert at The Warehouse
Friday, April 6th, 2001 : Federation Hall at U o f Waterloo
Saturday, February 17th, 2001 : Lees Palace
Friday, January 19th, 2001 : The Opera House
Saturday, January 13th, 2001 : The Embassy in London
Friday, January 12th, 2001 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Friday, November 17th, 2000 : Zygote Into The Fray at The Rivoli
Saturday, November 11th, 2000 : The Haunt in Ithaca NY
Friday, October 6th, 2000 : In Concert at The Opera House
Saturday, September 2nd, 2000 : Two Tales at The Rivoli
Saturday, July 29th, 2000 : The Rivoli
Sunday, July 16th, 2000 : Molson Indy
Saturday, June 17th, 2000 : The Rivoli
Thursday, June 8th, 2000 : NXNE 2000 at Clintons Tavern
Saturday, May 20th, 2000 : All Ages at The Comfort Zone
Thursday, May 18th, 2000 : Rock Search 2000 at Front 54 in Thorold
Friday, April 21st, 2000 : The Rivoli
Friday, April 21st, 2000 : La Luna in Hamilton
Sunday, March 26th, 2000 : Whiskey Joes in Hamilton with The Headstones
Friday, March 17th, 2000 : St Patricks Day Bash at The Rivoli
Thursday, March 2nd, 2000 : Canadian Music Week at The 360
Saturday, February 12th, 2000 : The Rivoli
Saturday, January 22nd, 2000 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Saturday, November 6th, 1999 : The Opera House with Wide Mouth Mason
Saturday, October 16th, 1999 : The Rivoli
Friday, September 3rd, 1999 : The Rivoli
Friday, July 23rd, 1999 : The Reverb
Saturday, June 26th, 1999 : The Rivoli CD Release
Friday, May 21st, 1999 : The Rivoli
Friday, April 30th, 1999 : The Rivoli
Thursday, April 15th, 1999 : The Reverb
Saturday, December 5th, 1998 : The Rivoli
Thursday, November 19th, 1998 : The Gordon Best Theatre Peterborough
Friday, October 9th, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
Friday, October 2nd, 1998 : The Horseshoe Tavern
Saturday, September 5th, 1998 : The Horseshoe Tavern
Saturday, July 11th, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
Saturday, May 30th, 1998 : The Regency Hotel
Friday, May 29th, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
Saturday, May 23rd, 1998 : The Opera House with The Headstones
Saturday, May 23rd, 1998 : The Big Bop
Thursday, May 14th, 1998 : Lees Palace with Humphat
Saturday, May 2nd, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
Saturday, April 18th, 1998 : El Mocambo Upstairs
Thursday, April 16th, 1998 : Unplugged at The Silver Dollar with Brian Gladstone
Friday, March 20th, 1998 : The Big Bop
Friday, February 6th, 1998 : The 360
Saturday, January 31st, 1998 : Call The Office London with Zuuls Evil Disco
Friday, October 31st, 1997 : Halloween at The Original Six Sports Bar
Friday, October 17th, 1997 : El Mocambo
Friday, June 6th, 1997 : The Generator w Ron Hawkins of Lowest of the Low
Friday, May 23rd, 1997 : The Comfort Zone
Friday, April 25th, 1997 : The Comfort Zone
Saturday, March 29th, 1997 : The 360 with Black Cabbage
Saturday, March 15th, 1997 : AE Pi Frat Party at The Reverb
Friday, January 31st, 1997 : The Comfort Zone with Andru Branch
Saturday, January 25th, 1997 : The Warehouse with Fishbone
Thursday, January 23rd, 1997 : Red Dog Tavern Peterborough with Tied To The Tracks
Monday, November 4th, 1996 : The Horseshoe Tavern
Friday, September 27th, 1996 : The Generator
Saturday, July 27th, 1996 : The Honey Pot
Saturday, June 8th, 1996 : El Mocambo
Friday, April 5th, 1996 : El Mocambo
Friday, October 7th, 1994 : The Opera House with Infinity
Thursday, June 23rd, 1994 : Classic Studios
Friday, June 10th, 1994 : The Shamrock
Saturday, May 8th, 1993 : Rock n Roll Challenge II at The Spectrum
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