Zygote live in concert : Nothing Booked, Wednesday, May 5th, 9999 Lees Palace 2001-02-17 Saturday February 17 2001 Lee's Palace Additional Acts: Tallman Ticket Price:$8.00 at the door Set List: "C" / Static / Nejuan / Moot / Ladies / Biz with Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick" outro and massive drum solo from Brian / New Song / Gratefully Nowhere / The Flower Song / Saturn / Camouflage / Swimming In Chlorine / Kousharee / Two Tales / GreenRoot / Weather Set Length: 1.5 hours, from midnight to 1:30 Rough Attendance: approx. 300 Caught on tape? Yeah, Lee's Palace has a nifty option where they burn the whole show directly onto a CD for you. Poster: 11x17 b/w octopus posters Notes: A pretty damn good show. This one had us at Lee's Palace, where Zygote hasn't performed since 1998. We did the room justice tonight, hauling in 300+ happy patrons, all overage. Great sound in the room, Lee's has a rep for maintaining sound quality despite some obstructive architecture. Tallman opened the night strongly, delivering their trademark intense set of heavy tunes complemented by sinister lighting and stage effects. I had Dave from TV's "Lofters" working on my crew tonight as one of the "challenges" that they have to undertake for the program. Basically I just treated him as part of the stage crew, setting up the stage, doing prep-work, etc. It was fun having him and his cameraman around, and he also interviewed the band and most of the crew for their program. Hopefully a slice of Zygote life will make it to air. Oh yeah, The BAND. The band was in really good form tonight. Having spent a lot of time jamming lately (in preparation for the gig and our upcoming stint in the studio) the band was needle-sharp and watertight. Changes were nailed perfectly, any time the band made a sudden stop it was like they were a single unit. Everyone looked like they were having a great time on stage (except during Gratefully Nowhere, when certain emotions were riding high and Jeremy had a furious look on his face.) Although the set in its entirety was great, everyone I've spoken to agrees that the high points were: The Flower Song. This one had that perfect Flower feel, with spontaneous, off-the-cuff jamming and a relaxed progession through several motifs including blues, ska, and a thunderous heavy section that had our sound woman Marlon adjusting levels to keep from blowing the board. Gratefully Nowhere. Lots of good authentic energy for this one. Two thumbs up for Jeremy for channeling his anger into a productive outlet. (Don't ask.) The Moby Dick outro in Biz. The riff from this song is so ingrained into the collective rock subconscious that all we needed was a few bars of it before the place was rockin' out. Add that to the seamless transition from Biz, creative noodling from Amir, Aaron and Shlag during the breaks, and a kickin' drum solo from Brian, and you have one of the all-time-best Zygote plugs. Moot. The whole song was energetic and driving, but the moment that earns it a place in the "highlights" section of this review was the hilarious "Give it up for meeee!" that Amir shouted into the mic during the intro. It had Jer and Ovakim laughing so hard that they barely composed themselves in time to make their cues. All in all a great show. We drew our largest overage crowd ever, the band put on an extremely entertaining show with tons of goodies and some wicked musicianship, and everyone went home happy. FAN COMMENTS This was a serious show. At first it seemed as if there would be a poor turnout but just as the 'Gote took the stage Lee's completely filled up. This was a pretty intimate show with lots of crowd interaction. Amir and Jeremy sent their mic's into the crowd on a few different occasions. The band was as tight and intense as ever, consistently keeping the crowd going nuts. The crowd highlight of the evening though had to be the gothic chick trying to stage dive. She crawled under the guard rail, onto the stage in front of Jeremy, up onto the guardrail and then with arms outstretched she jumped into the crowd and landed right on her face! .... (straight out of son in law...if you haven't seen it, rent it and you'll understand), giving the crowd and the band a good laugh. Zygote on stage + Drunk Gothic Girls = FUNNY ASS SHIT! ~REZ 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	24/04/26

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