Faith No More have just finished their second Soundwave date in Sydney and the reaction on Twitter at least has been ecstatic. Stubbadub were there so expect a full review from them soon, and via them here is the set list below.
Here’s a pic posted by FasterLouder on Twitter.
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FasterLouder now a great gallery up. Skip to page 19 to see Faith No More. Check out Roddy’s new soupstrainer below.
Set list:
- Reunited
- Land of Sunshine
- Be Aggressive
- Evidence
- Surprise You’re dead
- Poker Face/ Chinese Arithmetic
- Last Cup of Sorrow
- Cuckoo for Caca
- Easy
- Ashes to Ashes
- Midlife Crisis feat. Popcorn
- Gentle Art of Making Enemies
- King for a Day
- Epic
- Just a Man
- Chariots of Fire/Stripsearch
- We Care a Lot
Just made it home, and I’ve gotta say that that was absolutley fuckin awesome! The boys were on fire, and their spirits were just so high – Patton couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.
At one point he invited a security guard with a water canon to douse him, as he was dousing the fans down the front (it was an extremely hot Sydney day) “Hey asshole – yeah you, you fucker, why don’t you spray me??” He was soaked from head to toe, and ended up finishing the show in his socks
A huge crowd of about 30000 rocked out the whole time, and I just can’t wait to see what we have in store for tomorrow!
Anyways, must hose the mud off and retire. I’ll ley you guys know how the Hordern show goes.
I hope folks can point us to some pro-shot video and soundboard recordings from these recent dates. Can’t wait to see/hear it!
Couldn’t agree more Mick, what a performance!!! Exceeded my high expectations. I’m still buzzing…Soooooo many highlights, the crowd went mental during Ashes to Ashes and Mike had the whole crowd swaying their arms left to right during Just a Man, was an awesome sight!
I can’t get enough of Chinese Arithmetic and King for a Day, fucking awesome!
During Midlife Crisis, the crowd did the usual sing along, Mike then said “Thats good, but its the wrong song” and then started whistling Popcorn.
At one point they said they were all going out after the show, Mike asked Billy where they were going and Billy replied “Chat Roulette dot com”. Mike said it was one of the most fucked up sites he had ever seen. They thanked the crowd for staying around in the heat to watch them.
Fingers crossed they mix it up tonight at the Hodern with some rarities. If they can deliver the energy they did last night we are in for a real treat again….I CANT WAIT!!!
LOL Pilot – I checked out chatroullete.com when I got home last night. It’s like random video calls to complete strangers, and within 1 minute, I happened on three jerking penises. Patton you sicko
review from smh.com
“I HATE DJ’s”
Soundwave review
“I HATE DJs,” declared one bloke’s T-shirt, neatly summarising the twin sensibilities of a day where ferocity ruled the stages and disc spinners were endangered.
Soundwave is all about rock and metal, but that doesn’t mean its dozens of bands were predictable or homogenous.
Reformed headliner Faith No More showed how to grind but stay gripping, coating a pulverising guitar crunch and the lunatic vocals of ringleader Mike Patton with lounge-act parody. His emergence in a glimmering silver suit and their ’70s easy-listening opener, Reunited, set the tone.
Whether creeping, cackling, hollering through megaphones or going all soft in Easy, Patton seems nearly as maniacal as his voice is versatile. It’s a pity their heyday guitarist, Jim Martin, hasn’t rejoined.
Jane’s Addiction, also reunited, injected their freaky sexuality, revisiting striking motifs with the help of two twin-like, flesh-baring dancers. Perry Farrell’s voice rarely rises to his former Milky Way heights and he now looks more vaudevillian cabaret than alt-rock hero – that’s Dave Navarro’s job – but they still crank and soar, the leader’s odd banter confirming he’s as weirded-out as ever. Original bassist Eric Avery paced and scowled but from the icy distance between him and Farrell, there’s no love lost there.
Real ice would’ve been welcome. As the mercury soared past 35 degrees, a nasty flaw emerged across the lawns of Eastern Creek: there’s not nearly enough shade or quick access to free water.
The St John first-aid workers were flat out handling the results and depleted punters used cardboard boxes, T-shirts, anything, to shield from the punishing sun. If heavy metal were forged with molten steel and blast furnaces, its workshop could scarcely have been hotter.
But Soundwave’s heatwave didn’t dissuade the bands. Gallows got raves for their savagery, Eagles of Death Metal did the trucker-rock joke with aplomb, Placebo gave an engaging dose of post-glam and Hayley Williams’s verve lifted Paramore’s pop punk on a day light on feminine touches.
Nothing could stop the day’s comic highlight, Anvil. The Spinal Tap-esque troupers delighted all with a grinning set replete with lumbering ’80s metal and every rock cliche around.
“I’d just like to thank everybody here today,” declared frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow, “for helping me make my dreams f—in’ come true, man.” And the crowd was with them. Especially the ones who hated DJs.