EXTREME REUNION REVIEWED:
John Farias was kind enough to send in a review of Extreme's reunion show June 30 at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion.
Says John: "Gary sounded great (probably the best I've heard him sing), the background and harmony vocals sounded great, and the band was surprisingly tight for not having played together for 10 or 12 years. Mike Mangini came out to play on "Hip Today" and "Am I Ever Gonna Change". During the encore Paul introduced Brad Delp, Barry Goudreau, and Fran Sheenan from Boston. They played Boston's "Rock And Roll Band" and Led Zep's "Rock And Roll". Extreme started approximately at 9:15 and ended at 11:30. It was definitely one of the better shows I've seen in the last 5 years."
Setlist (not in order; "Decadence Dance" was played first):
Medley (Kid Ego/Little Girls/Teacher's Pet); Mutha (Don't Want To Go To School Today) - I didn't care for this version. It was played at a faster tempo and the signature guitar riff was missing; Play With Me; Decadence Dance; When I'm President; Get The Funk Out; More Than Words - The audience sang half of the song; It's (A Monster); Hole Hearted - Nuno played electric guitar instead of acoustic. The arrangement was basically the same as the studio version. It may have been a bit funkier, but not funky like the version they played on the "Three Sides" tour; Flight Of The Wounded Bumble Bee; Rest in Peace - The acoustic ending was not played; Cupid's Dead - The rap part was not performed. Gary and Nuno sang a small bit of "What's The Buzz" from "Jesus Christ Superstar" towards the end of the song; Tragic Comic; Our Father; Am I Ever Gonna Change; There Is No God; Tell Me Something I Don't Know; Hip Today; Midnight Express; Rock And Roll Band (Boston); Rock And Roll (Led Zep).
Extreme's Gary Cherone has been involved in another live project in recent weeks. The Amazing Journey is billed as the ultimate tribute to The Who.
This from Piercing Metal, who covered the show:
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Gary Cherone, lead singer for 80's Rock sensation Extreme would handle the vocal duties as the main front person while guitar wizard Paul
Gilbert (Mr. Big) would become Pete Townsend for the night. He even appeared in a signature Townsend white jumpsuit for maximum effect. On bass would be one of the best choices of all as
Billy Sheehan (Niacin, Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth and so many more) would impressively bring the memory of John Entwistle to life for the room. Given the fact that no one can just play Keith Moon's wild styles the job fell to
Michael Portnoy of Dream Theater."
Full Story:
www.piercingmetal.com/concert_(...).htm.
Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway.
