Anyone seeing them on Monday?

Seeing them for the first time this saturday with The Human Abstract and The Chariot. Not a huge fan but I really like Fortress. What should I expect?

From what I've seen they are either awful or top notch, doesn't seem to be an in-between.

I've been told that The Human Abstract and The Chariot are **** live. Any comments on that?

They both sound boring and I will not be watching them.

i've only seen PtH live once, and they were amazing. flawless.

PTH are usually great live, they have off nights but so does everyone. I've seen 'em more than I can count and they've very rarely disappointed.

Human Abstract is actually worse live than on record if you can believe that.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;17103597]PTH are usually great live, they have off nights but so does everyone. I've seen 'em more than I can count and they've very rarely disappointed.

[B]Human Abstract is actually worse live than on record if you can believe that.[/B][/QUOTE]

Dear god... I really might skip them then.

Yeah Human Abstract is absolutely terrible live. I saw them at the whiskey in hollywood and after their set the singer was drinking a beer downstairs where you werent supposed to drink and the security told him to leave and he wouldnt so they literally threw him out the door haha

hahah i saw them on tour with Trivium and they were god awful, too much random guitar wankery....epic fail

Seeing em Monday, looking forward to The Chariot as well as PtH.

I'm going to be seeing them on April 26 with Misery Signals. That will be amazing. Unfortunately I have to wait like almost 2 months. O well, it will be so worth it.

And to Ventriloquist, The Human Abstract is kinda lame live. And even though The Chariot isn't the greatest music, they have a pretty fun live show. One of the most energetic shows I've seen.

you're going to chain? i'm going to the knitting factory

Just back from the PtH gig. I was trapped in there with 15 year olds and a bunch of emo kids. Apart from that PtH were really good, only **** up was in Sequoia Throne. However they just played like 50 minutes and left without an encore. The Chariot and The Human Abstract were terrible (esp. The Human Abstract...). Only good part was the guitarist of The Chariot throwing his guitar in the air, then failing to catch it.

I'd like to see The Chariot. I heard they are really energetic. Ah well, I get to see them with Misery Signals, so I'm quite happy.

Yeah, they are energetic but that's about it. They use a lot of feedback sounds in their songs which gets annoying after a while.

It's funny cause I was jamming with this new band and the guitarist kept feeding back and I kept thinking of the Chariot for some reason.

My friend said when he saw the Chariot like 4 years ago they had a guitarist for the strict purpose of feedback that didn't actually play guitar :lol:

Doesn't surprise me.

[QUOTE]However they just played like 50 minutes and left without an encore. [/QUOTE]
They don't play encores. In over 40 shows, they've played maybe 10 encores, and most of those were in the early years. It's mostly Luke, he's avidly against them.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;17107018]They don't play encores. In over 40 shows, they've played maybe 10 encores, and most of those were in the early years. It's mostly Luke, he's avidly against them.[/QUOTE]

Did he say why?

huh, a friend told me he watched em recently (in germany?) and said the played all of fortress + divine suicide encore

Well they still typically have been a band that doesn't play encores, Luke's reasoning has always been that he wants to leave fans wanting more. Also, not sure how your friend saw them play "all of Fortress" because as far as I've heard they still don't play Bone Marrow.

Just remembered, another thing happened today at the gig was that they stopped playing Palms Read after the first [I]For a million years, raise your glass...[/I] part. And it's probably my fav. PtH song :/

When is PTH releasing a live album :(

Palms Read really is quite the masterful track

i want to see them live so bad!! so bummed i missed them on tour with AILD, stupid job!!

[QUOTE=sean2332;17107209]i want to see them live so bad!! so bummed i missed them on tour with AILD, stupid job!![/QUOTE]

Call out dude! =)

the problem is the show was in Illinois, a 4 hour drive....i would have had to leave early one day and miss the next. I had just started like 2 weeks before or i totally would have!

[QUOTE=sean2332;17108276]the problem is the show was in Illinois, a 4 hour drive....i would have had to leave early one day and miss the next. I had just started like 2 weeks before or i totally would have![/QUOTE]

Also you could request off as soon as the show is announced. That's what I try to do.