This past weekend I traveled to Atlanta to catch Faith No More with Refused on Thursday night at Masquerade Music Park, then Friday night Shinedown and Nothing More played at the Tabernacle.
From the moment I arrived at the venue's secured lot to catch the shuttle, I had a feeling it would be a great night. The shuttles were school buses, and mine happened to not be air conditioned. Brought back memories of when I started discovering music on my own, with Faith No More being one of them.
Refused kicked off the night with a great set. The Swedish band's frontman Dennis Lyxzen told of how the band actually broke up in Atlanta years ago. He also noted the band started another tour three years ago in Atlanta, and the day before this show and that other tour they caught Slayer in Atlanta. They jammed on "South of Heaven," if I'm not mistaken...
Faith No more came out, when it was still daylight. They were under a 10p.m. curfew since the area has been built up and now surrounded by apartments and condos.
They were on fire from the start, opening with "Motherfucker" from the new album, Sol Invictus, and the crowd went nuts. I won't bore you with my review. The link to my images should be up in the next few days on the website I was shooting for that night.
Friday saw me and a friend heading to Shinedown and Nothing More at the Tabernacle. It was a sold out show too, and the long line around the venue killed our chance of seeing Nothing More.
Shinedown came onstage around 9:15, walking out with the house lights on and playing about half a song like that. But when the lights kicked in, they kicked in 100%! These guys just get tighter each time I see them.
Then it was back home. Needless to say I was a little tired yesterday, but it was a great weekend!
Here are the links to the images from this weekend:
http://www.schwegweb.com/shows/photos-shinedown-07-31-15-tabernacle-atlanta-ga/
http://www.schwegweb.com/shows/photos-faith-no-more-07-30-15-the-masquerade-music-park-atlanta-ga/
http://www.schwegweb.com/shows/photos-refused-07-30-15-the-masquerade-music-park-atlanta-ga/