Richard Patrick of Army of Anyone at La Zona Rosa photo by staff photographer jeff barringer |
Army of Anyone
Hometown: Los Angeles, Ca.
http://www.armyofanyone.com/
Army of Anyone Concert Photos
Meat Puppets
Hometown: Scottsdale, Az.
http://www.myspace.com/curtkirkwood
Meat Puppets Concert Photos
Saturday, January 20, 2007
La Zona Rosa (Austin, Texas)
also:
Dropping Daylight,
Hurt
Austin’s La Zona Rosa was the alt music hot spot the night of January 20, when people at the Army of Anyone concert got the added bonus of two short but sweet performances by surprise guests the Meat Puppets - their first time to play together since 2002. Dropping Daylight kicked off the evening playing about six alternative-rock sets, then the band Hurt took the stage shortly after, playing eight harder alternative-metal pieces, which brought more energy to the crowd. Army of Anyone was in Austin promoting their new self-titled album, and they made for a good show.
Dean DeLeo of Army of Anyone at La Zona Rosa photo by staff photographer jeff barringer |
Army of Anyone is Filter’s lead singer Richard Patrick and Stone Temple Pilots bassist and lead guitar players Robert and Dean DeLeo, matched with Ray Luzier on the drums. The guitar solos blew the crowd away, especially when Dean DeLeo played his solos using his double-neck guitar. The band played a variety of STP and Filter songs throughout the night, but mainly stuck with playing AOA originals. “Vaseline� was the first cover song of STP’s that they performed. The bass and lead guitar took Army of Anyone to a much higher place, and put the “rock� in “rock ‘n roll� for the band. They later performed their first single “A Better Place,� a mid-tempo song that didn’t really grab my attention until Dean DeLeo played his solo on the electric guitar.
Cris and Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets at La Zona Rosa photo by staff photographer jeff barringer |
AOA performed a popular Filter song called “Take a Picture,� which sounded identical to the radio version. A couple more AOA songs were performed before the Meat Puppets came on stage to play with Luzier and Dean DeLeo. Curt and Cris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets performed “Out of My Way.� This was a harder rock set with fast metal guitar licks and lots of long curly hair flying around the stage. After that, the rest of the AOA members left the stage and new Meat Puppet drummer Ted Marcus joined Curt and Cris and performed “Lake of Fire,� recognized by most young people from Nirvana’s version sung by Kurt Cobain. The Meat Puppets put on a short-lived, hard ass performance and the crowd was seriously digging ‘em.
AOA returned to the stage and sang a Stone Temple Pilots song, “Big Bang Baby,� followed by a Filter original “Hey Man, Nice Shot.� As an encore, Army of Anyone played two more songs off their new album, and then they took a bow.
Seth Davin of Dropping Daylight at La Zona Rosa photo by staff photographer jeff barringer |
The first opening band, Dropping Daylight, was an alternative pop/rock band with keyboard influences that gave this band some pizzazz. The band didn’t get much crowd response, possibly as a result of a late arriving audience, until they dedicated a song “to the men and women overseas.� With lyrics like, “not backing down,� and “we came this far,� the crowd began to nod their heads a bit more and show some enthusiasm.
J. Loren Wince and Paul Spatola of Hurt at La Zona Rosa photo by staff photographer jeff barringer |
The second act on stage was a band called Hurt. They were harder and darker than Dropping Daylight , more an alternative-metal band with Tool/Nirvana-influences. The distortions in the vocal solos and variations in the vocal octaves showed that this band was open to musical experimentation and they rocked. The majority of their songs ended abruptly, leaving the audience confused. Their second to last song was my personal favorite. The lead singer left the stage only to return playing a fiddle. The guitar and the fiddle harmony brought the listeners into a trance-like state. There were mostly cymbals and snare drumming throughout the song, giving the fiddle a chance to be heard.
Robert DeLeo and Richard Patrick of Army of Anyone at La Zona Rosa photo by staff photographer jeff barringer
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