RNDM Tour Dates

What a great night at the Crocodile! Great energy from the band. First time for me seeing one of Jeff's side projects and really enjoyed seeing him take on a different musical role. Richard an amazing drummer, Joseph a fascinating front man. Should be a fun tour.

For those in Seattle, were the boys signing things? I was thinking of bring my Acts LP cover but would rather not have it with me if they weren't hanging around after the show.

2 spare for face for NYC tomorrow if interested

lotsalemon said:

Been listening to the new record all day and it's fantastic. It's cool they expanded beyond Acts and didn't just make a cookie cutter album. Some crazy talent among those 3 orange dudes!

One week to go until RNDM in Toronto!

Funny that the setlist incorporates the Ghost Riding record in order after reading Jeff's comments about how he wasn't hugely into playing full albums front-to-back in concert. :-)

Loving the new record, too. I second the comments above.

Last tour they did, they all came out after the show (at least in Boston) and mingled with the diehards that stuck around the club after the show.

Wonder how long they stayed till Jeff came out? Poor guy though. Trapped inside hoping everyone has left so he can go home in peace. Kinda tough, especially hometown show.

There's no need to say poor guy in reference to Jeff and saying he was trapped inside and hoping everyone left. That couldn't be further from the truth. My wife and I attended the show and waited inside to meet the band. Security was trying to get everyone to leave, but if you just moved to the back or near the merch booth, it was possible to stay inside.

Around 15 minutes after the show ended, I noticed that Joseph had come out and was talking to fans, then saw that Jeff was there doing the same. Jeff couldn't have been nicer. There were still a fair amount of fans remaining inside, plus some friends of the band. Jeff took photos with everyone who asked, signed items and was happy to converse. He could have avoided mixing with fans if he wanted to, but chose to meet those who were there. Once the band was meeting with fans, I didn't witness security telling anyone they had to leave.

Jeff was in a good mood and stayed inside talking after I left. I would assume his happiness carried over to when he went outside and ran into more people.

NYC was awesome. Joseph is a rock star and whaled. Jeff and Richard were having fun as well. the album was tricky live, but they pulled it off. the crowd was pretty brooklyn and phoney(as in hand held). they finally came around at the end. glad to see them, sad it wasn't sold out.

Seattle:
No opener; we basically got a DJ set from a crew member (not sure if with RNDM or The Croc) who started off by playing my favourite Talk Talk song, "After the Flood", and I damn near shat myself because I'd never heard that song in a public setting ... it just felt really weird. Of any Talk Talk song played in a public setting, I would expect to hear "It's My Life", but not the 9+ minute glory of "After the Flood". I was too far away from the guy to get his attention, but I really wanted to tell him how awesome he was. I missed the PopMatters interview with Jeff until today; he mentioned that they sorta channeled Talk Talk into the creation of Ghost Riders, so it was likely played on purpose. Which is awesome.
I managed to get in a good 7-8 listens of the record that day; not knowing the material aside from the title track, Stray, & NYC Freaks likely quieted the audience a bit.
Rich & Jeff were pretty solid, & Joe was kind of nervous in a really endearing way. (Dude has, like, a bajillion songs, so I can totally understand him having an iPad of lyrics on a music stand.) He's a great frontman, very amiable & funny. It's a treat to watch him play guitar up close, too. I was 2nd row in the middle ... I wore my super-bright orange toque; you can see my silly head bobbing in the "It's Violence" video they posted earlier today. The guy who shot the video from up close was right next to me all night, which saved me from the drunk douchebags who had occupied the space prior to the show, so that was cool.
Santos makes a guest appearance on bass, which is totally rad. He commands some serious attention with that dope bass-playin' stance! Love the double-braided beard, too.
Unfortunately, I couldn't stick around afterwards. With the 3 hour drive back home, I needed to get on the road ASAP, so I didn't get to see any of the guys. *pout* Oh, well. Safety first.
Joe said that the show was sloppy, and it was, but it was an awesome rock show kinda sloppy. Loved the poster for the show, so I got that & also got an orange mask to complement my black one - collect the whole set! There's a minor difference in that the horn nubbies are smaller on the orange one. (Not sure how it compares to black 2.0 though, maybe all the newer ones have small horn nubbies?)
Just a great, fun show.
YAY RNDM!