I have been calling Incubus one of the best rock acts around for years now. Ever since I first heard S.C.I.E.N.C.E. for the first time back in early 1998, I have been hooked on their music. They have a great sound, and are great songwriters. There albums just kept getting better with Make Yourself and Morningview, I think A Crow Left of the Murder is a weaker effort for them, but still stronger than a lot that is out there.
I had gotten to see Incubus in concert during the Sno-Core tour back in February of 2000. They played an amazing set. It was amazing to hear how good they were live, and they have just gotten better over the years. I haven't had the opportunity to see them live again, yet, but I have seen their previous DVD's, When Incubus Attacks Vol. 2 and The Morningview Sessions. Each one featuring a better performance than the last. I particularly liked the second, the performance is fantastic. This brings us to their newest DVD which features their best released live performance to date, plus places them in the wonderful surroundings of the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado.
The band takes to the stage and launches into Megalomaniac. Perfect way to start off a show, begin with an instantly recognizable track, immediately gets the crowd hot. What follows is a perfect blend of tracks from all of their albums, hitting all the right notes and pulling out a few lesser known songs. Mixing up the hard rocking tracks and the more mellow paced songs. Highlights of the set would be Idiot Box, Wish U Were Here, Vitamin, Stellar, and Green. Each member gets their chance at a solo, each getting to show off the unique piece of the puzzle that they bring to the unique Incubus sound. The set closes with a three track encore. It begins with Brandon playing solo for the first half of Pantomime, then the band comes in to finish the song and move into The Warmth, before playing, possibly their biggest hit, Pardon Me.
Overall, the performances here are top notch. There is nary a bad performance in the lot. In addition to being excellent song writers, their live show shines, each member playing their role and still standing out individually which is helped by the good mix provided here. But this disk is much more than just a music performance, there is also a video side that can be looked at.
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1 - Temple Stark
Hey "champ",
This is up at Advance.net
Click here.
Let the artist / record company know, perhaps?
- Temple
2 - rodrigo
greatings!
i've just finished reading your comment about the INCUBUS DVD - Alive At Red Rocks! there's no doubt, this is a show to remember... I have already seen it, and i can't stop. Every time i can, i see this amazing band playing live for us!
It's really of high quality, the film, the sound, it's outstanding!
In my opinion I think that INCUBUS is one of the biggest bands nowadays! sound, couldn't be better, the lyrics... damn, they're just of very very good quality! Most of all, i think it's the spirit that talks louder to the ones who knows how to apreciate music. I also would like to say that i've saw them playing live at Rock In Rio, Lisbon. It was not a really great show, in my opinion, mainlly for the cause that i guess they were not placed in a good day for the show, because it was the heavy day, I mean heavy in a litteral way - Sepultura, Slipknot, metallica.. see what i mean?! the fans also didn't help... but, for the ones who really enjoy INCUBUS was really great!At List
I enjoyd the opportunity! I'm glad now for this excelent dvd, where we can, anytime, anyplace see them!!!
Really apriciate the comment!
INCUBUS ROCKS!!!!!!
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