Live At Montreux 2002 - Mandrill

Advantages: Great songs in following Across Five Aprils style
Disadvantages: Not a full album

...‘Living in the moment’ (2004) is the third release from Across Five Aprils after their 2003 release of ‘A Tragedy In Progress’ and the 2002 ‘Cut Me And I’ll Bleed Rock N Roll’. This is a five track EP which shows off a great Across Five Aprils emo sound with some hardcore parts but it does not involve as much hardcore sounds in the vocals and in the music such as the riffs and drumming as much as the previous 'A tragedy in Progress’ and the later 2006 album 'Collapse'. The first song on the album is 'Saving Seats' which kicks in with some guitar sound effects and then with a drum kick it starts in to a good guitar riff with backing drums which is added to with some more repetitive guitar playing and then with the singing vocals playing in it adds another depth to the music which is very much in the heavy emo scene, then... Read review

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Advantages: good music
Disadvantages: not so much interaction

...Hi guys! This is my first opinion here and I hope it won't be totally bad. I decided to write about a concert I saw the last week, here, where I live, in Vicenza. I eard the news of the concert about 2 months ago. At the beginning I didn't believe that there would be a show like it in Vicenza. Instead, after a short time, I saw the advertising on the walls and I immediatly went to buy the ticket. I was lucky, I found them. So, the day of the gig arrived. Here you are the chronicle of that day. Me and my friend arrived in front of the stadium of Vicenza at about 7 p.m. There were lot of people in queue waiting to enter on the grass, in front of the stage. I had 2 tickets for the terrace, so we went there. Behind me there were two english girls. They started screaming at the beginning of the show and never stopped... Read review

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Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: The Awful cover artwork.

...studios" in Montreux Switzerland and for mixing the "Power Plant" in New York. Songs on this album where constructed with both Bowie and Eno using experimental methods all over the place such as the pair pointing to a notice board with chords for the songs written on them, writing new tracks using old ones and lastly writing songs with the music of old tracks going backwards, in reality the most experimental of the trio of albums made with Eno in the 70's. In the days of vinyl side 1 had an ethic feel to it and commented on the wanderlust of Bowie at the time and side 2 was Bowies take on the American consumer society. In the 2 years since the release of the "Low" & "Heroes" albums Bowie suddenly had competition to be himself in the form of failed puck rocker Gary Numan. Numan had gone to Bowie nights ran by Steve Strange and Rusty... Read review

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