when the opener ends up playing last...
by lostintheair on 7/18/10Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphiawhen i heard isis was doing a summer tour i was thrilled. i've listened to them for close to 8 years but had yet to see them play live. i'd heard of the melvins, but since isis was listed as the opener, had no intention of staying for the whole show. later i heard this was going to be isis' farewell/last tour. i bought my ticket the next day because i knew there wouldnt be another chance to see them. got to the show only to discover an unmentioned opening act, totimoshi was also on the bill, though this wasnt listed on either ticketmaster or livenation or even isis' webpage. they were actually pretty good and i picked up an album of theres on the way out. so here i am all excited for isis to come on, rock my world for an hour or so and then i can get home and get to sleep since i have work at 6am. turns out, as im told by isis' merch guy, that the melvins are using the same instruments as totimoshi, and the line-up was now totimoshi, melvins, and then isis. not being able to wait around for another hour or so (of course the show didnt start on time) for the melvins to finish, i had to leave. extremely disappointing. had i known isis was playing last, maybe i could have gone out to the show later or taken a nap beforehand or something. just a very disappointing experience all around. maybe ill catch them on a reunion tour in like 5 years or something