dead mans party
by sheila22696 on 8/15/11OC Fair & Event Center - Costa Mesathey were awesome!! they rocked the HANGAR the only thing that could have been better if there was room to dance!!
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they were awesome!! they rocked the HANGAR the only thing that could have been better if there was room to dance!!
If you loved Oingo Boingo you will love Dead Man's Party! The band is so good, that if you close your eyes you think your are really listening to Oingo Boingo. But don't close your eyes because the band really puts on a show. The horn section is amazing and the lead singer can hit all the Danny Elfman notes. I didn't sit down the entire time, can't wait to see them again!
These cats give it their all. The entire audience was thrown back to high school; everyone was singing along. The stage presence was on target, the sound was just right... I couldn't have had a better time.
Sooo... I HAD to look up the show schedule for the Oct. 30th Galaxy show, because my experience just wasn't the same as the other reviews below. They scheduled Richard Elfman's movie "The Forbidden Zone" to play from 7:00 - 8:15, The Mutaytor (the opening band) at 8:45 & DMP at 10:15. I wasn't exactly hovering over my watch, but that's pretty much the way I remember it going down. I don't know where the information that the opening band was supposed to go on at 8:00 came from, but both the Galaxy & DMP had the above schedule listed. I'm just sayin'...
I agree with the last two reviews that the show did not seem to go as smoothly as hoped. There were obviously some sound issues that held things up, but I went to re-live the Oingo Boingo experience I remember from the 80's, and Dead Man's Party & their "Danny" brought it! I've been a fan of these guys since day one, and over the last 10 years it seems that every show just gets better! 2.5 hours of Boingo tunes is nothing to complain about in my opinion...
The show was supposed to start at 8 but the opening band didn't make it on the stage until 9. Then they played for an entire hour, and THEN we had to wait another whole hour before the real band actually made it on the stage. I give them 2 stars because they played for 2.5 hours and the lead singer and band members were entertaining and enthusiastic but we didn't even stay for the encore song just because the whole show ended up being like 6 hours of standing up and it was soo late by the time it was over. No one wants to hear the opening band play more than 3 or 4 songs and no one wants to spend 2 hours standing and doing nothing either.
I was extremely disappointed in the way the Galaxy theater put on the show. Not only did the opening band start 40 minutes late and then play for over an hour, but Dead Man's Party did not start until about an hour after that. More upsetting than all this, though, was the fact that there were some serious issues with the sound. The overall sound was very muffled, but the biggest problem was the fact that the microphone frequently stopped working for large periods of time or suddenly started working again and gave really loud feedback. This is really not acceptable - people go to concerts to hear music, and if you can't hear it then it's not even worth it.
I would recc this to a friend, but warn them that they need to confirm when the main band will be onstage and skip all the intro stuff. That 2 hour wait was frustrating and felt like the audience was being tortured! It was very unprofessional and felt like we were all getting a bad joke played on us! As for Johnny Vato and the band, they were excellent and sounded like I remember back in the day! If they wouldn't have been so good I would have demanded my money back!
It was worth to drive to San diego and see them. Johnny! you are leaving boingo's name very high.
Killer show. Sometimes you think it might be just a band playing songs, but they pulled it off. Except for Danny Elfman not being there this was a bitchin concert. Would definiyely see them again.
It was very fun and enjoyable for my fiance and I. We had so much fun. It was also a great Valentines gift for him. We would come and see the band again or attend Galaxy Theatre.
a friend and i drove 150 miles to see the show and it was worth it all 3 bands were great. we both had a very very good time . ever one there was having fun and thats what it all about .and DMP wow way cool and rob/danny elfman was very nice to me bottom line we both had a great time lots of fun thank you all three bands
The Faraway Boys were okay, I like that kind of music. Elvis Simmons was hilarious as well. The real reason I went was for DMP, and I wasn't disappointed. They played for a long time, and were damn good