Primus Tickets

So let me just start off by saying that I came to this show to see Gogol Bordello. They put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen and this would be my 7th time seeing them. To start things off on a bad note, I got to the show a bit late. I didn't think that Gogol would be opening, but they did so I missed their first few songs. And even though I got there well into the performance, nobody seemed to care that they were on stage except for a small group of people in the front right who were moshing. It took a while to get to that part of the show, I guess i just wasn't pushing hard enough. But the main problem was that the crowd didn;t have the typical gogol energy that I am used to. Therefor, Gogol had no energy to grab and run with. They didn't do an Encore, which is a first in my book. Nobody cared about them except for me. However, they did play some of their good songs and what I was present for was amazing. I had a good time, but it was too short and made me really pissed. The culprit to this issue was the abundance of Primus fans. Don't get me wrong, I love Primus and I was so happy to have this chance to see them perform. However, their fans were all drugged out, which they had to be in order to enjoy the dragged out jams Primus put on. They played a few of their good songs, but for the most part, they jammed for the entire time and it was very low energy. Not what I was expecting. I ended up leaving right after they played an interesting version of Tommy the Cat, as well as the majority of the crowd. All in all, it was just an alright show. I learned my lesson to never go to a show where gogol bordello isn't the headliner. I need to be around people who appreciate them in order to have a good time i guess.

Les is getting old, which is making him into one of those old geniuses that can just stand there on the stage looking kind of bored, while his fingers fly across the strings. The songs choices were all routine (and all amazing), the stage was almost completely unadorned, the concert began without fanfare. Les just walked out, picked up his bass and started ripping. That's what the crowd wanted, you go to a Primus show for the music. The crowd was rowdy, but not overly so. I spent most of the show in a mighty struggle to keep my body off the ground and supplied with air, but it was worth it and for every hooligan there were three others trying to keep each other upright.

Gogol Bordello is one of the best bands to see live!

Les Claypool is Primus. The Williamsburg Waterfront was a great place for a show and it was a very well run event. Loved it

On the ticket it says "Primus/Gogol Bordello". These are two quite different bands with different audiences. Some people clearly came just for gogol, and others - just for PRimus. I was there for Gogol. So, since PRimus was mentioned on the ticket first, me and my friends assumed that Primus was opening for Gogol and came a little later. It turned out it was the other way around and we missed most of Gogol's performance. It seemed to be the case with many other people at the concert, who showed up later for Gogol, missed it and where very disappointed. There's also very difficult logistics with getting beer at that venue. You first stand in a line to get a bracelet, then you stand in a line to buy a ticket for beer, then you stand in a line to get the beer itself - almost like a scavenger hunt. There;s gotta be an easier way to do it!

Of course I say this with the utmost respect for the band who loves the chant by there long time fans such as myself. Tight as can be the trio once again showed nyc just what rock music should be. From there zanie yet propper attire the did not fall short to a fan who has seen them since the mid 90s. The venue was perfect and the atmosphere was just right. You could not ask for a better show.

Primus played an amazing set at the Sound Academy. If I had anything negative to say, it would be that the sound level was a little low. It was a packed house, and the band (who was tight as hell in all their Primus glory) just wasn't loud enough. Great show... sooooooo good.