Deftones
>> Carling Academy
>> 8th June 2006
Walking through the doors of The Carling Academy tonight I was immediately struck by the wide variety of music fans. Its not often that you see large hairy men stand shoulder to shoulder with small teenage girls with 15mm holes in their ears and an abundance of colourful clothes but tonight is different. Only Deftones could pull such a crowd and this being their first Glasgow gig in almost 3 years, anticipation was running high.
Given the mammoth task of opening the night were local 4 piece Shutter, with a lively set of very tight Pelincan-esque instrumental post-rock. Quiet/loud dynamics are the basis for the bands songs with clean picking from the guitars and solid bass lines decorating each other, building up into a slight crescendo then the distortion kicks in and the band kick into HUGE riff after huge riff. An enjoyable set and a great start to the night.
Second band of the night are Glasgow boys You Already Know. They deal in mid paced heavy rock reminiscent at times of Placebo and it may be my louder-the-better musically mentality but unfortunately, YAK didnt seem to grab my attention. Still, the band are great at what they do and on lighter night of metal, I'm sure they'd go down a storm.
Finally it was time for Deftones. The lights came on to reveal Chino Moreno standing on a podium at the front of the stage. With so many throw away artists, it is great to see a real icon in todays musical climate. The rest of the band then appeared and kicked straight into a roaring rendition of Feticeira. The set then continued with great pace leading to a new song (Beware of the water) showing a more atmospheric side with gutiarist Stephen Carpenter taking synth duties whilst Chino played guitar. More hits followed including Hexagram, Be Quiet And Drive and Minerva, all of which sending the crowd (myself included) into a frenzy. Unfortunately, a couple of covers (The Cure and Sade) then took away the energy of the band but this was quickly regained with older material. The night was finished off with a medley from their first album (Adrenaline) with 7 words being the finally of a terrific set. The band left the stage to rapturous applause leaving a packed out Carling Academy with a feeling of extreme satisfaction. Rawk on little ones.
>> Gareth Payne
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