My friend Brian introduced me to Modest Mouse's music five years ago on our trip to Rhode Island. So he was the perfect companion for this adventure.
We arrived at the Kalamazoo State Theatre with a line of people outside waiting to get in. The concert was sold out. There were people asking if any one had extra tickets to sell. It was cold, but we were lucky we only had to wait for ten minutes at the most. The outside of the building looked just like a old down town movie house.
We sat in the balcony. We had a great view of the stage & the mosh pit. This Theatre is smaller than the Morris. It is not much bigger than a movie theater. The way this place is decorated is impressive, I loved it, all the way down to the shining stars in the ceiling. I will look for more shows here. It was also a very easy drive & parking.
The first band was called Man Man. Ummm in Brian's words, "They were freaks & I don't mean that in a good sense.) This band gave screaming a new name. They were talented in that they played a variety of instruments & things like bowels & trash cans. I thought one song was catchy.Modest mouse did not start till 9:30 due to a major stage change between bands. They played until 11:00 though. They covered all the good songs & many newer ones. The lead singer Isaac Brock has more energy that any performer I think I have seen. He seemed to perform more for himself than to the crowd in my opinion. I love how he can go from a loud (make you jump out of you seat loud) to a soft whisper voice alternately. The band members were many Isaac Brock - Eric Judy - Jeremiah Green - Tom Peloso - Johnny Marr - Joe Plummer. They played multiple instruments also. Johnny Marr was a cutie. He formerly played for the Smiths.
They were better in person than I thought they would be. It was loud & exciting. I loved it!
Man Man (Warning painful music to some) Engrish Bwudd Live
all i want to be is a shovely bubbly gobbly gook
a seagull stole him from his slow mama's hands aboard the boat the sweet louisa
and dropped him in the meadow-lands where wild hyenas taught him how to hunt old elephants
so he spent his formative years eating out badunkadunk
fee fi fo fum i smell the blood of an englishman
fee fi fo fum i smell the blood of an englishman
fee fi fo fum i smell the blood of an englishman
fee fi fo fum i smell the blood of an englishman
Modest Mouse on David Letterman Live Dashboard
Modest Mouse Dashboard Lyrics
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Listening to: 07 - she will always be a broken girl
via FoxyTunes
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