Fantastic Monster

Well, last night at the Regent was interesting. Failure played a longgg set, 21 songs to be exact. In the middle of that 21, was my jam, "Moth." I was happy they were playing it, but the mix didn't sound as I anticipated. I was hoping for loud rack toms for the intro part of the song and then Troy's arrpeggiated part wasn't loud in the mix. I guess I was hoping for a similar reaction to when I first heard the studio version of the song at a used record store. Yeah, my expectations were a bit high since the band got back together to play "Moth" but now I understand why. It just doesn't translate well enough to be EXACTLY like the studio version. I'm on the fence as I write this now, it was a good show overall, but I was bit let down from just that tune... I've seen them play "Moth" in the late 90s, I just don't remember how it came off. Probably bit off too many brews at the time to even remember and I wasn't a recording freak at the time too.

Troy was having an issue with his Axe F/X for his guitar throughout the night, but at least not every song... I think. This is one of the reasons why I dislike Axe F/X not only because it's goddamned expensive but ... arrgh, even regular air pushing amps fail too. But I pondered, what if the house speakers and monitors are having an issue? Well, that's for the artists to sweat, not the fans...

Anywho, it was certainly nice to see the four onstage together again like I did from 1996-97. Enjoy this nub of Failure and listen to the 10th track, "Moth." I want to hear from other fans if they hear the same thing or not...

http://el1011.com/Failure/Failure20151027Regent.aud.V0mp3.zip

Stay tuned, I will be adding a bit more to my review for Metal Assault...

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