Monster Magnet are back at Pumpehuset, a club the band
played at back in 2000 on the God Says No tour… I showed up early and talked
with Phil and the road manager and was on the guest list. I had met up with
these guys nearly every time they have played near where I lived since 1992 on
the Superjudge tour when I met Ed and Dave.. Usually I talk a lot with Tim
Cronin (lights) but he was not on this tour.
I had a going away party I needed to go to so I went and said by to some
friends and then came back to the venue and caught Scorpion Child in the middle
of the 1st or 2nd song. This was the 3rd time
the band had been in CPH but I had never caught them and I missed the at
Roadburn as well. The band was supposed to have the new album out before the
tour but sadly it was delayed. They
really rocked and the crowd was into it. Great singer and organ player. The
whole band played great but I really missed that there were very few solos. A
few organ solos on some of the tracks and two towards the end of the set had
guitar solos but not many solos or instrumental parts. A organ driven (low in
the mix though) Led Zeppelin vibe.. Nice folks. |
| Scorpion Child |
Monster Magnet hit the stage at about 22:15 and played for
70mins and did 3 encore songs. Same set as the previous nights from what I can
see on the internet and a killer set..
The band opened with two from the Powertrip album (Crop Circle,
Powertrip) and the audience was in Dave’s hand from the start. Amazing energy
and good sound but guitars were a bit low. Lots of drum bass and vocals. Melt
was the only track from God Says No and then we got the killer stuff. A lot of
Superjudge songs started with the title track, into Twin Earth. Amazing.. Look
to your orb for the Answer into Dinosaur Vacuum into Brainstorm and back was
amazing… (I shot a video of this).
Cage around the Sun… it was a brilliant
30mins of the show. The next three have been standards in the set for years and
played well. The band and audience always have a lot of fun with Space Lord
Motherfucker! That was the end of the main set. They came back after about
5mins break and played a cover of an old Swedish psychedelic garage rock band
called Union Carbide. Never seen them play that track before! Face Down has not
been played since like 1993 but other than that it was pretty standard songs from
these popular albums from the 90s. The tour was booked as songs never or rarely
played before and only I want More and Face Down were in this category. Anyway,
the entire band kicks ass and Dave still sings like a motherfucker for 60 and
is looking and sounding great. The band play a killer set of Psychedelic sing-alongs
for Stadiums…
Set List: Crop
Circle, Powertrip, Melt, Superjudge, Twin Earth, Look to your orb for the
Answer, Dinosaur Vacuum-Brainstorm-Dinosaur Vacuum, Cage around the Sun,
Tractor, Dopes to Infinity, Space Lord. Encores: I want more (Union Carbide
Cover), Face Down, Negasonic Teenage Warhead
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