Limp Act more like

In my humble opinion, and this is MY opinion, Perez were better. Far better. Saron Gas were better. Amersham were better. Hell, even Lithium all those years ago were better than Limp Bizkit were last night.

When you go to watch a rock act of Limp Bizkit proportion it's understandable to expect to be suitably awed. Not neccessarily by the venue and the lights, what I'm talking about is the act itself. The band. I went last night expecting the band to be broadcasting vibe and energy, and putting on a show worthy of their recognition as one of the top rock acts of our [my] time. Instead they sucked the big hairy one, and I for one will not be making the effort to go see them again.

Their opening act, which was supposed to be The Revolution Smile but ended up being The Tarrantino's, was shit (super shit) and they were, for all intents and purposes, boo'ed of stage.... except that they didn't leave the stage, choosing to stay up there and endure the abuse and flying pints of beer. They deserved it. The very idea of 'The Tarantino's' is shit and deserves to have pints thown at it.

Limp Bizkit were mildly better in that at least they played their own music, but that's all they did really. There was zero stage presence from Fred and the boys, with the guitarists seemingly confined to either end of the stage, and under strict instructions to do NO more than head-bang a bit. The DJ (is it still Lethal??) didn't get any solo time. Fred looked completely ambivalent the entire evening, and only managed a smile when some kid was allowed on stage with him.

So yeah, they played their music, it was a tight gig, I stood not 5 meters from Red Cap himself, and I've now moshed at a LB concert... but I would rather have stayed at home and listened to a CD. The only concert I think I've been to where I was less impressed was Max Normal at the Jam in Cape Town. They started about 2 hours late, and after 2 songs I couldn't be bothered anymore and went home...