John Stanier is one of my favorite drummers, so I was PRETTY excited to see Battles. I got there at doors open to get a front row view from the balcony.
T-Shirts of such bands as DRI, SNFU, Anthrax, COC, Pantera, Jinjer, Rob Zombie, Tree, Bad Brains, Health ("sad music for horny people"), Sam Black Church, Sonic Youth, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Rough Trade, Dillenger Escape Plan, and multiple Zappa shirts.
Plus: 3 Mohawks, 2 sets of animal ears, 1 white face paint, 1 tye dye shirt and 1 red dress.
And the winner of them all, a Tim & Eric themed Bungle album cover:
The Battles set was top notch and Stanier's playing was out of this world. He continues to rock a long sleeve button down dress shirt, which is drenched with sweat by the end of the show.
I wish his snare mix was a bit louder but otherwise no complaints. Well except for Ian making a joke about Roadrunner being a "sports" name for a music club. Does he not know the official rock song of The Commonwealth?
