Machine Head February 11, 2020 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN, United States Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary Tour
01. Imperium 02. Take My Scars 03. Now We Die 04. Beautiful Mourning 05. Locust 06. I Am Hell (Sonata in C#) 07. Aesthetics of Hate 08. Guitar Solo 09. Robb speaks / "Darkness Within" intro 10. Darkness Within 11. Catharsis 12. From This Day 13. Ten Ton Hammer 14. Is There Anybody Out There? 15. Halo 16. Real Eyes, Realize, Real Lies (pre-recorded intro) 17. Davidian 18. Old 19. A Thousand Lies 20. None but My Own 21. Drum Solo 22. The Rage to Overcome 23. Death Church 24. A Nation on Fire 25. Blood for Blood 26. I'm Your God Now 27. Medley (Welcome Hom /One/Seek & Destroy/ Thunder Kiss '65 / South of Heaven/Raining Blood) 28. Block 29. Band intros/stage banter
I hadn't seen Machine Head since 2009. Even though I had heard they were playing long shows on the previous tour, I just didn't make the effort to go. So, when the "Burn My Eyes" 25th anniversary tour was announced, my curiosity was piqued. I'm used to seeing jam bands or Springsteen pull off a 3-hour show, but a metal band? I know Robb is one of those guys that rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but I have a whole new level of respect for him. How his throat can withstand doing that night after night is beyond me. Plus, they had to cancel the Pontiac, Michigan show three nights later because he and Logan had strep throat. He mentioned during the show that the band was sick, but you wouldn't know it by watching and listening to them. After listening to "Burn My Eyes" hundreds of times over the past 25 years, it was awesome seeing it performed live with Logan Mader and Chris Kontos (!), but it just went by so fast it was hard to process, and suddenly it was over.
For the first set and through part of the second set, I was in a great spot about 50' from the stage. I moved during the drum solo to get away from someone in front of me that was distracting and interfering with my view. You may notice the sound changed as I moved to a couple of locations much closer to the stage. The sound was just a bit different, but I ended up with a much better vantage point. Enjoy!
3 CDs ironchef Audience ironchef Sound Professionals CMC-08s (AT943s)->SP-SB10->Roland R05->Audacity->CDWave->TLH FLAC 185:16 min. A
