Live Review: Nickelback/Daughtry/Puddle of Mudd/State of Shock, Lynx Stadium, Ottawa, ON, July 5, 2007
About 14,000 rockers blew the cobwebs right out of Lynx Stadium for a quadruple bill this evening. Despite the threat of rain, the
We didn't see the first band, State of Shock, but I hope for their sake that they have as little in common as possible with the circa 1984 Michael Jackson/Mick Jagger duet of the same name.
Next up was Puddle of Mudd, a band left over from the post-grunge era which isn't fading away gracefully. Every second word was an F-bomb, their between song banter didn't make a lot of sense, and they referred to the crowd as "Canada". Someone should remind them that it's a country, not a town. The audience could have pretty much either took 'em or left 'em, but I have to admit that I did enjoy their bastardized version of "Summer Nights" from Grease, one of the gayest tracks ever committed to vinyl, which came in the middle of set closer "She Hates Me".
Daughtry then played for about 40 minutes and thankfully blew the previous act off the stage. They sounded pretty much the same as they do on record, and lead vocalist Chris Daughtry was spot on pitch wise while demonstrating a very poised stage presence for a rookie.
Once Daughtry left, we heard Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Dio, Rob Zombie and the Scorpions, among others, over the sound system while the crew was getting ready for Nickelback. Great stuff. Then, at 8:45, the boys from Hanna, Alberta, arrived to the sound of massive explosions, launching into "Animals". For the first four or five tracks, pretty much every tune was accompanied by pyro or flashpots. Frontman Chad Kroeger started off with some pro-Sens banter, which the crowd ate up, and then he said that since he was in Ottawa, he had some legislation he'd like to propose - that every time Nickelback comes to town, it ought to become "Legal Marijuana Day". (I wholeheartedly concur.) Reminiscing about gigs at smaller Ottawa venues like Zaphod's, and hoping that "the six people that were in attendance that night were here", the band pretty much played every single hit that they're known for, sounding exactly like they do on CD. They also threw in a short little version of Metallica's "Seek and Destroy" and Kroeger even ad-libbed Joe Nichols' "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" at one point. Also of note was a video tribute to the late "Dimebag" Darrell of Pantera and posthumously, Rebel Meets Rebel. All around, it was good times from a band who doesn't take themselves too seriously, which was demonstrated later on when Kroeger screwed up the words to "Rock Star", laughing at himself, and they concluded after an hour and 45 minutes with dry ice and tons of effects.
The only negative besides the omission of "Never Again" and the $8.50 price for a tallboy of Bud was the configuration of the stadium. The stage was at the infield line and the soundboard was on the pitcher's mound. They could have moved it forward at least 100 feet because it seemed like there was the general admission crowd, and then the rest of us who were sitting about a kilometre away despite no one being on the field from the backstop to the rubber. However, it was still one hell of a great big fun rock show, and I say that fully realizing that I'll never be considered hip enough to be a Rolling Stone writer - which is just fine with me.
Overall ratings:
Puddle of Mudd: 4.75/10
Daughtry: 7/10
Nickelback: 9.25/10
Overall rating: 8.5/10
32 Comments:
14,000 people in Lynx Stadium at once? Wow - that's like a month's worth of Ottawa baseball fans!
I love DAUGHTRY and Nickelback. Thanks for the review! I had been looking for one all morning. Glad you had a great time!
Yeah, I found being called "Canada" instead of "Ottawa" quite annoying. Nickelback was excellent as always though. And I'll keep going to see 'em every time they come around.
Nice blog you have here. Thanks for stopping by mine.
Maybe next time you are reveiwing a show, you should be there for the whole show. Then you wouldn't put stupid little comments in there about the bands you didn't see.
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