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The Motley tour with John5 started this weekend. Pretty much what I expected, aside from how much freedom they’re giving John, not just with the playing but onstage as well. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much movement on a Motley stage. Vince still sounds like Vince Meal, so prepare yourself for that.
Thought it was kind of funny they threw “More Human Than Human” in there; John’s written all of Rob Zombie’s music since he joined the band, you’d think they could have picked a song he wrote.
The change in the verse riff was pretty cool though. As soon as it came in I had an idea they were going to expand on that later.
My only real gripe with John5 is that I feel he suffers from the same thing Petrucci suffers from; their right hands are so practiced there’s no variation in the picking, every note is hit with the exact same force and it removes so much dynamics. Listening to either John playing clean really highlights this because every note will be the exact same volume, regardless of how fast or slow they’re playing. Human compressors.
Edit- Never really thought of this before, but Tommy Lee is pretty much the Phil Rudd of hair metal. He gets a lot of sh*t that overlooks any of his musical contributions, but he’s responsible for “Home Sweet Home” (at least the music, not sure about vocals) and his solo stuff got a LOT of sh*t, but I actually really dug both Methods of Mayhem and his album Never A Dull Moment, there’s some catchy songs in there.
Thought it was kind of funny they threw “More Human Than Human” in there; John’s written all of Rob Zombie’s music since he joined the band, you’d think they could have picked a song he wrote.
The change in the verse riff was pretty cool though. As soon as it came in I had an idea they were going to expand on that later.My only real gripe with John5 is that I feel he suffers from the same thing Petrucci suffers from; their right hands are so practiced there’s no variation in the picking, every note is hit with the exact same force and it removes so much dynamics. Listening to either John playing clean really highlights this because every note will be the exact same volume, regardless of how fast or slow they’re playing. Human compressors.
Edit- Never really thought of this before, but Tommy Lee is pretty much the Phil Rudd of hair metal. He gets a lot of sh*t that overlooks any of his musical contributions, but he’s responsible for “Home Sweet Home” (at least the music, not sure about vocals) and his solo stuff got a LOT of sh*t, but I actually really dug both Methods of Mayhem and his album Never A Dull Moment, there’s some catchy songs in there.
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