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Blown away!
This was the first time I’ve seen Tate live since ‘03 and he kicked considerably more ass last night than he even got close to in ‘03!
He’s retiring Mindcrime from being played live after this and since every vid I’ve watched post-pandemic shows him putting some effort into the live shows, I figured I’d go. My two metal and a meal buddies came with me, the three of us being Ryche fans since the 80’s.
Geoff really killed it. His voice sounds GREAT and while he’s not hitting every high note, he’s hitting a LOT more than he has in the last 25 years and throwing in some old school sirens on occasion. His baseline voice is still so damn strong and not missing a single thing. I found myself saying “This is why this dude was such a huge influence” more than I was thinking anything about what his performance lacked.
Band was also great. 3 guitarists and while I don’t think anyone on that stage is under 35, they definitely put some effort into the tones and the playing. Very full sounding show and I really don’t think there’s a lot of tracks going on. Live backing vocals with some layers on tracks, but you mostly hear the live vocals. One guitarist in particular really nails the nuances and the tones just a pinch more than everyone else, I’m guessing that dude is probably a fan.
Opened with Mindcrime then the 2nd set had some Mindcrime II stuff I don’t think anyone really WANTED to hear, “I’m American”, “The Chase”, “Murderer?” and “A Junkie’s Blues” (I had to look these up, I never even heard some of that stuff before). “Empire”, “Jet City Woman” and “Take Hold Of The Flame” (closer) were also in the 2nd set.
Gripes-
Get rid of that fucking e-kit. Man, what a drag. No balls, no attack at all from the kick or snare and the cymbals sounded exactly like you’d expect them to. Really couldn’t hear the kit much at all the whole night and the snare would get buried depending on how many guitars/keys were playing. One guitarist (stage right), whenever he’d play by himself there was a mass amount of 6k-8k sitting on his tone, as if he hadn’t dialed in the rig at stage volume yet. It worked when everyone was playing together, but my buddy and I did the shock face to each other when he came in by himself.
At points I could hear a digital sheen/warble all over everything. Almost like when you stray too far from the original note with Fractal’s Virtual Capo. I was curious if they were using any virtual capo type stuff in their rigs. It wasn’t fatiguing or anything and I had to point it out to my buddy before he could detect it, just sounded like some digital gargling kinda hovering around the overall mix I’d have to imagine is the result of the entire band using a digital output device. Nothing I wouldn’t let hold me back from going to a show, though.
I’d definitely go if you’re a Ryche fan. Tate says he won’t be doing much more touring after this and it was every bit as good as seeing Ryche, minus the sound critiques I had. (Ryche definitely still feels more like a rock show, Geoff’s a bit more theatre, sonically and performance wise). Glad I got to see him redeem 30 years of not-so-awesome performances!
This was the first time I’ve seen Tate live since ‘03 and he kicked considerably more ass last night than he even got close to in ‘03!
He’s retiring Mindcrime from being played live after this and since every vid I’ve watched post-pandemic shows him putting some effort into the live shows, I figured I’d go. My two metal and a meal buddies came with me, the three of us being Ryche fans since the 80’s.
Geoff really killed it. His voice sounds GREAT and while he’s not hitting every high note, he’s hitting a LOT more than he has in the last 25 years and throwing in some old school sirens on occasion. His baseline voice is still so damn strong and not missing a single thing. I found myself saying “This is why this dude was such a huge influence” more than I was thinking anything about what his performance lacked.
Band was also great. 3 guitarists and while I don’t think anyone on that stage is under 35, they definitely put some effort into the tones and the playing. Very full sounding show and I really don’t think there’s a lot of tracks going on. Live backing vocals with some layers on tracks, but you mostly hear the live vocals. One guitarist in particular really nails the nuances and the tones just a pinch more than everyone else, I’m guessing that dude is probably a fan.
Opened with Mindcrime then the 2nd set had some Mindcrime II stuff I don’t think anyone really WANTED to hear, “I’m American”, “The Chase”, “Murderer?” and “A Junkie’s Blues” (I had to look these up, I never even heard some of that stuff before). “Empire”, “Jet City Woman” and “Take Hold Of The Flame” (closer) were also in the 2nd set.
Gripes-
Get rid of that fucking e-kit. Man, what a drag. No balls, no attack at all from the kick or snare and the cymbals sounded exactly like you’d expect them to. Really couldn’t hear the kit much at all the whole night and the snare would get buried depending on how many guitars/keys were playing. One guitarist (stage right), whenever he’d play by himself there was a mass amount of 6k-8k sitting on his tone, as if he hadn’t dialed in the rig at stage volume yet. It worked when everyone was playing together, but my buddy and I did the shock face to each other when he came in by himself.
At points I could hear a digital sheen/warble all over everything. Almost like when you stray too far from the original note with Fractal’s Virtual Capo. I was curious if they were using any virtual capo type stuff in their rigs. It wasn’t fatiguing or anything and I had to point it out to my buddy before he could detect it, just sounded like some digital gargling kinda hovering around the overall mix I’d have to imagine is the result of the entire band using a digital output device. Nothing I wouldn’t let hold me back from going to a show, though.
I’d definitely go if you’re a Ryche fan. Tate says he won’t be doing much more touring after this and it was every bit as good as seeing Ryche, minus the sound critiques I had. (Ryche definitely still feels more like a rock show, Geoff’s a bit more theatre, sonically and performance wise). Glad I got to see him redeem 30 years of not-so-awesome performances!
Sorry. 
