Taste of Chaos 2010

Disturbed
Disturbed’s excellent light show

[Full gallery within this Flickr set]

Saturday was a belter with a 4-band show at the Glasgow SECC. We missed Halestorm due to public transport issues, but they were the only band we knew nothing about so it’s not the end of the world. Heard good things about them afterwards though.

Our opening band were therefore Buckcherry, who were allotted a dinky 6 tracks or so. They were fun, the sound was good and I would definitely like to see them do a full set sometime. Of course, they ended with Crazy Bitch.

Next up were Papa Roach who played a blinding set. Again, squished into a small time slot they managed to entertain a very enthusiastic crowd and crammed in pretty much everything you could want to hear from first album Infest right up to current single “Burn”. A simple light show behind the band added some nice touches to the affair and they left, sans encore, with a crowd baying for more.

Headlining were Disturbed, who took Papa Roach’s light show, multiplied it by about 20 and absolutely tore the place apart. I’m not a Disturbed “fan” as such, but I do like them and have to say I really enjoyed the set. There was a decent variety in the tracks, chief of which was their cover of Genesis’ “Land of Confusion“. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone slamming to a Phil Collins number before. First time for everything.

The sound was very good, light show staggering, crowd awesome (except for two dicks who got into a fight in the pit during Disturbed) and the security friendly and helpful. If I had a complaint it was the lack of free drinking water. £1.50 a bottle is ridiculous. If much smaller venues such as the O2 and Garage can manage it, you’d think the SECC could.

Certainly a great “taste” of the bands featured, and excellent value for money for fans of three or four of them.

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February 10, 2013 8:14 PM

[…] – the brother-and-sister fronted Halestorm. I first missed this act when they opened the Taste of Chaos tour in 2010, finally saw them earlier this year opening for Shinedown and bought tickets for their headlining […]

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February 11, 2013 12:18 PM

[…] opened for Disturbed and Papa Roach when I saw them in December 2010 and I missed them due to the early doors at that gig. Judging by tonight’s performance that […]

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February 11, 2013 9:52 PM

[…] This is the second time I’ve had a chance to catch Buckcherry after their support slot under Disturbed in December at the SECC. It is the first time I’ve been to The Arches and it’s an OK venue though its unusual […]