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kenamond
09-20-2013, 09:23 PM
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Hard to believe that it's been 16 years since I posted a review here. I'm old.

I brought my neighbor to the show at Tingley...he was 9 years old when Opiate came out...this is "classic rock" to him...*sigh*

I'm posting almost 2 years after the show but felt that I had something to add. Mostly, I wanted to make a statement about the horrible acoustics at Tingley.

Show was awesome despite Tingley's awful acoustics and the lame "chairs in the pit" setup. I was hoping for a good ole' pit like '97 at the ABQ convention center, but they put chairs on the floor and paid kids and other (older) Tingley staff to police the seating. I bought my tickets within 2 minutes of the on-sale time and got nearly back-row seats on the floor. The older staff acted like rent-a-cops and bossed me around. The kids, in response to my question, "When the lights go out and I decide to go closer to the stage, what will you do?" said, "If my boss doesn't see it, I don't give a fuck." Okay, problem solved (sort of, I like a mosh and the seats prohibited such activities).

So show starts (as others mentioned, we were a tad late and missed all but the last half of the final song of the opener...sounded pretty impressive and wish I'd seen all of their act). My younger neighbor and I immediately march up the aisle to about row 5 and shove our way into the row...sorry if we inconvenienced you "legitimate row 5-ers", but I was more into the show than any one of you lame fuckers...sue me!

Tingley sucks. I've been there for other shows and sat on the non-floor seating. The acoustics there were horrible...not as bad as The Pit (UNM basketball stadium (OMG fucking horrible))...but bad. I could tell the difference by moving 5 feet closer to the center of the floor - Maynard's vocal levels changed drastically. Bands can't control any of that, but Tool should shoot for the Albuquerque Convention Center if that venue still hosts concerts (pleasepleaseplease come to Santa Fe's Convention Center some day...Primus did!). Tingley owners need to realize that music concerts and acoustic quality are related and that they should consider fixing the problem. Or band tour managers should consider booking a venue whose acoustics don't sound like the entire house mix was patched through a cheap distortion pedal.

All things considered, I loved the show, and the newbie neighbor was utterly impressed (I'd already gone with him to a different show at Santa Ana Star Casino which far-surpassed Tingley in acoustics).

After the show, me and my neighbor were checking out the amps, amp mic setups, monitors, etc. (we jam in a band once a week and geek out on gear) and the older Tingley staffer played his asshole role telling us to clear out...with backed-up crowds still waiting to exit the floor (hurry up and wait...or else!). So we backed off and were checking out the sound booth equipment..."Don't you think we could use 64 more channels on the EQ?" and the same asshole ran us off from there, too. Dude must've been beat up too frequently as a kid.

As always, Tool did their part. No regrets on that part of the picture.

Mack
Old 09-20-2013, 09:23 PM   #22
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Re: 01.18.2012 - Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum

Hard to believe that it's been 16 years since I posted a review here. I'm old.

I brought my neighbor to the show at Tingley...he was 9 years old when Opiate came out...this is "classic rock" to him...*sigh*

I'm posting almost 2 years after the show but felt that I had something to add. Mostly, I wanted to make a statement about the horrible acoustics at Tingley.

Show was awesome despite Tingley's awful acoustics and the lame "chairs in the pit" setup. I was hoping for a good ole' pit like '97 at the ABQ convention center, but they put chairs on the floor and paid kids and other (older) Tingley staff to police the seating. I bought my tickets within 2 minutes of the on-sale time and got nearly back-row seats on the floor. The older staff acted like rent-a-cops and bossed me around. The kids, in response to my question, "When the lights go out and I decide to go closer to the stage, what will you do?" said, "If my boss doesn't see it, I don't give a fuck." Okay, problem solved (sort of, I like a mosh and the seats prohibited such activities).

So show starts (as others mentioned, we were a tad late and missed all but the last half of the final song of the opener...sounded pretty impressive and wish I'd seen all of their act). My younger neighbor and I immediately march up the aisle to about row 5 and shove our way into the row...sorry if we inconvenienced you "legitimate row 5-ers", but I was more into the show than any one of you lame fuckers...sue me!

Tingley sucks. I've been there for other shows and sat on the non-floor seating. The acoustics there were horrible...not as bad as The Pit (UNM basketball stadium (OMG fucking horrible))...but bad. I could tell the difference by moving 5 feet closer to the center of the floor - Maynard's vocal levels changed drastically. Bands can't control any of that, but Tool should shoot for the Albuquerque Convention Center if that venue still hosts concerts (pleasepleaseplease come to Santa Fe's Convention Center some day...Primus did!). Tingley owners need to realize that music concerts and acoustic quality are related and that they should consider fixing the problem. Or band tour managers should consider booking a venue whose acoustics don't sound like the entire house mix was patched through a cheap distortion pedal.

All things considered, I loved the show, and the newbie neighbor was utterly impressed (I'd already gone with him to a different show at Santa Ana Star Casino which far-surpassed Tingley in acoustics).

After the show, me and my neighbor were checking out the amps, amp mic setups, monitors, etc. (we jam in a band once a week and geek out on gear) and the older Tingley staffer played his asshole role telling us to clear out...with backed-up crowds still waiting to exit the floor (hurry up and wait...or else!). So we backed off and were checking out the sound booth equipment..."Don't you think we could use 64 more channels on the EQ?" and the same asshole ran us off from there, too. Dude must've been beat up too frequently as a kid.

As always, Tool did their part. No regrets on that part of the picture.

Mack
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