Well well well... just got back from the gig.

About the sexyness of the crowd, well the guys were as usual I think, but the girls did look generally cool and sexy. No bimbo, no heavy metal pierced&pale creature, no annoying preteen and no potential grand-mothers either. A cool show for that

Got there early to get the tickets and good standings.

30 Seconds from Mars opened the show. Decent. Not catchy enough to work on another band's crowd though, and way to much ass kissing (You're the best crowd on the planet, we've never seen nothing like you guys, etc... shut up and play). Maybe in some years.

Then Seether hit the stage. I saw them a couple of years back opening for Finger 11 and Evanescence. At the time I rated them a Nirvana wannabe band, but they've evolved brilliantly I think, and they were themselves and very good at it. No ass kissing needed here to get the crowd going. And shall I say this now or for later in this review... oh **** it... they had the best sound of the 3 bands tonight.

Now for Audioslave... I'm a bit undecided right now. The music is fine, good rock, you headbang naturally ... Chris Cornell's got a great voice and the rest of the band issued from Rage Against The Machine is good enough. Though the bassist is average and the drummer depressive, Tom Morello on guitar is impressive (could use more feeling though).

What ruined Audioslave's set was the very poor sound settings on the vocals with way too much reverb and was way too loud. I didn't manage to catch a single word on the songs I didn't know, it buzzed in the ears in a very unpleasant way . I mean amplifiers and loudspeakers were invented so everyone could hear, no so everyone could be deaf.
A shame really because this band has a great potential live, though the peak points in the set, energy wise in the crowd, were the RATM songs.
Another low was Chris Cornell needing 7 to 8 songs to get warmed up and actually realise his right arm can move and that his legs are NOT tied to one another with a 18 inch long rope. Ok, so he is sexy, but I'd fearlessly bet 20 bucks on JBJ actually outdancing him (and outsweating him too).
This man also obviously has a clumbsy thing against mic stands, breaking two during the show and throwing a third one on the security lads without even wanting to. Ok, so he is sexy.

Also they should work on their style and clothes, because they look like RATM+Chris Cornell (Picture like JBJ in his tight pants and leather jacket leading Richie, Dave,Tico and Hugh dressed up as Limp Bizkit), not like a whole coherent band called Audioslave. Not the most imporant thing but would be a +.

So overall a good show (brilliant considering it was free ), though some disappointment. A "Good, but..." show. I will however look into their studio stuff more than I have and consider seeing them again when I'll know their catalogue better. They deserve time I think, then they can be close to the biggest bands in there.

Ponrauil