Coheed and Cambria at Viejas
Ah, what a grand way to end the weekend - prog rock underneath the stars. Photos (view all here, then set list, then commentary.
(sorry about the smaller sizes on these ones, you can click through to get bigger versions, it just looks crappy in my layout if I use the larger ones)
Coheed and Cambria
Viejas Concerts at the Park
7/27/08
No World For Tomorrow
Gravemakers and Gunslingers
Ten Speed (of God’s Blood and Burial)
A Favor House Atlantic
The Suffering
Feathers
“Evil Medley” (see update below)
Blood Red Summer
The Running Free
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
Encore:
Welcome Home Clean
Willing Well IV: The Final Cut Clean
So I think this is the fourth time I’ve seen Coheed. And the best yet. Mostly because I’ve seen them at SOMA and at Warped Tour, which isn’t very conducive to seeing a show especially if you are short. (Though that first show at SOMA in the mosh pit with he who shall not be named was pretty intense, I still couldn’t see squat.) The venue at Viejas is perfect for a loud rock show - the acoustics were great. For the first three songs where I was allowed to take photos, I just took as many possible (put my camera in sports mode to take a ton of shots) - really I was trying to get photos of Claudio without his hair in his face, with mixed results. After the the third song, I just enjoyed the show - it was great that the fourth song was “A Favor House Atlantic” and then the next was “Suffering”. I was pretty close to the stage and everyone around me was singing along and just generally rocking out. “Blood Red Summer” was intense - it was another song that everyone knew and was into. After “In Keeping Secrets”, I headed to the back of the venue by the sound booth and was amazed that I could still see everything. The sight lines are awesome. I stayed for the super long encore (10 minute drum solo, hello) because I was actually still enjoying myself. (Okay, I was really just hoping to get the set list, which I did. Score.)
Update: When I was at the show, I ran into a couple of the guys from SDPunk who were also covering the show. One of the guys, Dan, was keeping a set list on a piece of paper (so old school!) so I gave him my blog card since I had no idea at that point that I would score the official list. He emailed me yesterday and sent me some notes. The “Evil Medley” was actually three songs: “The Trooper” (Iron Maiden cover), “Devil In Jersey City” and “Everything Evil”. Thanks, Dan!
Coheed and Cambria - Feathers
