Payable On Death
As I stomped up Gallowgate toward the lit up
Glasgow Barrowlands, the familiar sight of the tour buses and the patient line
of punters came into view. A usual the wait wasn't long and into the dark sweaty
smokey mosh house I went. SKINDRED were well into their set and I was impressed with
the band's tightness and overall sound.Can't say I'd heard of them before but the crowd
were giving them the usual Glasgow welcome. I liked what I saw though and will try to
catch them again. Next up was ILL NINO who have an impressive cd but live they
were very disappointing.Their mix was atrocious and they sounded like they were
cutting up bodies with chainsaws. And is there any need for a percussionist
? The constant twirling and high poncey kicking of their "school backpack
wearing "guitarist got right on my tits after the first couple of numbers and it was
a relief when their set to finished. I think the after effects of a bad stage
dive from the other guitarist summed up their contribution to the evening as he
limped off stage clutching his leg.
Thankfully P.O.D hit the stage soon after and wham bam they were up for it! Opening with SET IT OFF then straight into BOOM(my personal fav off their Satellite CD) was awesome and man were they tight! Lead singer Sonny is a superb frontman with a great set of pipes. He got himself involved with the crowd early on and made sure the moshers were well looked after. The crowd were going nuts as usual with plenty to keep the security guys busy. P.O.D have a big clear sound thanks to Marcos the guitarist (who has an effects board the size of the titanic) with super heavy bassplayer Traa and drummer Wuv, who all played a blinder. All in all nine songs were played off the latest masterpiece including YOUTH OF THE NATION, ALIVE, CELESTIAL, SATELLITE, ANYTHING RIGHT, and WITHOUT JAH NOTHING . Other highlights were U2's BULLET THE BLUE SKY and another Satellite favourite THE MESSENGER which finished the show superbly. In my opinion, I think P.O.D. are the best of the current crop of new bands and they played a great gig . My only criticism was even though the sound was crystal clear it just wasn't loud enough for me personally. I like my ears to be ringing when I leave a gig .P.O.D. need to take a leaf out of MOTORHEAD'S epic book of rock and turn it up-I want to go home sonically flattened. If you were at MOTORHEAD's Barrowlands gig last year you know what I mean. P.O.D were good but I feel better things are to come. I couldn't help thinking ,even though they have been together eleven years, as a band collectively, I was watching the birth of the new Led Zeppelin.....
By Bryce Coleman
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