Korn
I was so excited to check out this tour, Korn and Rob Zombie under the same roof? Sounds like a pretty awesome night of Rock N Roll. The first thing I noticed when Korn came out was a line up change, Fieldy was missing, in his place was bassist from Head’s side project Love and Death, Michael Valentine. Later we had heard Fieldy was taking a couple days off to spend time with his family for thanksgiving. None the less the show went on! Another notable change to the line up was the resurfacing of Brian “Head” Welch. He joined them on stage for the first time since 2005 at a summer concert festival, Carolina Rebellion in 2012 and since rejoined Korn. This was my first time seeing these guys outside of a festival setting, while I love them on a huge stage, seeing them in a more intimate setting is a completely different experience.
As soon as the lights went down in the Sands Event Center, stage hands ripped the drape off of Jonathan Davis’s signature mic stand and one by one the members of korn ran on stage and into “Blind.” The crowd exploded and chanted with Davis, “Are you ready?!” the venue exploded with energy. One of my favorite people to watch is Head, as he head bangs his dreads are flying all over the place, at one point in the set he noticed a guy in the front row with dreads that gave him a run for his money, he came down to give him a handshake and hand him a guitar pick. As their set progressed they decided to play a couple new tracks from their newly released “The Paradigm Shift” including single, “Never, Never.” Everyone seemed to welcome the new tracks with fists in the air.
Rob Zombie
Concluding their “Night of the Living Dreads” tour Rob Zombie and his crew made their final stop at a sold out show at the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem PA. One of my favorite things about these guys is how eccentric and theatrical their show is, every member of this band has an alternative identity and style, from Drummer Gingerfish, Bassist, Piggy D, Guitarist John 5 and Rob Zombie himself. This band is hands down one of the most difficult bands to photograph, between intense moments of red and green colored lights and Rob Zombie jumping from speaker to speaker every second of our allotted three songs presents a new challenge. In the same respect it creates a killer show for the crowd. In the middle of their set John 5 broke into a guitar solo, while this was happening, Rob jumped off the stage and into the crowd with a large flashlight, walking around flashing people. Eventually segueing into “We’re and American Band.” Towards the end of the night Rob made an announcement for everyone to put their phones back in their pockets and simply enjoy the show. Joining them on stage to close out the night with fan favorite, “Dragula” was Munky and Head, everyone in the venue had their fists in the air and helped close out “Night of the Living Dreads” with a bang.
Korn
Rob Zombie
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