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Brien Mitchum
From the Green Room
Rob Zombie brought his Freaks on Parade tour to Ruoff Music Center on Thursday night along with Mudvayne, Static-X and Powerman 5000. Despite issues with the production trailer catching on fire en route to the venue and having the cables which caused delays and Static-X and Powerman 5000 not to be able to perform their sets.
This also caused the show to be pushed back not once but twice to 9:15 when Mudvayne would finally open the show, and though they had a shortened set and only played seven songs, they played with super high energy pumping up the crowd Vocalist Chad Gray took to the barricades to interact with fans, as he sang the words to “Dig”.
For not being on a major tour in almost a decade they did not disappoint the longtime fans and the first-time fans that had not had a chance to see them live.
Rob would do all that he could to not cancel the show in front of a packed growing impatient crowd. And when he finally took the stage with it forced to be shorten as well with all the delays that had taken place
“We tried everything we could not to cancel on you guys,” Zombie told the crowd, letting them know how much the band appreciated them sticking around in the heat and being patient while they got things going. “Did anyone get a sunburn on their ass from the sun?” he asked, which got a giant roar from the crowd.
If you have never seen Zombie live you are in for a treat, he not only brings the party but lots of stage props and a huge production, from the giant devil for the opener with “Meet the Creeper”, alien during “Well everybody’s Fucking in a UFO” and a dancing robot during “More human than human”.
To say that it was not disappointing to not see all the bands on tour, Rob would make it up to the crowd by bringing Static-X’s Zero and Spider from Powerman 5000 to do a rendition of “Blitzkrieg Bop” so that the crowd would still get to see the openers in some aspect.
This show turned out to be a long night of sitting around and waiting but in the end even with lemons they somehow turned it into lemonade and saved the show.
