Chain Reaction, Anaheim, CA27th July 2009
I Am Ghost
What makes a live album? Well you need a stage, a band, sound equipment, what else is missing? Perhaps maybe an audience to watch the show as it slowly forms to become something big and exciting for everyone. So you go off and post numerous flyers and posters and go tell your friends, family, grandparents, teachers oh wait it’s the summer but isn’t there summer school in the mists… Well anyway once all of this is said and done that do all you need to do right? Wrong! Once that is all taken care of a live proportion is need to be put into place right, right so turn on the live equipment and let’s get things started. At least that’s how it went down at the hot and steamy Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California.
A night being the last night on the current touring run with LOVEHATEHERO, and headliners I AM GHOST among the local bands wanting to get a glimpse of the spot light, the night arose with a blast of adrenaline as soon as LOVEHATEHERO erupted the stage with full bursting energy; sweat running up and down their faces and bodies. Getting the crowd jumping and dancing in every possible direction in the small impacted venue the crowd themselves feeling the overwhelming heat, throwing together arousing set up of 30 minutes that lasted longer than expected was what the crowd needed to keep their hopes high on what to expect up next.
Music & Performance
Concluding the night was of course the headliners I AM GHOST but not only that but the band themselves had of course a little back history with the Chain Reaction itself having this venue be their first place to entertain the weary and the weak getting them in high pulsing doses of energy that would intend to last for countless hours soon after the band leaves the stage. But this night wasn’t like most nights it was the night of recording a live album and they wanted the audience to get involved in every way possibly known. Breaking the silence around 10PM that night and performing for an hour and 30 minutes I AM GHOST dished out 13-tracks from new to old to the very old all; sorts of material was taken and thrown around both the stage and audience just wanting to get in on all the action.
Some songs that got the crowd in total excitement included ‘Bone Garden’, ‘Killer Likes Candy’, ‘Our Friend Lazarus Sleeps’, ‘Pretty People Never Lie’ and ‘Dark Carnival of the Immaculate’ just to name a few that really got the crowd in motion sending the aroma of sweat all over the place. When it was all said and done with though Steven had shouted out during the set ‘Shut Up’ causing a sense of laughter into the air as the band rounded off the night in a world of chaos and darkness that can’t seem to be controlled.
Setlist
01. Don't Wake Up
02. Our Friend Lazarus Sleeps
03. Bone Garden
04. Burn the Bodies to the Ground
05. Killer Likes Candy
06. Smile of a Jesus Freak
07. Saddest Story Never Told
08. Those We Leave Behind
09. So, I Guess This Is Goodbye
10. Dark Carnival of the Immaculate
11. The Dead Girl Epilogue: Part One
12. We Are Always Searching
13. Pretty People Never Lie, Vampires Never Really Die
Rating
Music: 9
Performance: 9
Sound: 9
Light: 9
Total: 9 / 10
All pictures by Natalie Perez
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