Written by: Carla Wright
Photos by: Carla Wright
Projekt Revolution is a tour that I've only missed once. I always am amused by Linkin Park's choice of artists to tour with them; there is always a wide range of artists performing.
On this tour, I was extremely anxious to see Busta Ryhmes perform (only to find out when I arrived at the venue, that Busta Rhymes and Hawthorne Heights had cancelled) since I've always enjoyed his antics and music. Unfortunately no one got to see him perform, but I know it would have only added to the tour.
Now, I'm going to have to be honest and say I've seen Linkin Park about six times and most of the time I'm disappointed. Last year was the best performance I had seen from the band in a long time, this year I had high expectations from them; for the most part I was not let down this year (this is me being extremely picky). My beef with Linkin Park live, is that Chester (Bennington), goes off key. The first time I heard him do it, was the first concert I saw of Linkin Park when Hybrid Theory first came out and "One step closer" was their only radio song. I thought it must have been that Chester couldn't hear properly. Every year since then, I've had it out for Chester to perform perfectly (once I realized it was Chester going flat). Now before the stake and rocks come out, let me explain.
These are major label artists selling hundreds of thousands of tickets and selling out venues. I should never be able to notice when a singer goes flat. I understand it happens to everyone at some point of the tour, especially in Chester's case, he does a lot of screaming. It's easy for your voice to crack after awhile. Luckily, this year's tour, it only happened a few times that I could tell and it was mainly right after Chester finished screaming.
Now the positive thing about seeing Linkin Park (for me at least) is the mosh pits. That is the one thing that keeps me coming back to see Linkin Park; the pits are out of control (mad props to the mosh pit that was stage right. You guys took the cake for mosh pits that night). During Breaking the habit, (after I dropped off my camera equipment) I was on the lawn with some friends and was hit so hard by one guy that I went flying backwards at least 6 feet. I was laughing so hard I couldn't stand for a minute.
I really do a lot of fun at Linkin Park concerts. I love Linkin Park, and what kind of fan would I be if I wasn't a little critical of the performance (if criticism was deserved).
Chris Cornell however, is one artist I have never seen before. I kept hoping that he would play some Soundgarden material since I never had the chance to seen Soundgarden live. My wish came true. Chris came out and performed Black Hole Sun and Spoonman along with "Hunger Strike" from Temple of the Dog (a band that was formed that involved Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder) accompanied by Chester (In June, Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, performed "Hunger Strike" as well). Chris also performed some Audioslave songs as well, making for a two for one deal (a combination of Soundgarden and Audioslave).
I can't wait for next year's Projekt Revolution tour, only next year I hope Flobots is on the bill along with some more local bands.
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