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Rob Zombie - Cool. Manson - Dick.
Agree-but I do feel that Manson is one of those who you could go and see and he might surprise you. But I don't like his stuff, and his fans (by and large) are a load of bed-wetters. Rob Zombie last year was one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Stunning.
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Re: ROB ZOMBIE/MANSON TOUR I saw Rob Zombie a few years back and was disappointed. I went to watch the opening band (can't recall whom at the moment), but missed them because security wouldn't let us in. My friend I went with was wearing a belt buckle that they deemed to be "large enough that it could be used as a weapon", so we had to walk back to the car so he could put it away, but we were parked a long way down the road. By the time we got back, the opener was finished, so we decided to stay for Rob since we had already bought the tickets, and we had heard that his stage should would be entertaining at least. Well, I guess that was the tour that he decided to drop the stage games because they "detracted from the music" (not that his music is complex enough that it needs to be paid attention to), so it was basically just them playing with a projection screen back drop. Every other song the projector would alternate between clips of old horror movies and cartoon porn, and with his newer material at the time being even more lackluster than his earlier work, it amounted to a pretty boring night.

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Where did you see him? I saw him in Manchester. Originally at the Academy but there was no way that stage show would fit there' date=' then got moved to the Apollo.[/quote'] Carling Academy in Glasgow-he commented that the stage was the 'smallest in the world', which it isn't. Ironic, because the last time he was to play in Glasgow (decades ago, it seems), he had to scale down from the Barrowlands to the Garage due to poor ticket sales. It instantly made the Garage gig a sell out and I couldn't get a ticket. Blut, I've only seen him on that last tour and it was mind-blowing. Saw White Zombie years back (just went with my mate for company) and they were brilliant, but I didn't really like their music; found them pedestrian .mainly
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