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Review
11.14.2002 Target Center-Minneapolis, MN Concert Review
by gan7676 with help from smeagol2124
CKY:
(7:30-8:05)
These guys are dorks and know they are dorks. They know that
they are on tour to support GN’R, not because they are
any good. They played a setlist of 8 songs, the fourth being
the single off of their album “Infiltrate. Destroy. Rebuild.”
The fifth song was actually the best. It is licensed to Tony
Hawk Pro Skater III, so if you play that game, you will recognize
it. CKY did an alright job. Nothing spectacular, but no one
was expecting anything spectacular.
Mix Master Mike: (8:25-9:15)
He wore a navy blue hat and t-shirt with the word “Tableist”
on it. He had red and silver fan-balloons to both sides. His
intro is “The DJ from outer space.” After that,
his setlist was as follows: 1. White Zombie’s “Thunderkiss
65” 2. Unrecognizable 3. Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”
4. Disturbed song with Rage Against The Machine’s “Bulls
on Parade” 5. Led Zeppelin’s “Heartbreaker”
6. Unrecognizable 7. From here on out, all songs infused with
heavy bass—P.Diddy feat. Busta Rhymes “Jump”
8. Jane’s Addiction’s “Been Caught Stealing”
9.Unrecognizable 10. More Rage Against The Machine 11. Led
Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” 12. Gary Numan’s
“Cars” 13. Rob Bass, Curtis Blow, and Grandmaster
Flash mixture 14. House of Pain’s “Jump Around”
15. Beastie Boy’s “Intergalactic” 16. Unrecognizable
17. Chemical Brothers 18. Prodigy “Firestarter”
19. Beastie Boys “Brass Monkey” END **During the
show there were about 6-10 girls who danced right up front
the entire time.
Guns
N' Roses: (10:35-12:30)
Axl: Came out wearing a #35 no-name Minnesota Vikings
jersey with black windbreakers. He had on white tennis shoes.
He had no bandana or sunglasses, which is not how I’m
used to seeing him. During “Paradise City” he switched
to a #27 Minnesota Wild jersey.
Buckethead: Dressed in all black.
Robin Finck: Dressed in all black.
Tommy Stinson: Plad suit.
Richard Fortus: Black shirt with red, white, and blue
writing on it. Dark blue jeans and black shoes.
Brain: Flannel shirt, with blue cap. Brain is now sporting
a goatee.
Dizzy: The same as at the MTV Video Music Awards pretty
much.
Chris Pitman: Long blonde hair, Blue jeans, blue jean
jacket, white shirt.
Stage Setup: Eight long vertical banners with Chinese
writing on them far back. A screen to both sides. A red Chinese
“sun” with one big black Chinese letter on it served
as the floor. There was a teleprompter to both sides.
1. “Welcome To The Jungle” There was no “Do
you know where the fuck you are? You’re in the jungle
baby…wake up, its time to die” à Pretty standard
WTTJ
2. “It’s So Easy” Straight into ISE from Jungle.
3. “Mr. Brownstone”
4. “Live And Let Die” Pyrotechnics start in this
song. Finck put on a black shiny helmet during LALD.
5. “Think About You”
6. “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” They actually
started “You Could Be Mine” real shortly, but quit
to play KOHD instead. Before KOHD, Axl says something like
“Balls of molten steel.” During the song, someone
throws a bra up on stage. Axl swings it around a couple of
times before throwing it back into the crowd.
7. “You Could Be Mine” With Pyrotechnics. Finck
is amazing in this song. If you’re going to a show, watch
him close. After YCBM is over, Axl says “Ladies and Gentlemen…Mr.
Robin Finck.”
8. Finck Solo
9. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Always the crowd pleaser.
10. “Out Ta Get Me” Some asshole threw a beer cup
at Axl and hit him dead on. Axl, calmly handled the situation.
“Fuck you asshole” in the middle of the song. He
put the beer cup down and ignored it. After the song, he says
“I mean seriously, who throws a fucking bottle.”
11. “Rocket Queen”
12. Axl talks about the history of “Nightrain,”
“Rocket Queen,” and “Don’t Cry.”
Axl said Nightrain was fun to write. Just lyrics like “one
for you two for me…” were fun to write. Rocket Queen
(if I remember) is about someone in a band Axl knew. He and
her would switch and trade clothes. He said it was easier
to write “and you’re a rocket queen” than “and
I’m a rocket queen” because he was the one wearing
the women’s clothes. He also said he got the name from
an English Harley Davidson. When he said “Don’t
Cry” the crowd cheered, but he said “We’re
not playing that.” Don’t Cry is apparently about
Izzy’s girlfriend (Yes, he mentioned “Izzy”)
who became Axl’s girlfriend who became “Rocket Queen’s”
girlfriend. Then Axl whispered something to Tommy. Tommy whispered
something back. Axl said “Yeah, okay, we’re gonna
need a piano.”
13. Piano Solo
14. “November Rain” With a shower of sparks. Buckethead
was missing from the first part of NR, because he was having
trouble keeping his mask on. He was having trouble the whole
night.
15. Before Madagascar, Axl says “My name is Fat Bastard
and these are the “Yes” men.”
16. “Madagascar” Played beautifully. The solo was
closer to Rio’s version. The same imagery as VMA’s,
except during the solo there were Martin Luther King Jr. shots.
There was also an unidentified girl near the end.
17. Axl introduces Buckethead “…found a man in a
chicken coop…”
18. Buckethead nunchuka/robot dance and then Star Wars Theme/Solo.
Buckethead starts to play a rotation of three notes, and then
stops playing. But the music does not stop. The pre-recorded
three notes keep going as Buckethead went behind the left
stair of the stage to pull out a Christmas bag. He threw out
gifts to the crowd, gifts such as a Barbie dolls.
19. “My Michelle”
20. “The Blues”
21. “Chinese Democracy” with pyrotechnics. Here’s
something interesting—the lyrics are changed from “It
don’t really matter, gonna find out for yourself”
to “It don’t really matter, I guess I’ll find
out for myself.” Minor difference, but weird. I don’t
know if that has been mentioned before.
22. Band Introductions, in this order: Pitman, Dizzy, Tommy
(Ax mentions its his homecoming), Brain, Fortus, Finck, and
Buckethead.
23. Axl says “We will be coming back very soon with a
shitload of new songs. Until then…you just need a little…patience.”
24. “Patience”
25. “Nightrain” Buckethead is incredible in this
song. If you are going to a show, watch him here.
26. Finck Solo
27. “Paradise City” with pyrotechnics, shower of
sparks, fireworks, and confetti. Buckethead fell down here,
but continued playing and got back up. There were some sound
problems at the beginning of the song, but a roadie quickly
switched microphones with Axl.
The
entire band was moving around a lot. And anyone who says that
Axl has lost his voice had better come to a show first without
making a judgement. They played a perfect show. It was unbelievable.
It was my first gnr concert, and as you can imagine, I was
pumped. I can’t really speak right now, as you can imagine
why. I really pissed off anyone within four rows of where
I was sitting, because I was hopping around like a crazy person.
But I don’t care. I had a good time, the greatest. This
band is completely perfect. You cannot criticize them in any
way. Compared to the “new” Guns N’ Roses, the
“old” Guns N’ Roses are like the Backstreet
Boys when the Backstreet Boys were little girls.
Security really depended on who you would go through. The
person who checked me didn’t even touch me. The person
who checked smeagol frisked him down pretty badly.
Merch is good. Three unisex t-shirts, the dog, the globe,
and then one with a gray star and bullet holes. There are
shirts just for girls, and a long sleeve shirt.
Sweatpants, long sleeve shirt: $60 a piece
Any other shirt: $35 a piece
Bandana: $15 a piece
Stickers: $10 a piece
NO PROGRAM
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