KORN / ROB ZOMBIE
April 16, 1999; Arrowhead Pond; Anaheim, CA
Reviewed by Paco
Korn rocks. Zombie isn't bad, but Korn rocks.
That's the consensus of our group of five who went to the "Rock Is Dead" concert
at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim on Friday, April 16th.
Rob Zombie opened the show and focused mainly on material from his latest solo release and
White Zombie's "Astro-Creep: 2000" CD. Rob Zombie was energetic and spent plenty
of time running around the stage, but the lighting and staging actually seemed to detract
from the show. The stage set looked like an "ancient temple of Zombie" and it
looked pretty cool. But, the nearly constant strobe lights directed out toward the crowd
made it difficult to see what was going on on stage. The fireworks and flame throwers were
very cool and well timed, though.
An arena concert never has great sound, but it
seemed to be particularly bad during Zombie's set. Even when he was playing very familiar
songs, like "More Human Than Human," it was often difficult to tell where he was
in the song (especially since the band was playing quite a bit faster than on the CD).
Overall, Zombie's set was OK, but with fewer strobe lights and better sound it would have
been better.
Korn did not seem to be afflicted by the same problems as Rob Zombie. The lighting,
although often directed outward, did not have the same blinding effect as Zombie's
strobes, and their sound was quite a bit better. But it was Korn's overall performance and
energy that really made the show. The entire band was running around the stage through
most of their set. They covered mostly material from their newest CD, "Follow The
Leader," and they also did a fair number of older songs too. It's hard to say much
else about it. Korn was simply awesome. Between their set and two encores, they played for
nearly 90 minutes and the crowd at the Pond was on their feet for most of it.
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