Rival Sons

mikeyrob73

Leeds for me as wel @John_P ;

duotone

Enjoy guys, this is one of those bands that passed me by.

I remember hearing/watching the drummer making an expansion pack for Ez Drummer 2 & he sounded awesome “Big drums tuned high” was his mantra.  

I assume the drums on their records sound great?

Found it!
https://youtu.be/Q43u4gLUrho

andyp

I now have a spare ticket for tonight in Glasgow, my mate can't make it anymore.

Does anyone want it?

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Well, it was a good show, I'm sure anybody else who's seeing them in the next few days won't be disappointed! 

Never seen them live so was interested to see how they'd sound, especially the vocals as he's got quite a high pitched, 'strained' kinda vocal style. It's the sort of style that if you're not super accurate with pitch it can just sound like someone's strangling a cat. Thankfully, he was pretty much bang on all the way through, sounded very much identical to the power and intensity of the records. Not sure how he keeps doing that night after night on a tour, as it must really take its toll on his throat!

Guitar tones were fuzztastic all night, as expected. All his weird and wonderful looking guitars sounded great. The one that got the most action was probably the double-neck SG, as he seems to have used that on a number of tracks from the new album. Only slight hiccup was when I think he hit the wrong pedal going into the solo for for one song and ended up completely muffling the sound of his lovely '62 Jazzmaster for a few seconds while he frantically tap-danced around trying to find the right one!

Biggest standout of the night was the drummer. I hadn't realised how good a drummer he is! Extended improvised drum-solo intro to Hollow Bones was spectacular!

Only complaint was that Northumbria Universiy Union is a shit venue for sound. It's obviously set up as more of a nightclub type venue, with all the hanging PA speakers pointing into the dancefloor area. That only constitutes about a third of the venue space, so if you're stood out to either side of that space (as I was) the sound was way too quiet. The bass was also non-exisrent in the mix from where I was stood. My hearing is completely perfect this morning, no ringing or buzzing at all - that's not supposed to happen after a rock gig!!  

NorthernPaul

I went to see Rival Sons in Newcastle last night, and they were absolutely incredible.

They are on a tour so I recommend checking them out.

I'd heard a few things by them before the gig, but wouldn't say I was a 'fan' or anything, but I definitely am now

The guitarist used about 6 different guitars for some reason, seemed to be changing them after nearly every song. He was on the opposite side of the stage from me though so couldn't really see the guitars very well, looked like some nice gear though.

Anyway, bit of a random thread but I'm buzzing off the gig today, with a bit of a sore head from the drink

Paul

longjaw

Love 'Pressure and Time' - great song!

mikeyrob73

Thread about it here :-) 
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/148517/rival-sons#latest

im off to see them on Monday 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

NorthernPaul said:

I went to see Rival Sons in Newcastle last night, and they were absolutely incredible.

They are on a tour so I recommend checking them out.

I'd heard a few things by them before the gig, but wouldn't say I was a 'fan' or anything, but I definitely am now

The guitarist used about 6 different guitars for some reason, seemed to be changing them after nearly every song. He was on the opposite side of the stage from me though so couldn't really see the guitars very well, looked like some nice gear though.

Anyway, bit of a random thread but I'm buzzing off the gig today, with a bit of a sore head from the drink

Paul

I was there too. Definitely never seen a guitsrigu swap guitars so often! There's a great Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar showing off some his gear from a few years ago. Seems to have added a few since then...

NorthernPaul

It was a fantastic gig, really enjoyed it

NorthernPaul

Brilliant, cheers for posting that I'll have a watch. 

I find it amazing that these were playing at the Uni, they seem like they should be more popular or 'bigger' than the Uni.

AlexO

Scott Holiday is a great player! His rig rundown is one of the best ones for me

chris78

They’re a cool band. I’ve seen them support Deep Purple and they were excellent.
Theres an interview with them in Guitar magazine this month that’s worth checking out

Sassafras

Their singer's pretty damn good. Jay Buchanan?

mark_jwedge

I watched them support Sabbath at the farewell gig in Birmingham and they were great, my mate and I both looked at each other after their set and said we have to see them when they tour. Going to see them on Tuesday night, really looking forward to it! I think the new album is the most consistent they have put out so far

JerkMoans

I'm desperately trying to score tickets to take my son here in that London next week...  Might chance my arm with the scalpers on the night.

JerkMoans

Desperately trying to score a brace of tickets for the show in that London, if anyone has spares.

DulcetJones

I'm not familiar but just wondering if all the guitar swapping was due to the use of alternate tunings?    I've read about bands like Sonic Youth and The Tragically Hip touring with multiple guitars all tuned for certain songs.

StefB

DulcetJones said:

I'm not familiar but just wondering if all the guitar swapping was due to the use of alternate tunings?    I've read about bands like Sonic Youth and The Tragically Hip touring with multiple guitars all tuned for certain songs.

Scott Holliday is simply a gear nut, and changes guitars frequently during a set because he can.  There's an interview with him in January's Guitar magazine and he admits this is the only reason he swaps so often, and because he thought it was cool when he saw Tom Petty & Mike Campbell doing so during a live show - https://guitar.com/features/interviews/interview-rival-sons-on-keeping-the-rock-n-roll-flame-alive/.

JerkMoans

StefB said:

DulcetJones said:

I'm not familiar but just wondering if all the guitar swapping was due to the use of alternate tunings?    I've read about bands like Sonic Youth and The Tragically Hip touring with multiple guitars all tuned for certain songs.

Scott Holliday is simply a gear nut, and changes guitars frequently during a set because he can.  There's an interview with him in a recent copy of Guitar & Bass and he admits this is the only reason he swaps so often.

So what's his username on here?

Jalapeno

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