Gig 20030404 Journal

Source: Shihad.com (circa 03)

Date Published: Unsure

Who: Shihad.

Where: Tucson, AZ, USA

When: 4 April 2003

Reviewed by: Shihad (Jon Toogood)

Tucson looks like what I imagined the Wild West to look like from watching too many cowboy movies. Lots of Cactus's and surrounded by a big desolate landscape. The area the Rialto theater is in is very hip and and filled with heaps of cool bars and cafes. We stay at the Hotel Congress which is where Dillinger was finally caught after being a naughty man and they've kept it exactly the same since (art deco madness) We are now playing with Sevendust who are a tad on the Heavy Metal side so we've been having fun and playing things like You Again - again, and a rip-snorting version of the opening riff of 'Master of Puppets'. goes down a treat every time! Tonight's show was particularly fun as the stage had a huge stack of Speakers in front of it which, for Phil, Karl and myself is a great excuse to try out every single rock move in the book - which we did - (always wanted to be in KISS!) and acts as an awesome platform to hurl oneself into the crowd from. Smashed my head into my guitar (Jules's fault) and now have a black eye coming up as well as one of those bruises that looks like it could be a big zit. what the fuck - crowd was into it from the word go and go it did... YEEEEEHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gotta get back to Arizona.

-Jon.X