System of a Down returned to the stage last night, seven months after announcing their reunion. Performing at the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Albert Canada in front of 14,000 die-hard fans, they put on quite a show following openers Gogol Bordello. The Edmonton Journal reviewed the show and below is a brief excerpt:
"[SYSTEM OF A DOWN's] stage was sparse, adorned with rows of adjustable spotlights and a cloth backdrop that projected the band's logos and, during the slower songs, some mountains. At the band's feet were their trademark oriental rugs.
"This was as much a dress rehearsal as it was a kickoff, and at first, the cobwebs were obvious. The band came out with a powerful sound, instantly comfortable with their old catalogue of bangers and ballads. But they had little physical presence, seeming static and rigid — at odds with their unflinchingly intense sound."
"This was as much a dress rehearsal as it was a kickoff, and at first, the cobwebs were obvious. The band came out with a powerful sound, instantly comfortable with their old catalogue of bangers and ballads. But they had little physical presence, seeming static and rigid — at odds with their unflinchingly intense sound."
Their career spanning, twenty-nine song set list was:
Prison Song
Byob
Know
Needles
Deer Dance
Attack
Radio/Video
Hypnotize
Question!
Suggestions
Psycho
Chop Suey
Lonely Day
Soldier Side
Kill Rock N Roll
Lost in Hollywood
Forest
Science
Holy Mountains
Aerials
Tentative
Cigaro
Suite Pee
War
Toxicity
P.L.U.C.K.
Sugar
You can keep track of the bands full tour and other information at their website.
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