back from munich! back from a great concert! i’ve seen state radio live.
and what to say, it was every bit exciting as i had hoped for. chetro, chuck and mike pulled of quite an energetic show at a great location: the 59to1 where i have been before for the athlete concert. only this time – even better – it was smoke free (new law in germany)! the setlist included mostly songs from their new album “year of the crow“. trying to get a setlist as i can’t seem to remember the songs of the new album that well. at least i know that they didn’t play “unfortunates” from the new album, which is my favorite. i remember for sure: fall of the american empire, omar bay, wicker plane, cia, guantanamo, gang of thieves, fight no more. and some more. from the other stuff, they played state inspector, black cab motorcade, camilo, mr. larkin (YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!), right me up, waitress, man in the hall, people to people, rushian and even a song from dispatch: time served. so great!
but. no “diner song“. kwentin sad.
what was pretty amazing is that i didn’t expect them to rock that place so hard. i knew it wouldn’t be the same as listening to the CD since i know the Dispatch dvd and other live videos and know that they always like to improvise and change things. it was a blast!
it’s probably the same thing when seeing Monta live – the music is harder than when you hear the tracks on CD.
state radio were supported by “ghost of tom joad” (springsteen and rage against the machine, anyone?) from germany. they were ok as a support, also highly energetic but as richard put it “replaceable”.
so to sum it up:
taken two days off of work: pricystate radio ticket + shipping: 20 EURtrain klagenfurt-munich: 29 EURtrain munich-klagenfurt: 37 EURall you can eat brunch: 19 EURstate radio t-shirt: 15 EURposter of the wrong band: 1 EUR_________________________________________after all: totally worth it.
seeing Chad Stokes live was worth the trip, since he’s like an indepentend music legend already. plus, i have an autograph on the concert ticket. i’m gonna put this in a frame!
what can i say – i’m a fanboy! :)
update: full setlist, powered by patchmusic.info:
01. Fight No More Forever
02. Black Cab Motorcade
03. The Waitress
04. Guantanamo
05. Gang Of Thieves
06. People to People
07. CIA
08. State Inspector
09. As With Gladness
10. Wicker Plane
11. Mr. Larkin
12. Right Me Up
13. Time Served
14. Camilo
15. Rushian
16. Democracy in Kind encore
17. Man in the Hall encore