Last night Primus played a vibrant show at The Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls. For a Primus show it was excellent for true fans and still good for casual fans. As a hyped up 3D and Quad Surround Sound show, it was a bit of a disappointment.
True fans would have loved this show because as Claypool pointed out, they were digging into the deep tracks that night. I was surprised and very happy to hear my favorite song, "Dirty Drowning Man." This song is buried towards the end of their album Antipop and until this tour, there had never been a video on youtube of it being played live.
Claypool took several chances to address the crowd including once during "Over the Falls" to point out that this was closest they ever were to Niagara Falls while playing the appropriately titled song. During the show, Claypool noticed a pin on a hat of young kid in the front row. The pin was of the astronauts on stage at Primus shows. Claypool complimented the pin and let the young man pick what song they would play as an encore. Much to Claypool's delight in sticking to the theme of deep tracks, he chose "The Toys go Winding Down."
But the night wasn't all about rare songs. They played a few staple songs such as "Southbound Pachyderm" and to end the show they played their biggest hit "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver."
All the band members had solid performances. During the first song Jay Lane had a great drum solo and scattered throughout the night, Larry LaLonde switched things up and played bluesy guitar solos. Of course Claypool was great interacting with the crowd and slapping his bass.
But as I said in the intro, as a 3D show it was a disappointment. The best 3D effects of the night came in the first song and after that, they seemed to merely be there to justify this being a 3D show. The videos used on the screen behind the band were the same used in their last tour except now there were some 3D images such as bubbles and stars put over them. The images hardly seemed to come out at you and were simply a gimmick. The Quad Surround System was a plus though and did provide a clearer all around sound.
Their were no openers for this show and the "special guests" must have been Primus themselves as they played two sets with Popeye cartoons during intermission.
Overall it was a great show that should have satisfied any Primus fan.
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