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Did you attend the ZPZ show with Dream Theater at the Bank Of America Pavilion in Boston?

Dweezil and the band love reading your reviews.

Please do not post in this thread if you did not attend the show.

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Just got back from ZPZ show at Bank of America Pavilion, sadly we did not stay for Dream Theater because we have early flights tomorrow.

Although I wish we could have had a full show, a shorten ZPZ show is better than no ZPZ show.

The band is tighter than ever and I really enjoyed watching and listening to the new vocalist Ben Thomas.

Joe Travers is becoming my favorite Zappa drummer and I'm looking forward to the day that ZPZ plays an uptempo version of "Trouble Everyday".

I'm keeping my fingers crossed (and my schedule opened) for another Halloween show in NYC.

My 4th time seeing the band. Slightly different version of the band every time but always incredible!
Once again an amazing show! ZPZ are miles beyond the other groups on the tour and though I would rather see another ZPZ only show, I'm always glad to see the group under ANY circumstances.
Set list included:

Purple Lagoon
Zomby Woof
Montana
Village of the sun
Echidna's Arf
Don't you ever wash that thing
My Guitar wants to kill your mama
Inca Roads
Peaches & Regalia
Bamboozled by Love
More Trouble Every Day - Roxy version

Great venue for a summer evening. This was my second show, I caught a show in Providence a few years ago, and it is great to see the band tighter than ever. Ben Thomas was a pleasant surprise, from his dash onto the stage to his vocals on Inca Roads. Frank's music continues to bring a huge smile to my weathered old face.
Thanks Dweezil, etal!!!!!!

I've seen the ZPZ band in all its incarnations thus far and indeed it's a very tight musical unit. I enjoyed this show very much and I think that all the DT fans around us were most appreciative as well. I think Ben Thomas did a good job with the vocals but in a longer ZPZ-only show I'm sure he'd have more of a chance to shine. His entrance was a little startling -- after the band had started playing, this big man running down the aisle toward the stage from the back of the theater, looking like a crazed fan (I didn't know what Ben looked like), somersaulting onto the stage, security (seemingly) oblivious! -- then he started dancing with the band and I thought he was going to get thrown off stage, and then of course it became clear he was behaving just like your average neighborhood zomby woof.

For me as almost always the highlight of the show was the Roxy medley of "Village/Echidna's/Don't You Ever..." Dancing in my seat as the crowd of Berklee-trained skeptics were not having any of the standing and grooving -- one guy even threw stuff at a couple of 20-year-old kids (in DT shirts!!!) trying to get them to sit down. I think that's the lamest crap ever, frankly, and if that old guy (well middle aged) in 1979 could have seen himself thirty years into the future throwing stuff at a couple of ZAPPA fans young enough to be his grandchildren.... It's an old discussion, I know.

So- The playing was as always extraordinary. Scheila in particular shone on a saxophone solo and Joe Travers was in top form too. I think that a lot of DT fans were most impressed with the band's command of the instruments and their dynamic variations. Dweezil has really emerged as a monster guitar player in the years since he's concentrated on Frank's music. Inca Roads was just great and it really turned a lot of folks on... The soon-to-be-legendary quality of SOUND MIX that ZPZ has on the road is something that music fans really appreciate. (Actually to me it's a clarity not unlike that achieved by the Grateful Dead -- don't laugh, but -- the Dead was another large-ish ensemble that drew from a huge and eclectic setlist.) I know how hard band and crew work to achieve that, and it's a job very very well done.

Especially in contrast. The first band, Scale the Summit, struck me as a freshman-year Berklee summer band HEAVILY influenced by Dream Theater and DESPERATELY in need of a lead singer. Tight playing, nice crescendoes. Needs some lyrical content because "scale" seemed to become something of a pun.

Big Elf must heavily have been influenced by Rainbow. And/or some obscure 70s band that I'm not thinking of right now. Basically their sound was heavy and I enjoyed it, but of course I could not make out any of the words. Lots of minor key stuff and very economical, tight playing by the guitar player -- not a lot of virtuoso stuff, this was the singer/keyboardist's band. Nicely heavy and loud at times, heavy bass and drums -- somewhat groove-oriented too. If this is what LA bands are doing nowadays it's pretty cool.

Dream Theater I have seen once or twice before, and I think they sound better indoors, just as loud or louder but more distinct. Of course the adoring fans knew all their songs but I recognized only two. The most impressive thing was the drumming of Mike Portnoy -- he's a force of nature, and even amidst a muddy mix it was clear how virtuosic he is. At other times, the video-screen projections actually helped me figure out who was soloing...(when they weren't showing pseudo-political imagery). I enjoyed the set though. James LaBrie's voice is an acquired taste I think and I haven't finally acquired it, but I can't deny how his soaring vocals really excited the kids. John Petrucci does an awful lot on that guitar and it's impressive to see him work.

This was a very nice place to see a show, the rain held off and the Boston Harbor air was refreshing ; I was a little disappointed to see so many empty seats toward the back but perhaps in the summertime people have other plans, and in Boston there isn't the student population that there would be the rest of the year -- that's a pretty big DT constituency I'm sure. All in all a fun night and I am sure that Dweezil and the gang have turned on a large number of DT fans to Frank Zappa's music and can expect to see many at the next full shows.

Thanks to the band for bringing it around again -- to next time!

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