Front Line Assembly

The use of instruments to create industrial sounds is something that I find incredibly interesting and a great skill, and watching Front Line Assembly construct this music for a live audience was incredible. They have such a unique sound, where they play sample pads, incorporate elements of Electronic Body Music, and vocals to create their sound. Although the members of the band have changed extensively over the years, their sound maintains it’s fresh and intended original quality. The difference seeing them live to other electronic groups, is that they actually play instruments on stage rather than solely DJ-ing. They manipulate their synth, sample pad, and kaoss pad to create their desired sounds. Bill Leeb absolutely rocked it on the drums throughout the show, and was great at keeping the band together as a unit.
They were great at getting the audience hyped up and on their side, and Rhs Fuulber kept shouting out for everyone to dance and join in with the lyrical sections of their set. They were great performers as well as musicians, and it was evident that they were totally invested in every second of their show.

They had a forgettable opening act. Typical synths, samples, and e-drums done industrial.

Cubanate...underwhelming. I'm a guitar geek and the guitar was so far back in the mix as to be inconsequential. Basically, whoever was running the sound board did them no justice.

Front Line Assembly: What should have been the highlight of the night turned out to be a Meh. They played a bunch of their known songs, but they sounded exactly like the album versions. They just didn't connect with me and I'm a FLA fan.

It was an OK show that had originally been scheduled for the same day in Atlanta, but after we'd bought tickets to the ATL show they scheduled Tampa for the same day. I'll skip commenting on wrangling with the venues and Ticketmaster and close with the fact that I'm glad the show was in Tampa, because if we'd had to go through the hassle and expense of going to ATL for what we got in Tampa... This review wouldn't be so charitable.

Front Line Assembly will blow your mind. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM_DokBt0rk

They are straight from Canada and have been around for a while in various forms - It all started with the conception of band, "Skinny Puppy". Most of us have heard the song, "Gonja" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRPO5Gzbx-M

Skinny has since morphed into other experiments, with other members too numerous to list.

They are awesome live!!!!

See you in Germany!

Great concert, but as it was their 30th anniversary as a band, I wish they have played more older stuff from their big backcatalouge. But as they played Mental Distortion and Millennium, they are forgiven :-)