Seether and more written By Lynn
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BAND: Seether and
others
SHOW:
MMR*B*Q2
DATE: Sunday,
September 23, 2007
VENUE: Tweeter
Center at the
Camden Waterfront.
Back in May, I attended the opening of the concert season in Philadelphia
when radio station WMMR, approaching their 40th year on the air next
April, hosted the MMR*B*Q at the Tweeter Center at the Camden
Waterfront. It was a fabulous kickoff to an awesome collection of shows
all summer long, some of which you've read my reviews and seen my
photos from, and included performances by Buckcherry, The Exies,
Flyleaf, Chevelle, Fuel, Evanescence and Velvet Revolver. As the best
party hosts in the Philly/Camden area, WMMR did it again on September
23rd, hosting the MMR*B*Q2 - Last Call, thus ending the official summer
concert season by bringing performances by Live, Collective Soul, Three
Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Silvertide, and of course, Seether. It was
a fabulous day in general, with perfect weather and a great crowd, and I
certainly hope they plan to continue this tradition next year and keep up
with this great concert series.

Of the bands performing that Sunday, it helped mark the beginning of a
new tour, and a new upcoming CD, for the band Seether, whom we
haven't really seen around much the past couple of years. After they burst
onto the music scene back in 2002 with their first release, Disclaimer, with
notable hits Fine Again, and Broken,and then follow-up release Karma and
Effect, bringing favorites Truth, The Gift, and Remedy, the band has sort
of laid low for a little while, as Singer/songwriter Shaun Morgan fought
some personal demons. The band is back however, and touring in support
of their latest effort, the cleverly-named Finding Beauty in Negative
Spaces, due for release by Wind-Up Records on October 23rd, and despite
being only a three-piece - now consisting of Morgan, bassist Dale Stewart
and drummer John Humphrey- Seether is out to remind us all that they're
still that same band that we flipped over, with their raw sound and
addictive lyrics when they came out on the scene, and then some.

Taking the stage to an enthusiastic afternoon crowd that definitely remembered them and welcomed them back, Seether were spot-on
for their entire set. They sounded as though they haven't missed a beat despite any kind of hardships the band has dealt with, and
seemed happy to be there, playing again. Morgan led the band through a great set of favorites, opening with Gasoline, and continuing
on with Fine Again, Needles, Truth and Broken. They then played the first single off the new CD, Fake It, and then closed with a
kicking performance of Remedy, leaving the stage way too soon for the Philly crowd. That, to me, was the worst part of their set;
who made that schedule and only gave Seether 30 minutes, anyway? They could have rocked for another thirty, and I'm sure the
audience would have been right there with them.


















To find out where you can catch Seether and Three Days
Grace on tour, visit Seether's official website, or their
MySpace, and keep an eye out for Finding Beauty in
Negative Spaces. Thanks to Steve Karas for his help in
me getting these images and review to you all.
For the rest of the afternoon and evening we were treated
to great performances as well from Philly's own Silvertide,
Three Days Grace - who are currently on tour with Seether
and put on a hell of a performance themselves - local heros
Breaking Benjamin, Collective Soul - also touring in support
of their latest CD release, Afterwords, and PA's greatest
contribution to music today (in this humble journalist's
opinion at least), Live, who have been touring the US and
the world since spring of 2006 and the release of their
newest CD, Songs from Black Mountain. For me,
personally, it was a very rewarding afternoon as I was able
to be in the presence of some of my absolute favorite
bands, but I would venture to say that the sentiment was
mutual by the way the Philly audience rocked hard, nearly
15,000 strong, to the sounds of so many truly talented
artists.