Download Review - Friday
"Download – are you down?" asked Faith No More's Mike Patton of a 100,000 frazzled rockers as the night drew in, "and are you… loaded? OK, that was terrible." Bad jokes aside, FNM's first European festival performance since their split a decade ago was oddly anti-climactic, particularly following the expectation that had built up over the day.
Earlier, the smörgåsbord of styles allowed smaller bands to hawk their varied wares, from fresh-faced punks to Japanese noise lords. Techno-metalists and worst-kept-secret of the day Enter Shikari towered above them all with a mayhem-inducing showcase.
On the main stage Limp Bizkit cranked out their riff-laden hip hop to satisfy a hit-starved crowd. Fred Durst may reconsider his policy of inviting a random red-hatted fan on to the stage for a sing-along, as the lucky punter who cavorted between the band members yelling his lungs out to Full Nelson had more charisma and a better voice than the ageing frontman.
Nu-metal titans Korn had perhaps the best gig of the day, inspiring pandemonium among their sea of fans.
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All of which meant Faith No More's headlining comeback was overshadowed from the start, but their lounging approach to prog-metal and an ill-advised cover of Easy Like Sunday Morning did them no favours, and brought only bemused yawns from most of the audience.
Comments
by mel, leicester
Tuesday, June 16 2009, 10:39AM
“dont know what gig your reporter was watching but his account of faith no more couldnt be more wrong. i was there and they were amazing. as for ''ill advised cover'' it was their biggest hit in the uk. and as for the crowd yawning you only have to check the footage on you tube to see that the crowd were singing along and loving the show. i thought reporters were supposed to give an accurate account of what happens not uneducated underinvestigated account that is probably based on personal opinion.”