Comments on: STS9 @ the Fillmore Auditorium

By: tribe4life

tribe4life — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:02:00 +0000

I never have eaten mushrooms at an STS9 concert and I have been to 10…You have absolutely no idea what your saying in this article…I can name ever song in a live set when Im listening to it…just because you state your opinion about something does not mean it is factual information…especially when your opinion sucks

By: CharacterSqueeze

CharacterSqueeze — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:27:00 +0000

Its not for you, obviously. Don’t go again and you won’t feel “sour.” Sounds like someone already had an opinion on “jam bands” prior to going anyway, so what was the point? Selling out of 10,000+ tickets night after night, and venue after venue tells me there are PLENTY of people who love them and appreciate the talent you somehow missed. Plus, the times have changed, you can get ecstasy and mushrooms at bible study these days. The drugs aren’t bringing the fans.

By: FuzzyGG

FuzzyGG — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:26:00 +0000

wow, this is pretty harsh. I like STS9… but I also do drugs. But I liked them first! LOL

By: tribeguy9

tribeguy9 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:01:24 +0000

man, you dont have to eat mushroms or acid to enjoy their music. Although, i do ingest these things and prefer to listen to Tribe when using. But i also enjoy them at different times of the day. On my way to school, when i'm sad, or when i'm happy. They have a beat to fit every mood and their music is diverse enough for anybody to adapt to. Maybe you should eat a couple doses and rethink your thoughts on the band.

By: tribeguy9

tribeguy9 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:01:24 +0000

By: Peoples

Peoples — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:32:37 +0000

Keep melting my face tribe, if you don’t like it thats fine please don’t go to the shows and bring down the energy (we can tell)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:40:25 +0000

if you couldnt get song titles from anyone you were asking the wrong people.
and if you went to this show in such a negative state of mind, its no wonder you didnt have a good time. obviously you know what its about. live a little and eat some drugs.

By: b. dutch seyfarth

b. dutch seyfarth — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:27:25 +0000

STS9 is a genre defining band with a rabid following. To imply that only people who are drug users can appreciate Sound Tribe’s music is not only laughably wrong, but slanderous to the band and it’s loyal fans.

Why send a writer to a show to hear a genre of music they don’t appreciate, find enjoyable, or are at all familiar with? Like others, I found this live review to be in very poor taste with no context whatsoever.

PS, if the writer had actually done their research, they would have found numerous close connections STS9 has to Colorado which was the first market outside of their home state they experienced success. The band has certainly worked hard to grow their fanbase from maybe a few dozen people at the Fox Theater in Boulder on a weeknight many years ago to selling out the Fillmore and Red Rocks.

Sound Tribe also has one of the industry’s brightest young business managers guiding the band, helping them grow…and guess what, that guy is a very well respected music industry person who lives and works right here in Colorado for a well known promoter. Was any of this mentioned in the story? Of course not…

This whole review showed a poor choice of writer assigned to cover the story, writer’s laziness, and lacked research, and local context – c’mon Denver Post, we expect better!

By: Music Enthusiast

Music Enthusiast — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:29:30 +0000

Your review completely changed my perspective on all the reviews I’ve read on this website. At first, I wanted to give you some credit, but after reading some of the comments you posted I realized you’re just as immature as the sixteen year-old girls at the concert. Ultimately the review says more about your own subjective experience of the show than it does about the show itself. Yes, of course you have your own bias in your writing– everyone ultimately does. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that. But your perspective on this show stems from an ignorance of improvisational music. Instead of raising a series of questions to gain a better understanding of this music scene given your preconceptions (and thus a more accurate/fair/better/etc. review), you create a number of problematic (arguably incorrect) generalizations about STS9 and jam music in general.

I have a lot more to say, but I have three papers to write tonight so I’ll have to finish my thought at a later time. The irresponsibility and immaturity that you express here really bother me, and I would like to fully address them at a later time. I don’t mean to be antagonistic, but antagonism seems to be the role you have taken against people who appreciate this music, instead of, say, a position where we can come to respect each others’ opinions.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:21:27 +0000

o yeah and loren, if you feel unconfortable about DRUGS IN ANY MUSIC SCENE, then you definetly SHOULD NOT BE a music writer, critic, reviewer, whatever you are. That’s part of the job man…