2009 Kickoff Event: Keneally Minnemann Beller

[mulotwo]

Fuckin great stuff !

[billfrog2]

MK makes Robert Fripp look like an amateur, and thats no knock on Fripp.

[peanutbuddha]

Severus Snape is a hell of a bassist.

[d1a2r3l4]

Sincerelly:

Sucks!!!

[Guitareben]

This is sick!!!!!

[jimyvick1]

Talk about "STATISTICAL DENSITY"!!! RIP Frank!

[Mytcho]

this is fuxxxng amazing!!!

[Mytcho]

this is so fuxxxng amazig!!!

[HiImJerry8]

wow this kenneally guy is sick!

[GeorgeW666]

Wow, and to think Marco switches from this to Paul Gilbert, to Necrophagist! If Frank Zappa was still around I'm sure Marco would be playing with him.

[rmsolympic1]

Athough he certainly looks like someody's pop, he is a genius.

[kingv911]

Take it away marco!!!!!

[KhidirD2K]

@kingv911 its soooo scarified...and here he is playing with some other great musician....TAKE IT AWAY MARCO!!!!

[kingv911]

His music is a little electic for most, but I have to admit it's awesomely creative.

[fuzzyboxy]

great example of what happens when you start to believe that the less what you do sounds like music, the more sophisticated it is. terrible.

[TATTOOEDMETEOR]

@fuzzyboxy

great example, how music outreaches us sometimes... :-)

[fuzzyboxy]

@TATTOOEDMETEOR nah, its not outreaching me. its well within my grasp, I just have no interest in touching it.

[billfrog2]

@fuzzyboxy Just because you don't understand whats happening, doesn't have any relevance regarding the genius of this performance. I hear Brittany has a new album coming out, just for you.

[johnlockejr]

Spotting bits and pieces of Nonkertompf in there! Cool...

[EndeavorLeadGtr]

At firzt glance, I thought Mike waz David Gilmour and Alex Lifeson'z long lozt brother.

[filipdinev1]

This is some complex jazz dude :)

[leekeehin]

omgosh.. mike looks like black francis

[ElectronRomance]

It sounds a lot like Arnold Schönberg and expressionism overall. A mixture of tonality and atonality... really interesting.

[boogster123321]

haha funny people bringing up marco looking like paul gilbert, because marco played with paul gilbert

[shayne202]

so well thought out ! amzing and fucked up 

[bobule]

<3 kmb

[Billerd21]

Marco looks like Paul Gilbert.

[diazluisdiaz]

With Paul Gilbert on drums. LOL

[sebaschack]

@diazluisdiaz ...and David Gilmour on guitar !

[manuelergcruz]

@sebaschack ...and John Petrucci on bass !

[chutch15]

Cool to see Mike with an EVH head unit!

[jfrockon]

There is no denying the talent here. For me though, its annoying to listen too. It's like an exercise is dissonance. lol Again, I am not bashing them as they are all amazing.

[coughforme21]

Fucking unbelievably awesome!!  Holy shit!!

[MitchTenderness]

this is tops

[Bren28]

Savage Mike and co, keep on rockin

[eteezie]

I fell asleep at 5:15. What did I miss?

[surfco]

not much, buddy. LOL!

[Madblasta]

Absofreakinglutely awesome.

Beyond awesomeness, into an awesomeness from the future that we haven't invented yet.

[Chunkysoylog]

Anyone know what Brian Beller's claim to fame is - aside from being nasty at bass and frequently playing with Keneally and Minnemann?  I just have no idea who else he has played with.

[orcio]

He played with Steve Vai, and I think he is still in his band.

[Chunkysoylog]

Ah.  Pretty cool. Thanks very much.

[waknatious]

He also wrote articles for quite a few years at Bass Player magazine. You should also know that he has two solo albums, both of which are excellent, and not your "typical" bass-album fare.

C

[ZeppelinRules]

He played with Dweezil Zappa, and he's part of Deathklok

[Gregorypeckory]

He played with Frank when Dweezil was a toddler. He played with Steve Vai on "Frank Zappa's Universe" too. He also leads an incredible band of his own.

[MitchTenderness]

@Gregorypeckory didn't he join Frank's touring band in 87 or 88. Dweezil was grown at that point unless you're being sarcastic.

[Gregorypeckory]

I didn't know what year he joined actually. I should have said it was my impression he was with Frank before Dweezil was a fully formed musian.

[OwnedRL]

what in the name of god did i just hear? someone fill me in?

[plinkytx]

The best way I could possibly put it is Frank Zappa influence since Keneally used to play for him. ;D

[TonyBellardi]

ma è GENIALE !! chi è ?

[klausboop]

I'm floored. I've enjoyed the KMB stuff I've heard so far (haven't seen them live yet), but understanding that I've heard Dolphins probably 100 times, this is the first time in a long time where it felt brand new again. Stunning.

[feelee15]

amen

[waknatious]

+1

BUT..... I'm glad in a selfish way. I get to see him at the 'Tater 5 to 10 times every year. Silly as it sounds, that's one of the reasons I'll never leave LA. EVERYBODY plays here, and I NEVER miss a Tater gig.

C

[martinondrums]

I was at this show right up front and can say firsthand that the live sound was phenomenal. The comments about the guitar tone here did not hold true through the PA at full volume. These guys tore it up! Great stuff!

[effsixteenblock50]

Yeah, somehow he's got a pretty gritty distortion going on - love these guys though! Boil That Dustspeck!

[Noitpure]

Mike, bring back the Green Clapton Strat!

Great playing by everyone though. Everything is fantastic here but the tone of the guitar.

[BSVLY1]

Good set. IMO MK has chosen that Charvel by mistake. It is muddy sounding at best-masks many of his gem-like riffs and basically clouds his playing. Nothing like the open pianoesque timber of a maple neck Strat with an ash or alder body to bring out the notes.

I think players sometimes fall in love with a guitar and don't account for how the new sound is percieved by the audience. Ditch that Charvel I say!

This particular trio is awesome. Best MK trapper ever? Might be..

[regromusic]

I think the change in tone has to do with the amp he's using. It looks like he's using a EVH, which he usually does not use. That guitar has sounded wonderful in the past, but not so much here. However, I think it's the amp.